Distributor of the year in Europe!

Anglia Components has been presented with the European Distributor of the Year award for EPCOS brand products, after achieving the best business performance in its regional network.

The award was the first made under TDK’s newly inaugurated distributor performance evaluation program for EPCOS brand products. The company’s distribution and sales management teams scored the performance of its European distributors on the basis of 18 separate criteria covering business performance, inventory management, contractual terms and operational excellence. Anglia achieved the highest overall score in Europe to win the award.

TDK and Anglia celebrate the presentation of the award in London’s IceBar. L-R Matt Cotton, MD, EPCOS, Graham Bridger, Marketing Dir IP & E, Anglia, Dietmar Jaeger, Vice President Distribution, EPCOS, and Keith Rogers, Distribution Manager, EPCOS

Commenting on the presentation, Dietmar Jaeger, Vice President Distribution Corporate Sales at TDK, said, “Our new distributor of the year award program was officially launched this year and celebrates the excellence that we find in our distribution network. Our relationship with Anglia in the UK and Ireland is particularly strong, and we are delighted to present this award for the first time to an outstanding and long term partner.”

He added, “Our strategy is to maintain a diverse network of strong distribution partners that includes companies with high service, global and national business models to give our customers a real choice. Anglia is an example of an excellent national distributor, which has effective relationships with its customers in its national market. Our relationship with them is close at every level, from senior management through marketing and account management to day-to-day operations.”

Steve Rawlins, CEO of Anglia Components responded, “EPCOS products are recognized as superior solutions and we are truly proud to have received this endorsement from one of the top brands in our industry. Our whole team strives to make the experience of sourcing EPCOS products from Anglia a positive one for our customers and this success really means a lot to them. They deserve our warm congratulations on their success.”