ECAB is rated AAA by D&B
Second Life for Components – Since 2001
Why Surplus Management Matters
Excess or surplus electronic components are an inevitable part of modern electronics manufacturing. The real question is: how should this valuable resource be managed, what is it worth, and which option delivers the greatest value for your business?
Responsible Surplus Management – Maximizing Value, Minimizing Waste
KEEP IT: If you have the space, one option is to retain your excess inventory. But redundant assets require heating, insurance, and ongoing stock control if they remain on your balance sheet. Beyond cost, storage consumes energy and resources—without guaranteeing future returns.
SCRAP IT: Another option is to scrap your surplus inventory. However, this is both financially and environmentally wasteful. Components that may still hold significant market value are discarded, creating unnecessary e-waste and losing valuable resources.
SELL IT: The most sensible choice is to sell your surplus components. This recovers financial value, extends the lifecycle of resources, reduces waste, and supports a more sustainable supply chain. The challenge is: how do you protect your brand, manage risks, and ensure you achieve maximum return?
RECYCLE IT: Recycling is an option when components can no longer be sold. Instead of being discarded, they can be broken down into raw materials. Through our specialized partners, precious metals such as gold, silver, and platinum are recovered, while a CO₂-avoidance report documents the environmental benefits. This ensures that even end-of-life components contribute to a circular economy.
The ECAB Advantage:
Responsible Surplus Management – Maximizing Value, Minimizing Waste
ECAB is a specialist distributor with more than 25 years of experience managing surplus for some of the world’s largest OEMs. We purchase surplus semiconductors—even if we did not supply them originally—and combine:
Expertise & technology
Deep product knowledge
A trusted global customer base
To ensure your excess generates maximum financial return. Beyond resale, we also enable the repurposing of components, giving them a new role in the supply chain and extending their useful lifecycle.
Sustainability Built In:
Equally important, our model helps reduce electronic waste:
Lifecycle extension: Components gain a second life instead of being scrapped.
Repurposing: Surplus items can be redirected into new applications, reducing unnecessary production of new parts.
Material recovery: When resale is no longer possible, our partners recover gold, silver, and platinum.
CO₂ reporting: Customers receive a detailed CO₂-avoidance report plus a breakdown of recovered precious metals.
Flexible Returns:
Your financial return can be provided as:
Direct payment, or
Reusable material, which can go straight back into production.
Secure Market Access:
We also provide a safe and confidential interface into the secondary market—a part of the supply chain often misunderstood and sometimes avoided due to liability concerns. With ECAB, surplus asset management is handled responsibly, safely, and sustainably.