About the Rhopoint Group

About the name

Rhopoint was founded in 1975 to support electronic design engineers with product development by establishing a portfolio of precision resistors.

The Greek letter – ρ (pronounced rho) – is commonly used as the symbol to represent electrical resistivity – (the fundamental property of a material that quantifies how strongly it resists or conducts electrical current).

Point – in the context of measurement – point is defined as; – a definite measurable position in a scale – thereby signifying precision.

Hence the company was named Rhopoint to highlight our competence in the ever evolving world of precision resistors.

Incidentally, the first product to be sold by Rhopoint in 1975 was a high-precision wire-wound resistor from General Resistance, Connecticut. These products still represent part of Rhopoint’s portfolio today, over 40 years later!

The Rho symbol, Resistivity and Resistance Equations along with a resistor image in 4 coloured hexagons

The Rhopoint Group Companies

Specialised in the distribution of precision electronic components, sensors and connectors. We partner with 28 industry-leading manufacturers to offer an extensive range of stocked lines and fully customised solutions to meet your requirements.
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Germany
Our European distribution centre in Gaukönigshofen, Germany, dedicated to providing local representation and technical expertise to our European customers.
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Designed to aid our sister companies, we source various obsolete, allocated, end of life and otherwise hard-to-find passive, active and electromechanical components from around the world.
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Manufacturer of test equipment primarily focused towards appearance quality measurement. Our products test many parameters associated with total surface quality including gloss, orange peel / DOI, haze, texture, defect analysis, shade and opacity.
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Germany
Rhopoint Instruments GmbH opens to provide sales and technical support to customers located in Europe.
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Rhopoint Americas offers dedicated sales and service support to customers located in North, Central and South Americas for the product range manufactured by Rhopoint Instruments.
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Providing an impressive range of calibration services at both our laboratories and on-site at customer’s premises. With a team of over 30 calibration engineers, we have a wealth of experience covering all disciplines.
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Leading specialists in the supply and UKAS calibration of precision instruments and equipment for relative humidity, water activity and temperature.
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Rhopoint throughout the years

A timeline of our company history

1975 - The birth of Rhopoint

Rhopoint Ltd. is established as a distributor of precision electronic components and was based in Oxted, Surrey.

1986 - Rhopoint Instrumentation

Rhopoint Ltd. acquires their customer Startronic – a manufacturer of testing products for the Paint & Coatings industry. Startronic is renamed Rhopoint Instrumentation Ltd. and was based in Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex.

1990 - ISO 9001 accreditation

Rhopoint Instrumentation Ltd gains ISO 9001 certification.

1994 - ISO 9001 accreditation

Rhopoint Ltd gains ISO 9001 certification.

1997 - Rhopoint Components

Rhopoint Ltd is renamed Rhopoint Components Ltd.

2005 – Retirement and MBO

The founders retire and the two businesses are sold to the management team.

The business is restructured into a new group comprising a holding company and two trading subsidiaries Rhopoint Components and (renamed) Rhopoint Instruments.

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2006 - Rhopoint Nordic

In order to support the customers for Rhopoint Components in the Nordic region, a regional sales office was opened in Vallensbaek, Denmark.

2006 - Hanatek

To further strengthen their position in the flexible packaging market, Rhopoint Instruments acquires Hanatek, manufacturer of test instruments for the packaging industry, established in 1992.

2010 - Rhopoint Sourcing

Established in 2010 to provide an array of procurement services to compliment Rhopoint Components business, Rhopoint Sourcing support customers by securing supplies of obsolete, end of life and otherwise hard to find electronic components.

2012 - Micron Metrology

Rhopoint Holdings acquires Birmingham based Micron Metrology, a specialist provider of UKAS accredited calibration services.  Micron Metrology is later rebranded to become Rhopoint Metrology.

2017 - Brunel Metrology

Following the successful integration of Rhopoint Metrology into the Rhopoint Group, this was quickly followed by the acquisition of Brunel Metrology, a long-established calibration services provider.  This acquisition provided Rhopoint Metrology with a second laboratory based in Bristol.

2018 - Rhopoint Americas Inc.

Rhopoint Instruments expand operations with the launch of Rhopoint Americas Inc., to provide a dedicated service to customers located in North, Central and South Americas.

2020 - Novatron Scientific

Rhopoint Metrology acquire Novatron Scientific, specialist provider of laboratory and onsite UKAS calibration services based in Horsham, West Sussex specialising in the disciplines of relative humidity and temperature.

2022 - Rhopoint Komponenten

To better support our customers within Germany, Austria & Switzerland, Rhopoint Komponenten GmbH was founded, providing local specialist support and distribution of select product lines from our warehouse in Gaukönigshofen, Germany.

2022 - Wessex Metrology Ltd

Rhopoint Metrology acquires the business and assets of Wessex Metrology Ltd., a respected gauging supplier to UK customers across a variety of industry sectors.

2022 - Rhopoint Instruments GmbH

Rhopoint Instruments GmbH opens to provide sales and technical support to customers located in Europe.

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