Legrand, the global leader in power and energy solutions, has announced a new distribution partnership with CMS Distribution, one of the UK’s largest technology distributors.
As part of this agreement, CMS Distribution will become Legrand’s newest critical power partner in the UK, strengthening Legrand’s channel presence and expanding commercial access to its advanced single phase UPS portfolio.
CMS already has an established relationship with Legrand as a distributor of Raritan, one of Legrand’s key brands and a global leader in data centre infrastructure management. Raritan specialises in intelligent rack power distribution units (PDUs), KVM-over-IP switches, serial console servers, and environmental sensors. This existing partnership provides a strong foundation for the expansion into Legrand’s UPS solutions.
Through CMS, customers will benefit from increased availability of Legrand’s robust line interactive UPS range, including the Keor SP and Keor SPE tower/RT systems. Ideal for a wide variety of IT applications, these solutions support critical loads up to 3000VA. The partnership also includes the innovative Keor PDU, a combined UPS and PDU designed for simplified installation in 19-inch racks and panels.
In addition, CMS will offer Legrand’s new high efficiency online double conversion UPS solutions, including the versatile Keor DK. Available in convertible rack/tower formats from 1kVA to 20kVA, the Keor DK features a unity power factor to deliver full rated capacity. From 5kVA upwards, units can be paralleled in configurations of up to four systems, enabling greater scalability, redundancy, and higher overall capacity.
By adding Legrand’s UPS portfolio to its existing Raritan offering, CMS enables customers to source a comprehensive range of server and power infrastructure solutions through a single distributor, simplifying procurement and ensuring seamless compatibility across critical IT environments.
Joshua Naylor, Channel Manager – UPS at Legrand, said “We’re delighted to announce our new partnership with CMS Distribution. This collaboration marks an exciting step forward in expanding access to Legrand’s trusted UPS and critical power solutions across the UK. With CMS Distribution’s strong market presence and customer-first approach, we look forward to delivering high performance, sustainable infrastructure products supported by expert local technical service.”
“We’re delighted to be onboarding Legrand’s UPS solutions into CMS. Their expertise in critical power solutions is a strong addition to our existing Legrand portfolio, further strengthening our overall offering. This partnership gives our customers greater choice and flexibility, particularly across critical power and UPS solutions, ensuring we can better support a wide range of requirements and environments. I’m particularly looking forward to working closely with Josh and the team across our multiple sites, building a collaborative partnership that drives growth and delivers real value to our customers,” said Jonpaul Warren, Business Unit Director at CMS Distribution.
ABOUT CMS DISTRIBUTION
Since 1988, People, Technology and exceptional Service have been at the heart of CMS Distribution. We take great pride in seeking out innovative technologies that deliver cost-effective solutions, enabling our trade-only customers to succeed.
Our business represents 200+ manufacturers and we sell to a “glocal” customer base made up of corporate resellers, managed service providers, high street and online retailers ranging from large multi-nationals to smaller, independent IT companies.
At CMS, we specialise in finding and delivering emerging technologies to market whilst growing established brands using a range of value-added services.
ABOUT LEGRAND
Legrand is one of the most respected manufacturing brands in the world. It is most widely known for its technical advancements for smart home devices, energy management systems and power distribution.
Manufactured to the highest engineering standards, Legrand meticulously selects its UPS components to ensure superior performance, efficiency and reliability. Leveraging its electrical engineering and product design expertise, Legrand carries out rigorous testing on all component elements including UPS batteries, UPS capacitors, fans, inverters, rectifiers and transformers. These stringent quality management practices, thorough testing and inspection processes are demanded across all Legrand manufacturing sites.
In addition, Legrand works hard to utilise high performance components that can be recycled at end of life, whilst ensuring they also meet ISO 14025, EN 62040-4 certification and IEC 62040-4:2-13 standards, which outline the requirements for environmental aspects associated to UPS systems specifically.
This, coupled with Legrand’s continued investment in its manufacturing technologies, processes and premises and the company’s strong sustainability targets have ensured its market leading position as a £multibillion critical power manufacturer.
Despite not having the same legacy as some other UPS manufacturers, Legrand’s manufacturing pedigree cannot be underestimated. Legrand UPS systems are tried and trusted across multiple, critical infrastructures including healthcare, education, data centre, retail, IT and telecoms.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
CMS Distribution
Jonpaul Warren
Business Unit Director
jonpaul.warren@cmsdistribution.com
Legrand
Joshua Naylor
Channel Manager – UPS
Main Tel: +44 (0) 208 960 6000
Website: www.cmsdistribution.com
