Newey and Eyre was an electrical wholesaling company based in the

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. Founded in 1926, the company is now part of

Rexel Rexel is a French company specializing in the distribution of electrical, heating, lighting and plumbing equipment, but also in renewable energies and energy efficiency products and services. Founded in 1967, Rexel has broadened its scope of activ ...

History

Established in 1926, Newey & Eyre has celebrated over 80 years of service to the electrical wholesale market. Over the years the business has been acquired by a number of different holding company but has remained relatively unchanged by the corporate mergers. In 1993 Investor Group

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acquired Newey & Eyre Group Ltd from Invensys PLC and in 2008 Newey and Eyre was acquired by

. In 2009 Newey and Eyre launched an online store, Neweys Online. Newey & Eyre operates in the UK through a national network of nearly 130 branches with a profiled stock range of more than 32,000 different lines. Another 140,000 products are available either from stock or to special order. Newey and Eyre also hold a range of over 3.500 own branded products called Newlec. Newey and Eyre's head office is based in

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at Eagle Court. In 2008 Newey & Eyre opened the capital's first dedicated

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centre. In 2016 Newey & Eyre rebranded to Rexel as part of the One Rexel transformation programme.

References

Guardian

External links

Rexel UK, Parent Company
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