Exhibitor List

1. Company Overview WIN SOURCE is a global distributor of electronic components, founded in 1999 and dedicated to supporting engineers, procurement teams, OEMs, EMS providers, system integrators, and electronic manufacturers around the world. Over more than two decades of development, WIN SOURCE has grown from a component sourcing partner into a global supply chain service provider, helping customers obtain standard, hard-to-find, long-tail, and obsolete electronic components with greater speed, transparency, and confidence. In the electronics industry, component availability can directly affect product design, engineering validation, production schedules, repair work, and long-term equipment maintenance. A single missing part may delay a prototype, interrupt a production run, or create pressure across engineering, procurement, quality, and manufacturing teams. WIN SOURCE understands this challenge and focuses on making electronic component procurement more efficient, reliable, and manageable. The company provides access to a broad range of components from major international manufacturers and supports customers across the full procurement process, including part search, RFQ handling, BOM sourcing, quotation, order processing, quality control, packaging, logistics coordination, and after-sales support. Its role is not limited to locating available parts. WIN SOURCE aims to help customers reduce sourcing uncertainty, improve material readiness, and maintain stronger continuity across product development, production, repair, and lifecycle management. Today, WIN SOURCE provides access to more than 1.2 million parts and cooperates with more than 3,000 manufacturers. Its product coverage includes integrated circuits, semiconductors, passive components, connectors, sensors, relays, power management devices, protection components, RF components, memory, interface devices, electromechanical parts, and other essential materials used across modern electronic systems. By combining global sourcing capability, inventory resources, digital procurement tools, and quality management processes, WIN SOURCE helps customers move from component requirement to usable supply with fewer delays and fewer obstacles. 2. Mission and Service Philosophy The mission of WIN SOURCE is to simplify global electronic component sourcing and provide customers with responsive, dependable, and customer-focused procurement support. The company treats component distribution as a supply chain service rather than a simple transaction. Customers often need more than a price and delivery date. They need clear information, realistic sourcing options, reliable quality control, and timely communication when project schedules are under pressure. WIN SOURCE’s service philosophy is built on professionalism, integrity, efficiency, and long-term customer trust. The company emphasizes fast response, transparent communication, practical problem solving, and responsible order handling. Whether a customer is searching for a common in-stock component, reviewing a complex BOM, replacing an obsolete part, or responding to an urgent shortage, WIN SOURCE aims to provide support that fits the customer’s real project conditions. A customer-first approach is central to the company’s operating model. Engineers may care most about technical compatibility and design risk. Procurement teams may focus on price, lead time, and supplier reliability. Quality teams may require traceability, inspection, packaging integrity, and clear documentation. Production teams may need stable delivery schedules and batch consistency. Maintenance teams may depend on long-tail or discontinued parts. WIN SOURCE connects these different needs through responsive sourcing support and practical supply chain coordination. 3. Global Sourcing Capability Electronic component sourcing is increasingly global, fragmented, and time-sensitive. Manufacturers and procurement teams often face fluctuating market supply, inconsistent lead times, lifecycle changes, multi-brand BOM requirements, and rising quality expectations. WIN SOURCE supports customers by bringing together inventory access, sourcing channels, supplier resources, and order management experience. With a global sourcing network and a broad inventory base, WIN SOURCE helps customers locate required components across different categories and brands. The company supports both commonly used parts and components that are difficult to obtain through regular channels, including EOL parts, long-lead-time materials, discontinued items, and components required for maintenance or aftermarket service. This capability is especially valuable for industries with long product lifecycles, where equipment may remain in operation for many years after some original components are no longer widely available. WIN SOURCE’s sourcing capability is also important for customers working with complex BOMs. A single BOM may include dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of line items across multiple manufacturers, package types, specifications, and sourcing conditions. The challenge is not only finding each item individually, but coordinating availability, lead time, cost, substitution risk, batch consistency, and delivery planning across the full list. WIN SOURCE helps customers review BOM requirements, identify available stock, compare sourcing options, and improve procurement coordination. 4. Product Coverage WIN SOURCE supplies a wide range of electronic components used in modern electronics design, production, and maintenance. Its product coverage includes integrated circuits, discrete semiconductors, passive components, electromechanical components, sensors, connectors, relays, switches, power components, RF devices, memory, protection devices, timing components, interface components, modules, and related electronic materials. This broad product range allows WIN SOURCE to serve diverse application fields and support customers with both standard and specialized component needs. For industrial applications, WIN SOURCE can support components used in control cabinets, PLC systems, sensing and detection equipment, motor control, power management, factory automation, robotics, maintenance systems, and electrical equipment. Common requirements include relays, connectors, interface modules, power management ICs, protection devices, sensors, capacitors, resistors, and other supporting components that affect equipment stability and long-term operation. For automotive, communications, medical, and high-reliability applications, customers may require components with stricter temperature ranges, voltage ratings, traceability requirements, and reliability expectations. WIN SOURCE supports these customers by helping source suitable components, review availability, and provide quality-focused supply support. For IoT, Edge AI, smart sensing, and embedded systems, customers often require coordinated sourcing of sensors, MCUs, processors, wireless modules, memory, power devices, connectors, and supporting passives. WIN SOURCE helps teams obtain required parts more efficiently and reduce delays between concept development, prototype validation, and product introduction. 5. BOM Sourcing and Procurement Support BOM sourcing is one of the most important service areas for WIN SOURCE. A bill of materials is more than a list of parts. It represents the structure of a product, the technical choices made by engineers, the cost assumptions used by procurement teams, and the supply risks that may affect production. When a BOM contains unavailable, high-cost, obsolete, or long-lead-time parts, the entire project can face delays or cost pressure. WIN SOURCE supports BOM sourcing by helping customers review component requirements, identify available inventory, evaluate lead-time exposure, and provide sourcing options. This service is valuable during new product introduction, engineering validation, pilot production, and ramp-up to volume production. During early design, customers may need sample quantities and fast delivery. During pilot production, they may need batch consistency and predictable availability. During mass production, they may need stable supply, cost optimization, and delivery planning. The company can also assist with BOM cost optimization and alternative sourcing support. When certain parts become expensive, difficult to obtain, or at risk of lifecycle change, customers may need to evaluate alternative components. WIN SOURCE can provide availability analysis, cost comparison, and sourcing suggestions based on customer BOMs. Final technical validation remains the responsibility of the customer’s engineering team, but WIN SOURCE helps make the sourcing side more transparent and manageable. 6. Shortage Response and Long-Tail Support Component shortages can create serious pressure for electronics manufacturers. A shortage may occur because of sudden demand growth, production disruptions, allocation policies, transportation constraints, geopolitical factors, or lifecycle changes. In some cases, one or two missing components can prevent a complete product from moving into production. WIN SOURCE helps customers respond to shortages by using its sourcing network, inventory resources, and market visibility to locate available supply and provide practical options. Long-tail component support is also a key value area. Many products in industrial, automotive, medical, communications, and infrastructure applications have service lives that are much longer than the commercial lifecycle of many electronic components. When original components are discontinued or no longer easily available, customers need reliable support for repair, maintenance, aftermarket service, and long-term production. WIN SOURCE helps customers source obsolete, hard-to-find, and end-of-life components, supporting continuity for equipment that must remain operational. This capability is particularly important for maintenance, repair, and operations teams. In industrial environments, a missing replacement component can affect production line uptime, equipment stability, and maintenance efficiency. WIN SOURCE helps customers reduce this risk by providing sourcing support for discontinued parts, alternative procurement channels, and long-term spare-parts planning where possible. 7. Quality Assurance and Risk Control Quality assurance is one of the most critical areas in electronic component distribution. Customers need not only available parts, but genuine, reliable, and properly handled components that can meet project and production requirements. WIN SOURCE places strong emphasis on quality management, inspection support, process standardization, and risk control. The company’s quality approach is designed to reduce procurement risk, support traceability, and improve confidence in component supply. Quality control in component sourcing involves multiple dimensions, including supplier verification, incoming inspection, packaging condition assessment, label and lot information review, quantity verification, appearance inspection, documentation checking, and abnormal case handling. For sensitive components, customers may also pay attention to humidity protection, ESD protection, lot consistency, date codes, and transport conditions. WIN SOURCE’s quality process is designed to support these practical needs and help customers make better procurement decisions. In industrial automation and electrical equipment applications, component stability and traceability are especially important. WIN SOURCE highlights standardized inspection practices and the support of an independent electronic component testing laboratory, Rapid Rabbit. This helps customers improve transparency and reliability in procurement, particularly in complex sourcing scenarios involving critical materials, shortage parts, or long-tail components. 8. Logistics, Packaging, and Delivery Support Electronic component delivery is not only about shipping speed. It also depends on packaging, labeling, moisture protection, ESD protection, documentation consistency, batch information, delivery coordination, and condition assessment upon arrival. WIN SOURCE understands that the condition in which components arrive can directly affect customers’ receiving efficiency, inspection workload, warehouse processing, and production readiness. For electronic components, packaging is part of the quality and handling system. Components may be delivered in reels, trays, tubes, bags, cartons, or other formats depending on the part type and manufacturer packaging. Some components require moisture-sensitive handling, dry packaging, humidity indicator cards, desiccants, ESD-safe materials, or specific storage conditions. WIN SOURCE pays attention to packaging suitability and delivery condition because these factors influence whether customers can quickly verify, accept, store, and use the materials. Transportation environments can affect packaging, labels, and receiving judgment. Temperature changes, humidity, vibration, compression, multiple transfers, and long routes may create visible changes such as label wear, carton deformation, moisture traces, or packaging concerns. These do not always mean that components are defective, but they can increase receiving uncertainty. WIN SOURCE helps reduce such uncertainty through pre-shipment checks, packaging practices, delivery documentation, and responsive communication when exceptions occur. 9. Digital Procurement and Supply Chain Intelligence Modern electronic component procurement depends increasingly on digital tools, real-time information, searchable catalogs, online quotation processes, order tracking, and data-driven support. WIN SOURCE combines electronic component distribution with e-procurement capabilities to simplify global sourcing and improve customer experience. The company’s digital platform allows customers to search for parts, check product information, submit RFQs, upload BOMs, request quotations, and manage procurement communication more efficiently. Digital procurement is valuable because electronics sourcing often involves urgent decisions. Customers may need to know whether a part is available, whether an alternative exists, whether the lead time is acceptable, whether a quantity can be supported, and whether the component fits a project schedule. A responsive digital procurement system reduces friction between inquiry and action. WIN SOURCE aims to provide rapid access to product insights and smoother support for customers worldwide. WIN SOURCE’s NEXUS Solution reflects the company’s direction toward smarter and more proactive supply chain support. In component procurement, data and process intelligence can help customers move beyond simple part searching. By combining global coverage, responsive fulfillment, quality practices, and supply chain visibility, WIN SOURCE helps customers manage sourcing decisions more efficiently from design to production. 10. Industry Applications WIN SOURCE supports customers across many sectors, including industrial automation, automotive electronics, communications infrastructure, consumer electronics, medical devices, smart sensing, IoT, Edge AI, energy systems, embedded systems, and electronic manufacturing. These industries often require a combination of fast response, stable supply, technical understanding, and strict quality management. In industrial automation, component supply reliability is especially important. Automation systems often include PLCs, drives, sensors, relays, connectors, protection devices, interface modules, power management components, and communication modules. These systems may operate in demanding environments and remain in service for many years. WIN SOURCE supports industrial customers with sourcing, BOM matching, shortage response, obsolete-part management, and spare-parts support. In smart systems, IoT, and Edge AI applications, project teams may need to move quickly from concept design to prototype testing, hardware integration, pilot production, and product launch. These applications often involve sensing, processing, connectivity, memory, power management, and data storage. WIN SOURCE’s broad inventory access and sourcing network help customers obtain the parts needed to build and test these systems. For automotive, medical, communications, and other high-reliability applications, customers often require stable performance, controlled sourcing, consistent delivery, and careful documentation. WIN SOURCE supports these customers by providing component sourcing, availability analysis, quality management, packaging review, and lifecycle support. 11. Customer Value WIN SOURCE creates value by addressing practical procurement challenges. First, the company helps improve supply continuity by connecting customers with a broad range of available components and sourcing channels. This can reduce the risk that a project is delayed by missing materials. Second, WIN SOURCE helps improve procurement efficiency by supporting BOM sourcing, quotation response, order coordination, and delivery planning. Third, the company helps customers respond to shortages, EOL risks, and long-tail component needs. Fourth, WIN SOURCE supports quality assurance through inspection practices, packaging attention, and risk management processes. The company also helps reduce cross-functional pressure inside customer organizations. When sourcing is uncertain, engineering, procurement, quality, warehouse, and production teams may all become involved in resolving the issue. By providing clearer sourcing options, better availability support, and stronger quality processes, WIN SOURCE helps customers reduce unnecessary delays and communication burden. For global customers, WIN SOURCE offers support that connects international sourcing needs with practical delivery and service processes. Its websites, service channels, and customer support help customers from different regions access component information and procurement assistance. 12. Long-Term Partnership and Future Development WIN SOURCE views electronic component distribution as a long-term partnership business. Customers need suppliers who can support them during normal purchasing cycles as well as during urgent shortages, product redesigns, market fluctuations, lifecycle changes, and maintenance periods. For this reason, WIN SOURCE continues to strengthen its global sourcing network, digital procurement platform, quality management system, and customer service capability. As electronic products become more intelligent, connected, and lifecycle-sensitive, component supply will remain a strategic part of product development and manufacturing. Component selection will increasingly need to consider not only technical performance, but also lifecycle risk, availability, lead-time stability, supply sustainability, and logistics resilience. WIN SOURCE is committed to helping customers adapt to this environment. With broad product coverage, global sourcing capability, BOM support, shortage response, quality management, digital procurement tools, and customer-focused service, WIN SOURCE helps customers secure the components they need with greater speed, transparency, and confidence. Whether supporting new product development, production ramp-up, shortage recovery, maintenance projects, or long-term lifecycle management, WIN SOURCE aims to provide reliable electronic component solutions that support customer success in a changing global market.

The Saxony Trade & Invest Corporation (WFS – Wirtschaftsförderung Sachsen GmbH) was founded in 1991 as a state-owned enterprise of the Federal State of Saxony and has been active in three key fields since that time. The WFS promotes Saxony as a business location and advises potential investors comprehensively from the initial idea all the way to the implementation of their relocation projects. In addition, the WFS assists Saxony’s companies in achieving their export goals and initiates cooperations with companies located outside of Saxony. The objective is to open up new international markets for Saxony’s business community and to create new jobs in Saxony. In other words: The Saxony Trade & Invest Corporation builds bridges. Between Saxony’s companies and foreign customers, between enterprises looking for investment opportunities and the regions and municipalities of the Federal State of Saxony. An important foundation for the effective work of the WFS is its strategic orientation towards Saxony’s key industrial branches. Identifying the relevant technological trends early on and integrating them into its locational and sales promotion measures represent a field of competence which the WFS has been focusing on for several years now.