Your Interconnect Specialist

Force Electronics was founded in 1960 with the purpose of selling high quality electronic components to a growing electronic market place.

For the first two years, the Company consisted of the founder, his wife, and his two children, who worked part time. As the business grew, qualified employees, supervisors and managers were hired.

In the mid 1970's the first branch operation was established in Santa Clara, in the Silicon Valley of Northern California to service the rapidly expanding market for the type of electronic products sold by Force. Later, a sales office was opened in San Diego in order to provide better services to customers in that growing area.

In 1983, it became apparent to the founder that in order to fully service the growing number of customers in Texas and the Gulf States, it would be necessary to establish a base in that region. This decision led to the acquisition in September 1983, of a 20 year old, high quality distributor in Dallas and Houston known as Solid State Electronics. Subsequently the name of Solid State was changed to Force Electronics of Texas. As a result of the acquisition of Solid State, Force Electronics now became an important regional distributor.

In early 1985, the owner began discussion with Mr. Robert Clapp, the founder and owner of Heilind Electronics. Heilind was an electronics components distributor operating in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Texas and Arizona with product lines similar to those of Force Electronics. As a result of those discussions, Mr. Clapp purchased Force Electronics in April 1986, and thereafter Force took over the operations of Heilind in Arizona and Texas, thereby becoming a larger and stronger regional distributor with six locations in California, Arizona, and Texas.

The company, under the umbrella of The DAC Group, has developed into a nationwide network of branches covering the U.S. with several strategic acquisitions. Operations covering Mexico and Canada were added later allowing for complete coverage throughout North America.

International expansion plans are continuing with a presence in Asia Pacific anticipated very soon. Operations in Europe will follow shortly thereafter. A global presence will allow Force Electronics to provide a seamless supply chain across all continents.

With a compounded annual growth rate of over 20%, it is easy to see how Force Electronics has become the largest Interconnect Specialty Distributor in North America. Today, the company continues to uphold the values it was founded on: focus on what you are the best at and always meet, or exceed, the customer's expectations.