Small company. Big capabilities.

MidWest Components began as a partnership in Wisconsin 1987. The company relocated to north-central Washington State in 1996. Our partners brought to the company extensive experience in electronics manufacturing and component engineering, semiconductor manufacturing, application engineering and distribution sales.

MidWest Components' goal has always been to remain small in size but to grow our sales through repeat business based on service to our customers and improvements in our productivity. Our first customers are still our major customers.

We specialize in finding electronic components for our customers, whether allocated parts, obsolete ICs, or otherwise hard to find electronic components.

We were early adopters of computer technology and online data exchange as well as a founding member of our industry trade group. We took our first international order via the internet in 1995 and now have access to multiple component databases, giving us a nearly real time view of worldwide component availability.

During the 1990s, MidWest Components' partners operated a sister company that provided procurement services to American and European companies establishing operations in China. That experience developed our expertise in importing and exporting electronic products. MidWest Components was also able to anticipate the problems with quality and genuineness of product purchased in China and Asia. We early on established relationships with Chinese distributors to provide pre-inspection of parts purchased by us in China and to investigate potential suppliers for us. Unlike many brokers (and their customers), we have had very few problems with counterfeit or poor quality product from China.

Our background in manufacturing and quality control allows us to understand buyers' requirements regarding component specifications and approved suppliers, component grades and package types, and proper handling and shipping procedures. Additionally, our technical knowledge allows us to locate and recommend alternate parts when feasible, which is often important in securing product, reducing costs or extending the life of a design. Through third parties we can provide testing, screening or repacking service (for example tubes to tape and reel).