History
Rapid Electronics was established by Mike Lee and Chris Stevenson in 1979. The company at this time was based in a converted barn above a garage at Aylesford, Kent and held stock of around 200 products. Rapid started by advertising in the retail electronics press to generate sales and a small single sheet catalogue was mailed to customers. From 1981 the focus was developing sales into electronics departments at universities and colleges and this strategy was successful over the next 10 years. Due to expansion the company moved to Boxted in Essex in 1983 and continued to grow. Increasing sales led to a number of further moves to larger premises in the Colchester area, culminating in the building of the current 18,000sq.ft premises in Severalls Lane, Colchester. In late 2012 the company became part of the German-ownedProducts
The company's core products are electrical components such asCustomers
Among the company's customers are electrical contractors, design engineers and assembly manufacturers, users of open source programming hardware such asEducational initiatives
From 2004 to 2013 Rapid Electronics partneredReferences