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SEI Electronics - Company Profile A Little History . . . SEI Electronics started manufacturing resistors in 1928, as part of the Stackpole Carbon Company in St. Mary’s Pennsylvania. To this day, SEI continues to focus on resistor products – and nothing else. In 1986, the senior managers of Stackpole’s resistor business bought the resistor operations from the Stackpole Corporation and established a separate company under the name Stackpole Electronics. Following a short transitional period, the name of the company was changed to SEI Electronics, Inc. to further establish a clearly independent identity. In 1989, SEI strengthened its manufacturing base by becoming formally affiliated with Akahane Electronics in Japan, which has (resistor) manufacturing plants in Japan, Taiwan and mainland China. Today SEI is one of the largest exclusive resistor suppliers in the world, with headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina and a large distribution facility and customer service center in El Paso, Texas. In addition, SEI is in the process of building a solid global presence with a new distribution center in Toronto (adding to our existing facility in Singapore). SEI’s products are used in virtually every segment of the electronics market – including computers and computer peripherals, telecommunications, automotive, consumer electronics, industrial controls, medical electronics, and measurement and testing equipment. The vast majority of these customers purchase products through SEI’s ne...