The Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA)

Sharp-aX Computer Systems Ltd joined the Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA) as an Affiliate Solution Provider on 1 December 2024.

The Solution Provider Affiliate Membership category was introduced to support the EDA’s digitalisation activity.

Launched in 1914 – the EDA is the trade association for the UK’s electrical wholesale sector.

Membership includes the leading national wholesalers Edmundson Electrical Ltd, Rexel UK and CEF, and Stearn Electric Co Ltd, as well as hundreds of independent electrical wholesale businesses of all sizes, most of whom are members of the UK’s largest buying groups ANEW, AWEBB, Fegime UK and The IBA Buying Group.

The Affiliate Programme is open to providers of products and services to the supply chain including Manufacturers, Solution Providers, and Service Providers.

The current list of EDA Members is available here:
https://www.eda.org.uk/members-and-affiliates/members/

The current list of EDA Affiliates is available here:
https://www.eda.org.uk/members-and-affiliates/affiliates/

The EDA offers 4 pillars of support to businesses:

1. Business Community: creating visibility, publications, campaigns, bringing like-minded businesses together at networking events
2. Industry Insight: surveys, curating and communicating information, identifying threats and opportunities to enable better decision making
3. Education and Training: the EDA Product Knowledge Modules, an Apprenticeship Service, bespoke classroom and virtual courses on a range of topics, 30 Minute Masterclass programme
4. Digitalisation: including the EDATA data pool and the ETIM data standard

The EDA has been a member of the European Union of Electrical Wholesalers (EUEW) since 1960.

For more information about the EDA visit www.eda.org.uk or call 020 3141 7350.