IC Blue celebrates 140% growth as it eyes US market expansion
Summary
Founded in 2003, IC Blue supports the electronic manufacturing industry with component sourcing, excess inventory management and design automation software. With its 5,000sq ft European headquarters located in Neptune Street in Leeds city centre, it also has offices in Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Hungary, and it established an EU zone shipping hub in the Netherlands three years ago. Its team has increased from 30 to 50 people and IC Blue is currently recruiting another 20 Yorkshire-based linguists and support staff to help manage customer relationships globally. “Having spotted a gap in the component distribution sector, we have been able to take advantage of Yorkshire’s heritage as a semiconductor cluster, based on Premier Farnell’s legacy, and established ourselves as a leading independent supplier across Europe,” explains Matthew Ward, Director of IC Blue. “Our home in Leeds provides an ideal base, offering cost efficiencies over other regions as well as a pool of really talented, well-educated people looking for exciting career opportunities which enable them to stay in Yorkshire.