Revenue from the sales of electronic components is forecast to grow by more than a third by 2015. Even in this poor economy, electronic component sales seem to be growing. See this article for more details.

Robb Hammond is the founder and CEO of AERI, an independent electronic component distributor operating since 1994. He is a founding member and former committee chair of SAE AS6081, the counterfeit-avoidance standard for independent distributors adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense, and a recognized authority on counterfeit detection.