About Us
With 50,000 products available for same day despatch, Rapid are among the UKs leading distributors of electronic components, electrical products, tools and educational resources.
The extensive Rapid product range includes cables and connectors, integrated circuits, soldering irons, soldering equipment, LEDs and optoelectronics, capacitors, electrolytic capacitors, resistors and semiconductors, relays and switches, batteries, computer fans, multimeters and test equipment, tools and a wide range of IT and office equipment and audio-visual supplies.
The Rapid Education division offers a comprehensive range of curriculum-based projects and resources with the emphasis on providing teachers with high quality, competitively priced and user-friendly materials. Subject areas include art and crafts, physics and science.
Whether you are an electrical contractor or assembly manufacturer, a buyer at a primary school, secondary school or university, or hobbyist who uses electronic components, Rapid has a product for you.
We offer new products from world-leading electronics and education brands, such as Atmel, ST, Velleman, LEGO®, CML, Neutrik, Stanley, MK, Draper, Bosch, Duracell, Fluke, Kingbright, ABB, Camden, Thurlby Thandar and Berol.