ES Components was first established in 1981. We have been ISO9001and AS9120 Quality Management System for Aviation, Space and Defense Distributors certified since 2002 and AS6081 Counterfeit Electrical, Electronic and Electromechanical (EEE) Parts: Avoidance, Detection, Mitigation and Distribution Certified since 2015. 

      The threat of counterfeit microelectronics is ever present. Counterfeit parts pose an increased risk for device performance, reliability and safety. We take this concern of counterfeit microelectronics seriously.

      At ES Components we ensure that all our franchised manufacturers provide us with their original Certificate of Compliance (C of C) for individual lot numbers with every order.  When we need to purchase outside of our extensive franchised market, we only purchase from franchised distributors who provide us with the same level of protection with their OEM C of C’s.

      Aligned with our AS6081 Certification we established internal requirements and practices to mitigate the risk of buying, receiving, and selling suspect counterfeit or counterfeit EEE parts. Through our management system we standardized requirements, practices, and methods related to supplier management, procurement, inspection, and test/evaluation, as well as response strategies when suspect counterfeit or counterfeit EEE parts are discovered.

     We visually inspect components in-house in our cleanroom to MIL-STD-883 and MIL-STD-750 specifications. We verify the manufacturers published information including dimensional tolerances, markings, and their placement and package configured labels in addition to the manufacturer’s C of C’s. We ensure that what we have received, and our customer has ordered meets the requirements on their Purchase Order.             ES Components can have extensive Element Evaluations performed to a wide variety of military specifications including but not limited to MIL-PRF-38534, MIL-PRF-38535 or MIL-PRF-19500 for any grade level. Frequently we have extensive testing and evaluations performed based on a customer’s Source Control Drawings (SCD) in alignment with ITAR and EAR 99 export-controlled requirements.   

·       SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) Analysis

·       Environmental Screening

·       Burn-In

·       Extensive Life Testing

·       Wire Bond Pull Testing

·       Destructive Testing

     To summarize, ES Components makes every concerted effort to mitigate and prevent counterfeit microelectronics in the supply chain and this protects not only our customers but the overall supply chain.