Anglia is significantly strengthening its offering of solutions for the HMI (Human Machine Interface) following its appointment as distributor by Swiss owned EAO, one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-quality switches, keyboards and other control elements. Anglia will be stocking the most popular EAO switch and indicator families in its UK warehouse, and offering them through Anglia Live. Products covered include panel indicators, robust industrial switches, emergency stop buttons, panel mount switches, keylock switches, panel mount buzzers, vandal resistant switches, indicators and selector switches. Many can be specified to incorporate illumination, legends and other customisation options, and these are fully available to customers within the relationship.

Commenting, David Pearson, Technical Director of Anglia, said, "EAO has a heritage in the transportation industry, which demands solutions that are high quality, suitable for high levels of repeated use, completely safe and reliable. These are also characteristics sought by many of our industrial and machinery customers, and we are anticipating a great fit in many applications. The HMI is a key design area for many of our customers, and we look forward to working with them to create solutions that are innovative, intuitive and reliable."

Alex Grout, Managing Director of EAO Ltd, added, "Anglia has an extremely strong design team, and has a culture of selling a solution rather than a product. They share our passion for and fascination with creating solutions that address the needs of the people using the system, support the functions of the machine and respond to the requirements of the environment. We believe that we have a strong partnership that will work together for the benefit of the customer."

Photo caption: From left to right, John Bowman (Marketing Director, Anglia), Sarah Porter (Marketing Manager, Anglia) , Alex Grout (Managing Director, EAO), David Pearson (Technical Director, Anglia), Robert Davies (Marketing Manager, EAO).

About Anglia

Anglia is the UK’s leading independent authorised distributor of semiconductors, optoelectronics, interconnect, and passive and electromechanical components. A signatory of the ADS SC21 programme, the company holds AS9120, ISO9001 & ISO14001 accreditations and IECQ-CECC qualification.

Technically adept, with an experienced team of staff, Anglia supports OEM and EMS companies in every sector of electronics manufacturing. Anglia's suppliers include some of the world's leading electronic component brands, complemented by many smaller companies with leadership in their chosen technologies.

Anglia stocks over 800 million components from over 800,000 product lines in the UK. Components from every supplier are stocked in depth and breadth for same-day dispatch. Anglia aims to streamline logistics and reduce customers' transaction costs through services that include KAN-BAN, EDI, and customer-dedicated inventory, while an accurate, on-time delivery performance is a vital goal for the company.

Technical support spans a sampling service that delivers over £150,000 worth of free evaluation parts each year and expert technical advice from well-trained product specialists and face-to-face guidance from field applications engineers. Both commercially and technically, management of industry legislation and component obsolescence are recognised as areas of vital importance to customers.

Anglia is driven by an ethic of ever-improving customer understanding and, as a privately owned business, aims to provide a fast, consistent and highly responsive service. Further information can be found at www.anglia.com

For further details please contact:
Michelene Hircock at Anglia, Sandall Road, Wisbech, PE13 2PS, UK.
Phone: +44 (0)1945 47 47 47; Web: www.anglia-live.com; Email: michelene.hircock@anglia.com

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