In the world of COVID, there are essential supplies and products in demand. While some companies struggle, Independent Distributors are seeing increased sales for medical and networking equipment, along with mobile computers.
“Electronic component demand has remained steady throughout the year and business has been brisk,” said Todd Burke, president, Americas for independent distributor Smith, based in Houston. However, demand has not been steady across the board.
“Decreases in consumer demand have caused the smartphone and oil and gas markets to experience uncertainty,” said Burke. However, Smith is seeing increased demand for components, including passives, microprocessors, and field programmable gate arrays from medical OEMs and their EMS providers.
