Rutronik signs global distribution agreement with HMS
Industrial communication and IoT products developed by HMS Industrial Networks are now available through distributor Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente, following the signing of a global distribution agreement.
HMS offers flexible solutions for connecting devices and systems to all common industrial networks. It describes itself as a technology partner offering turnkey communication solutions to save users development costs and to reduce time to market.
“The global presence of Rutronik, the access to the market as well as the technical know-how of the product marketing and FAE teams make Rutronik the ideal partner to successfully develop the market leadership of HMS even further,” commented Thilo Döring, General Manager at HMS.
According to Mario Klug, senior manager, product marketing boards at Rutronik: “By partnering with HMS, we are expanding our product portfolio to include multi-protocol solutions for industrial communication – on the one hand, in the embedded PC card segment, and on the other hand, in the microcontroller segment with the high-performance Anybus NP40 multi-network processor.”
Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente is the third largest distributor in Europe (European Distribution Report 2017) and number 11 worldwide (SourceToday, May 2018).
It was founded by Helmut Rudel in 1973 in Ispringen, Germany and today has over 70 subsidiaries in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
The broadline distributor supplies semiconductors, passive and electromechanical components as well as boards, storage, displays and wireless products. The company‘s primary target markets are the automotive, medical, industrial, home appliance, energy and lighting industries.
Rutronik Embedded, Rutronik Smart, Rutronik Power and Rutronik Automotive provide specific products and services tailored to their respective applications.
The company also offers technical support for product development and design-in, individual logistics and supply chain management.
Rutronik UK operates as an independent company with a team of highly qualified UK employees with broad experience of the electronics industry.
