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Superior Quality. Prompt Delivery. Excellent Service. Established in 1996, Stealth Components has quickly become a leader in the independent distribution of electronic components. Stealth provides stock and source services of standard long-lead-time, allocated, hard-to-find, and obsolete electronic components for domestic and international customers in an effort to eliminate gaps, reduce costs and avoid production delays and line stoppages. Stealth’s leadership, process efficiencies, associate industry experience paired with our trusted network of suppliers enable us to provide components with improved lead time while ensuring product quality is not compromised. Our experienced account executives are on call 24 hours a day to ensure customer needs are continually met.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Electronics Contract Manufacturers Face Supply Chain Pileup

Component shortages have led to a trafc pileup in the global electronics supply chain, with major contract manufacturers facing a challenging supply imbalance characterized by tight inventories of parts and  nished products and a glut of raw materials, according to the market research firm iSuppli Corp.  Read more...


Visit us online to find out Stealth Components can help your production in this time of shortage.

Stealth Components is an independent distributor of standard long-lead-time, allocated, hard-to-find, and obsolete electronic components.  We help eliminate gaps, reduce costs and avoid production line delays and interruptions for our global customers.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

GM’s Opel Says Japanese Electronic Part Choking European Output

General Motors Co. (GM)’s Adam Opel GmbH unit said a shortage of an electronic component from a Japanese supplier will halt production at its plants in Spain and Germany next week.  Read more...


Visit us online to find out Stealth Components can help your production in this time of shortage.


Stealth Components is an independent distributor of standard long-lead-time, allocated, hard-to-find, and obsolete electronic components.  We help eliminate gaps, reduce costs and avoid production line delays and interruptions for our global customers.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Apple might face Ipad 2 component supply shortages

Apple might face iPad 2 component supply shortages due to component production interruption in Japan.  According to the article, Apple might be missing several key components for the product.  


Visit us online to find out Stealth Components can help your production in this time of shortage.

Stealth Components is an independent distributor of standard long-lead-time, allocated, hard-to-find, and obsolete electronic components.  We help eliminate gaps, reduce costs and avoid production line delays and interruptions for our global customers.

Stay informed of the post-disaster effects in Japan

Update on events in Japan (evertiq.com).  Visit us online to find out Stealth Components can help your production in this time of shortage.


Stealth Components is an independent distributor of standard long-lead-time, allocated, hard-to-find, and obsolete electronic components.  We help eliminate gaps, reduce costs and avoid production line delays and interruptions for our global customers.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Japanese Earthquake has Unknown Impact on Semiconductor Industry

This is a very unfortunate time for many including those in the electronic industry.  The devastating natural disasters suffered in Japan are now followed by news of many major manufacturers halting production lines due to the catastrophic destruction.

Stealth Components would like to encourage all of our valued customers and vendors to donate and assist Japan in their efforts to recover during this difficult time.  Please use the link provided below to make a donation to the Red Cross.  Thank you in advance for your donation.


If you have any questions about component pricing, availability and the possible increases due to the disaster in Japan, please do not hesitate to give your Stealth Account Executive a call at 001.704.759.2600.

Learn more about Stealth Components, Inc. at www.stealthcomponents.com.
Learn more about helping those in need at www.redcross.org


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Contact: 
Eunice Maynard
Director, Marketing
Voice:  001.704.759.2600

Stealth Components provides stock and source services of standard long-lead-time, allocated, hard-to-find, and obsolete components for domestic and international customers.  Stealth Components strives to help its customers eliminate gaps, reduce costs and avoid production line delays and interruptions.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Stealth Components, Inc. Welcomes New Director of Operations and Quality Control

Charlotte, North Carolina- March 9, 2011
Andrée Kiser has recently joined the Stealth Components team as the Director of Operations and Quality Control.  In this role her primary focus will be continuous process improvement across all aspects of Stealth’s operations.  She is responsible for supply chain analytics, internal Quality Control, third-party logistics, standards compliance, as well as certification initiatives. 

With over ten years of experience in the electronics industry, Andrée brings a valuable knowledge base to the Stealth Components organization.  Prior to joining Stealth Components, Andrée spent 7 years with a $25 billion electronics components distributor and was directly responsible for managing several multi-million dollar customers – including contract manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers. 

Andrée is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science.  During her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters.  She is excited to join Stealth Components and is looking forward to making an immediate, positive impact to the business.

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For over 15 years, Stealth Components has experienced significant growth and has become a leader in the independent distribution of electronic components. Stealth provides stock and source services of standard long-lead-time, allocated, hard-to-find, and obsolete components for domestic and international customers.  Stealth Components strives to help its customers eliminate gaps, reduce costs and avoid production line delays and interruptions.


Contact:  Eunice Maynard
Director of Marketing
Stealth Components, Inc.
Tel. 704-837-1794
Learn more about Stealth at: www.stealthcomponents.com

Component Shortages Still Causing Issues

HP switch shortage: Chipset problem spreads

Looks like the Cisco supply chain shortage is an epidemic. HP Networking sent a memo to channel partners dated Jan 21, 2011 outlining a backlog of Power over Ethernet (PoE) access switches due to a chipset shortage. Production of these switches won’t resume until June, the memo says.  Read more about the HP switch shortage here...
Source: IT Knowledge Exhange, http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/


Are shortages causing issues for your production line?
Contact a Stealth Components representative to see how we can help.



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Eunice Maynard
Stealth Components, Inc.
001.704.759.2600