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January 28, 2026, ECIA Newsletter
ECIA Releases Five New PACE Training Modules
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ECIA is proud to announce an expansion of the very popular PACE Training program, exclusively for ECIA members. Five timely modules have been added to the curriculum:
- Personal and Career Development
- International Trade Compliance and Tariffs
- Market Overview on AI and High-Performance Computing
- Market Overview on Automotive, with a focus on EVs and ADAS
- Advanced Digital Marketing
Learn more about PACE.
ECIA Suggestion Box for ECIA Programming
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Help shape future ECIA programming! The ECIA Suggestion Box is open for your ideas—whether it’s webinar topics, event concepts, or industry issues you’d like addressed! We value your input and encourage you to share your thoughts with our team.
Do you want to give feedback about the association in general? Share your ideas with the ECIA Suggestion Box.
EDS 2026: The Week That Makes Your Year
The Week That Makes Your Year
EDS returns to Resorts World Las Vegas from May 18-22, 2026. Reservations for meeting space at EDS (Hotel Meeting Suites, Executive Meeting Rooms and space in Lily Ballroom) are now being taken on a first-come, first served basis. Registration for Attendees (Rep and Distributor companies without meeting space at EDS) will open sometime in the first weeks of January.
NEW THIS YEAR – no passcode for attendee registration! If you have registered for EDS in the past (and we have your email address!), you will receive an INVITATION EMAIL with a direct link to online registration. Please wait until after January 15 to inquire about a lost invitation. Once you have completed your registration, you will get the link to register for hotel rooms at Resorts World with the special EDS 2026 rate.
Please add info@edssummit to your list of Safe Senders to receive the most up to date information and check out the EDS website for more information!
TSCA Replacement Parts Coalition Letter to Hill
Downstream Users Coalition on TSCA Replacement Parts Amendment
On January 9, 2026, a coalition of industry groups including ECIA submitted a Letter of Support to Congressional leadership urging clarification of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) replacement parts exemption. The coalition advocates strengthening Section 6(c)(2)(D) of TSCA to ensure that replacement parts for complex durable goods can continue to be manufactured using materials originally approved at the time of product design—even if a chemical used in those parts later becomes restricted under TSCA.
The recommended amendment would make the exemption self-executing, preserve supply chains for essential replacement parts, and allow a reasonable transition period if future risk determinations require changes.
Read more.
Introducing the Redesigned TrustedParts.com BOM Tool
Why We Needed the BOM Tool
ECIA’s TrustedParts.com, the only inventory aggregator with price and availability data for genuine parts from only authorized sources, has introduced a redesigned Bill of Material (BOM) tool. Our goal with this tool is to maintain and extend the functionality of our existing BOM tool while making it more user-friendly, compact, and easier to manage.
The streamlined design of the new BOM tool provides a more concise view of your parts while offering additional details about each component. It improves the experience of retrieving pricing and inventory, analyzing and researching parts, making purchase decisions, collaborating with other users, and more.
Read more in the blog article.
Advanced Memory IC Shortage Impact
A New Report for Members!
The gold rush for Artificial Intelligence (AI) has placed a severe strain on the ability of the major Memory IC makers to meet demand. The High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) technology has a voracious appetite for wafer space. This has resulted in all major Memory IC manufacturers reporting that they are “sold out” through 2026 and beyond. The AI Memory boom has created a severe supply chain bottleneck across electronics manufacturing.
This report, based on the “Deep Research” AI tool from AlphaSense, is a must-read for anybody working to manage the complexities of the electronics component supply chain.
Members can log in here to view the report here.
AlphaSense Webinar Interview with BofA Economist, Stephen Juneau
AI-driven Expansion, Policy Shifts, and 2026 Macroeconomic Outlook
AlphaSense Market Intelligence Strategist, Ed Moya, recently hosted a highly informative Q&A session with Stephen Juneau, BofA Securities US Economist. Their discussion covered global growth breadth, AI-driven capital expenditure (CapEx), policy dynamics (including Federal Reserve independence and neutral rates), labor, inflation, productivity, geopolitics/supply chains, sector implications, markets/rates, and audience Q&A. The global headline from the webinar is that BofA sees ~3.5% global growth in 2026, roughly unchanged from a year ago; US growth slightly stronger than 2025 as prior headwinds (notably trade-related uncertainty) dissipate. Beyond this headline is an important analysis to support this outlook. Readers will be richly rewarded for the time invested in reading this summary of the webinar.
Members can log in here to read more.
ECIA Research and Analysis
ECIA offers its members insight into the industry and a variety of market trends information. Members can log into the website and visit the Stats & Insights page to access an increasing number of statistical reports. Some are available to the public, some to members and others are only accessible to those who participate in the survey.
Visit the stats and insights drop down menu on our website for more information.
Member of the Week
The Bourns mission is to satisfy customers on a global basis while achieving sound growth with technological products of innovative design, superior quality and exceptional value. They commit to excellence, to the continuous improvement of their people, technologies, systems, products and services, to industry leadership and to the highest level of integrity.
Their vision is to be the company that customers think of first for reliable electronic solutions. Their mission is to satisfy the worldwide customer base while achieving sound growth with strong application solutions based on technological products of innovative design, superior quality and exceptional value.
ECIA thanks the Bourns team for the 40 years of membership!
Contact Info:
Electronic Components Industry Association
310 Maxwell Road, Suite 200, Alpharetta, GA 30009
678.393.9990
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