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We are the voice of the industry. Learn more about joining with our ECIA Corporate "Join Us" Presentation or the "Why Join?" Membership Flyer.

ECIA is the only association representing all the key constituents of the electronic components industry and your opportunity to:

Connect. Influence. Optimize.SM

Whether you are a manufacturer, distributor or manufacturer's representative, we all face similar challenges in business. ECIA serves as the platform to influence policies that directly impact the efficiency of the supply chain and the future of electronics.

Connect with potential customers, peers and competitors in a collaborative dialog that sparks opportunity and innovation

  • Participate in industry councils and committees where you can influence issues like supply chain integrity

  • Attend meetings and conferences to connect with the key decision makers in the industry, including member discounts

  • Guide the conversation around adoption of industry best practices like 2D-barcode, design registration, logistics and packaging standards and guidelines

  • Engage with nationally recognized programs through the ECIA Foundation’s collaboration with Hiring Our Heroes, and our support of STEM education through FIRST® Robotics

Influence policies and best practices that directly impact the efficiency of the supply chain and the future of the electronics industry

  • Shape opinion and strategy by participating on councils and committees that design, develop and publish industry guidelines

  • Participate in creating globally recognized, ANSI accredited, EIA standards

  • Amplify and influence issues like counterfeiting, DFAR’s, conflict minerals by taking advantage of ECIA’s advocacy

  • Promote the value of the industry through the ECIA Foundation that develops, leverages and deploys education and awareness initiatives

  • Drive industry conversation concerning important topics such as sustainability, trade, quality, and business processes

Optimize operational strategies to increase profitability through exclusive access to tools, market intelligence and standards

  • Make it easy for your customers to buy genuine electronic components for only authorized sources at TrustedParts.com.

  • Leverage market research containing the most current and relevant statistics, trends, surveys and reports, for better decision making

  • Point your customers to ecianow.org for unique informational tools like industry lead time indicators, environmental regulation updates and disaster recovery processes

  • Expand your business with NPI promotional support, product sales and customer statistics

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Distributor membership is open to those business entities that:

  1. Are primarily engaged in the authorized distribution of electronic components, equipment, and supplies; and
  2. Clearly disclose on all published line cards, web pages, and other electronic or printed media which manufacturers, product, or part numbers are not authorized for resale by the product’s manufacturer.
  3.  “Primarily engaged” as used in this section is defined as deriving more than a majority (51%+) of the organization's revenue from the authorized sale of electronic components and not from manufacturing, contract manufacturing and/or value-added distribution.
  4. “Authorized distribution” as used in this section is defined as stocking and reselling electronic components, equipment, and supplies pursuant to a written contract with the manufacturer of those products.  For purposes of this definition, a bill of sale, authorized to sell letter, or similar documents, are not considered written contracts.

Manufacturer membership is open to those businesses that manufacture, or have manufactured for them, electronic components, equipment or supplies.

The ECIA dues structure for distributor and manufacturer members is based on total annual sales (dollars) of electronic components in North America.

North American Electronic Component Annual Sales Annual Dues
Less than $50 million $2,000
Between $50 M and $100 million $5,000
Between $100 M and $200 million $7,500
Between $200 M and $400 million $10,000
Between $400 M and $800 million $20,000
Between $800 M and $1.5 billion $35,000
Greater than $1.5 billion $50,000

 

Manufacturer’s Representative membership is open to those businesses that are contractually retained by manufacturers to market and sell electronic components, equipment or supplies.

The ECIA dues structure for manufacturer’s representative members is based total number of employees.

Total # of Employees Annual Dues
Less than 10 employees $1,000
10 - 19 employees $2,000
20 or more employees $3,000
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