CPC is a British end-user and business-to-business distributor of electrical and related products. Since 1995 it has been a brand of

Farnell Farnell is a surname, thought to originate from "Fern Hill". It is most common in the English county of Yorkshire. Notable people with the surname include: * Anthony Farnell (born 1978), English boxer * George Stanley Farnell (1861–95), classica ...

, which itself was acquired by

Avnet Avnet, Inc. is a distributor of electronic components headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, named after Charles Avnet, who founded the company in 1921. After its start on Manhattan's Radio Row, the company became incorporated in 1955 and began tr ...

in 2016.

History

Established in 1967, Combined Precision Components Ltd was acquired by British company Farnell Electronics (later

Premier Farnell Premier Farnell Ltd is a distributor of products for electronic system design, maintenance and repair throughout Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, with operations in 36 countries and trading in over 100. In October 2016, the firm was purc ...

) in May 1995. Premier Farnell was in turn acquired by American company

in 2016. CPC's distribution centre is at

Preston, Lancashire Preston () is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston local government district. Preston and its surrounding distri ...

, close to the M6 motorway. CPC was the host of the UK's first Raspberry Pi hack day, held in Leeds in December 2012. The 24-hour event focused on programming solely using the credit card-sized computer.

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* {{Authority control Wholesalers of the United Kingdom Business services companies established in 1967 1967 establishments in the United Kingdom 1995 mergers and acquisitions Electronic component distributors