
The ECIA’s electronic component sales sentiment has continued to go in the right direction, growing positively through August. This is a great sign since there are still headwinds due to the amount of excess inventory that still exists in the market. Hopefully supply and demand will begin to equalize in the months to come.
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Robb Hammond, founder and president of AERI (American Electronic Resource, Inc.). Founding member and former committee chair of the SAE AS6081 Standard created for the avoidance of counterfeit electronic components. Robb founded AERI in Costa Mesa, California, in 1994 as an independent distributor of hard-to-find, obsolete and allocated electronic components. AERI is AS9120B, ISO 9001:2015 and AS6081 certified, tests to AS6171 standards, and inspects every part in its in-house QC lab before it ships. Robb writes about electronic component shortages, sourcing strategy and counterfeit avoidance.
