Who is multicomp

The Multicomp product range consists of over 25, stocked products available for next day delivery. Sometimes Multicomp parts at cheaper price may be identical to a more expensive branded one listed somewhere else. Key product ranges include Passives, Connectors, Switches and Fans. Multicomp is a value brand, and is a globally recognized provider of board level and box build components. Multicomp offers connectors, capacitors, resistors, potentiometers, semiconductors, lamps, LEDs, switches, and related accessories.

Multicomp a value brand offering high quality products at very competitive prices. That's a different discussion. I'm working for a company which develop electronics for aviation.

We decided to ban all Multicomp components from our electronics one year ago. For us a reliable qualified manufacturer is more important than the price.

I only allow our design engineers to use branded components. There is no provenance with multicomp parts. This is a free market for all entrants to the global marketplace. How you define qualified manufacturer? Have Multicomp components failed your qualification testing or you ever even tried? It is amusing to see comments that slam down hard on OEM brands in the market.

As far as I know, Multicomp have passed all relevant International standards and there has been great receptivity in the quality it provides at competitive price levels. The difference in prices is purely in product branding and MOQ only. I have just fallen foul of this. As anonymous says they may have passed all international standards, but if you ask Farnell for proof of this they cannot provide it.

Nor can they put you in direct contact with the supplier "for commercial reasons". So we were up shit creek without a paddle - lesson learnt - do not use this stuff for critical components. I've used their electrolytic capacitors in some of my transistor radios. They seem fine for general purpose use.

My only complaint is sometimes the measured capacitance is too low. The esr seems good. Overall they seem fine as long as you get a good batch. Price is very reasonable. Post a Comment. Pages Home Twitter Feed. Wednesday, 20 June Who are Multicomp? Today I learned that Multicomp, far from being an electronics manufacturer, are in fact a reseller of other manufacturer's components.

Presumably, Multicomp is an abbreviation of "Multiple Companies". I can't find any reliable source explaining what exactly Multicomp do, or what efforts they go to to control the quality of the products they resell, but the business probably works by purchasing large volumes of presumably surplus components from big manufacturers such as NXP, 3M, Fairchild etc.

Multicomp is then offered as a value brand [1]. Multicomp parts often sell for less than the identical part listed under the manufacturer's name. I'm not really sure how this affects the decision to choose Multicomp components.

On the one hand, Multicomp parts may be easier to source, cheaper and available in smaller MOQs; on the other hand, you don't really know who the manufacturer is or even if it will be the same manufacturer next month.