RS Components for the Digital Generation

RS Components has been supporting engineers for 80 years. Known and loved by generations of engineers from around the world, RS Components have been designed into millions of applications. Representing their own brand and over 2500 suppliers, RS Components has over 500,000 products and ships 46,000 packages a day. Traditionally a paper catalogue company, RS Components is transforming for the digital generation and globalised marketplace. Innovation and collaborative partnerships are a key part of their journey to help build on their heritage and success for the future generation of customers.PETE WOODHead Technology Evangelist, RS ComponentsTHE CWIC INNOVATION PROGRAMME The Innovation Programme has been running for the past 12 weeks supporting a range of start-up companies to create solutions focused on immersive technology, health, smart cities and transport, reflecting the key themes of the conference. This is the second year the programme has been running. Last year focused on collaboration, while this years programme has focused on solving the defined challenges of ‘problem owners’ such as NHS, councils and cities. Using the CWIC Starter events as stimulus, CW and the teams involved have developed ideas that could save £millions, improve services and the lives of people across the country, all of the teams can be found in the exhibition area.