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electronica 2026 runs November 10 to 13 in Munich. For many buyers, that’s the same few weeks they’re finalizing program budgets and supply coverage commitments for 2027.
They’re also planning against a market that’s moving quickly. A Gartner analyst told EE Times that memory vendors are issuing quotes valid for a single week, with many able to raise prices until product ships. That makes a follow up in December too late. For teams carrying exposed lines on their BOM, the four days in Munich are working time, not research.
A2 Global CEO Frank Cavallaro described the wider dynamic in Electronics Sourcing North America’s August issue: “Capacity is shifting toward sectors willing to pay the most, and procurement teams outside those priority sectors are starting to feel the impact in ways that will only intensify.”
What the Best Prepared Teams Arrive With
Our sourcing team talks to buyers across hundreds of programs every week. The teams best positioned to make progress at electronica tend to arrive with three things already in motion.
Written commitments on single-source and long-lead components. A verbal assurance and a published lead time both lose their meaning the moment a supplier starts rationing. Quantities and delivery windows on paper give production planning a firm basis to schedule against. That’s different from a rigid annual volume commitment, and the two should stay separate. A supplier willing to commit in writing has the allocation to back it.
A supply coverage decision that’s already made, not an intention to make one. When the cost of carrying inventory is lower than the cost of a stopped production line, securing coverage is the practical decision. Teams that leave Munich with that decision made can put shortage mitigation measures in place while supply options are still available — not after the risk has reached production.
An alternate channel that has already been tested, not one that has been identified. Sourcing outside franchise distribution is established practice, provided incoming material gets verified before it reaches production. A supplier you have qualified and a supplier you have only met are not the same thing, and the difference tends to surface after the material has already shipped. What separates the two is what happens to a part between the purchase order and the production floor, and whether component authentication happens in laboratories the supplier actually operates.
Find Us in Hall C4, Booth 141
A2 Global will be at electronica 2026 from November 10 to 13. Our team works with procurement, quality, and program leaders across aerospace, defense, industrial, medical programs, and other critical industries — sourcing components through a global network and verifying them in our own testing laboratories before they ship.
Whether it’s memory coverage, lifecycle exposure, an inventory position, or a part requirement you can’t fill, our global team will be in Munich and ready to talk.
Schedule a meeting with us ahead of the show, or stop by Booth 141 in Hall C4. We will be there all four days.
Bring us your exposed line items. Schedule a meeting with our team in Munich. →
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