Stackpole Electronics is a privately held company, which began manufacturing resistors in 1928 as part of Stackpole Components Company in St. Mary's, Pennsylvania, USA. Affiliated with Akahane Electronics, Stackpole Electronics is now recognized as a leading, global supplier to the world's largest OEMs, Contract Manufacturers and Distributors.
Stackpole Electronics is headquartered in Raleigh, NC with warehousing facilities in El Paso and Japan, and manufacturing facilities in Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, and China. Stackpole Electronics also has sales offices in Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

In North America, their customers can purchase products through Stackpole Electronics' network of national and regional electronics distributors. Stackpole Electronics also sells directly to a select group of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and to a growing base of contract electronics manufacturers (CEMs). Field sales activities are managed by their sales team and supported by an experienced group of independent sales representatives .

Company Mission

They are proud of the fact that their customers tell us Stackpole Electronics is the best, most service-oriented supplier in the industry. They've earned this reputation by listening to their customers' needs and work very hard at every aspect of their business to address those needs. They believe taking care of the customer (first) is the key to long-term company success and their Mission Statement reflects this belief:
They are committed to being the leading supplier of resistive product solutions.
Stackpole Electronics realizes success rarely happens by accident, and for that reason, there are a number of well-designed programs behind every "yes" They say to customers. One example is their extensive inventory of the products They know the market demands, supported by the shortest manufacturing lead-times in the industry. They add to the effectiveness of their inventory by putting the systems and people in place to process and ship "same day" orders with ease. They realize the market demands products "off the shelf" and Stackpole Electronics delivers every day.