Arduino is happy to announce a strategic new partnership with RS/OKdo, a distinguished chief within the distribution of commercial and digital gear. This collaboration marks a big step ahead in bringing Arduino’s know-how nearer to China’s thriving maker group and enterprise sector, providing enhanced native assist and entry to unique Arduino boards and sources.
Empowering a rising group in China
With over 300,000 lively members in China’s Arduino group, one among our prime priorities is to ship a good higher expertise. This partnership with RS/OKdo means customers will get pleasure from extra native language content material, technical assist, aggressive pricing, and most significantly, simpler entry to official Arduino merchandise.
Official Arduino boards, licensed for China
As a part of this initiative, a variety of basic and hottest Arduino boards has been particularly manufactured for the Chinese language market. These boards are precisely the identical as Arduino’s international variations of the identical merchandise, produced in Italy to Arduino’s highest requirements, examined rigorously for high quality and efficiency. Every product , though licensed completely for the Chinese language market, matches the identical technical specs and high-quality benchmarks as these offered worldwide. The boards can be found solely by means of RS/OKdo and Arduino/OKdo’s licensed sub-distributors. They’ve distinctive Arduino MPNs however with a _CN suffix:
Entrance & again of official UNO R4 WiFi – SKU ABX00087_CN
Entrance & again of official UNO R3 – SKU A000066_CN
Increasing native assist for enterprise transformation
Along with supporting makers, RS/OKdo will present enhanced technical assist to enterprise clients, empowering corporations to remodel their enterprise operations with Arduino Professional options. This deeper degree of help will assist bridge the hole between native companies and superior IoT and industrial automation instruments.
A stronger connection to China’s maker group
Fabio Violante, CEO of Arduino, commented: “This partnership with RS/OKdo is a strategic step to deliver Arduino nearer to China’s vibrant maker group and native enterprises,” mentioned Fabio Violante, CEO of Arduino. “By way of this collaboration, we’re in a position to make our know-how extra accessible, providing Chinese language customers an genuine Arduino expertise with localized technical assist, licensed merchandise, and our famend high quality. We’re excited to see how this synergy will foster innovation and assist digital transformation in such a dynamic market.”
David Shen, Vice President – Asia Pacific of RS/OKdo added, “This partnership opens up new & thrilling alternatives for each corporations within the dynamic markets of China and, most significantly, for our clients to entry real Arduino merchandise and technical assist by means of a community of licensed sub-distributors. Arduino and RS/OKdo are working collectively to deliver even higher buyer expertise to buy real Arduino merchandise backed by an iron-clad product guarantee in China. We’re excited to see the wonderful potentialities that Arduino and RS/OKdo can deliver to the native market collectively.”
Be a part of us on this journey!
Our partnership with RS/OKdo is a dedication to fostering innovation and increasing entry to Arduino’s world-class know-how in China. Whether or not you’re a person maker or an organization prepared to remodel with IoT, Arduino and RS/OKdo are right here to assist your journey. Hold an eye fixed out for official Arduino boards at RS/OKdo, and prepare to create, innovate, and encourage!
