Rochester Electronics Expands Warehouse to Deliver Extended Life for Discontinued Semiconductors

NEWBURYPORT, MA (September 30, 2013) – Rochester Electronics, a fully authorized manufacturer and distributor of semiconductors, continues to expand its state-of-the-art, climate-controlled warehouse storage facilities to support the ever-increasing number of semiconductor end-of-life (EOL) announcements and assist customers requiring proprietary Extension-of-Life solutions and Special Product Agreements (SPAs). Rochester’s expanded environmentally controlled facilities increase warehousing space from 170,000 square feet to nearly 250,000 square feet, including more than 7,800 cubic feet for bonded, secure inventory. 

“Rochester Electronics understands that proper storage is critical if components are to retain peak functionality while in inventory. Our warehouse facilities are equipped with the most up-to-date, redundant systems for ESD protection, as well as careful climate, humidity and temperature control,” said George Karalias, Dector of Marketing & Communications at Rochester Electronics.  “Customers can be confident that their inventory is stored under the most optimum conditions available in the industry today. Rochester provides 100% guarantee traceability and performance for every part it sells. To maintain quality, Rochester maintains the highest standards when it comes to storing our inventory.”

The pace of component obsolescence — the rate at which devices are no longer manufactured by the original brand owner — is accelerating.  The new warehouse enables Rochester to significantly increase what is already the world’s largest inventory of finished semiconductor devices in order to continue supporting customers through Extension-of-Life solutions. These customized continued source programs create an economically viable plan for a customer’s last-time buy investment during an end-of-life event, and eliminate extra costs associated with proper handling and secure storage. The last-time buy inventory eliminates the necessity for high-cost system re-design, an expensive and lengthy process that forces the re-allocation of engineering resources to re-design, re-test, and re-qualify a system.

For more information about Rochester’s expanded semiconductor storage capabilities and customized SPA programs, visit www.rocelec.com.