and privately funded genre electronic components supplier founded 1998 headquarters hawthorne california number of locations 16 1 area served worldwide number of employees 50 1 website symmetryelectronics.com symmetry electronics corporation private is headquartered in hawthorne california a suburb of los angeles . the company specializes in distribution and value added services related to semiconductors and embedded modules with special emphasis on wireless and video products . contents 1 history 2 social aspect 3 sales coverage and technical resources 4 company focus 5 references 6 external links history edit the company was established in 1998 . starting out as a franchised distributor of passive electro mechanical products symmetry s line card has morphed into a technology focused lineup of franchised semiconductor suppliers . recently symmetry has remained on the forefront of technological innovation by establishing its web marketing division to manage and oversee all of its web communication and internet properties . included in that strategy is an ecommerce platform the semiconductorstore that is transforming the way symmetry is helping its suppliers market their products on a global scale and how it reaches out to assist its current and future customers . 2 in an effort to provide the global engineering community easy to access design information semiconductorstore was established in 2004 and has won numerous neda awards including best web site of the year in 2006 and 2007 3 and the award for the totally wireless campaign in 2010 . social aspect edit symmetry is also committed to a social outreach program it s called f.a.c.t. focus on all child therapies . f.a.c.t is a program specializing in support social communication groups for families of children with autism asperger syndrome and related disabilities . they try to find companies who are willing to work with them . symmetry already hired employees from the program and works to help them gain business experience and learn how to thrive in the work environment . 4 sales coverage and technical resources edit symmetry has sales and technical coverage for north and south america as well as greater china . semiconductorstore handles customers worldwide . company focus edit the company focus is on wireless video audio memory storage control logic networking interface and power products . references edit a b http www.symmetryelectronics.com pages about us fact sheet.asp http www.tmcnet.com usubmit semiconductorstorecom launches innovative website 2008 09 09 3640810 . htm http www.reuters.com article pressrelease idus47915 28 nov 2007 bw20071128 http www.tmcnet.com usubmit 2008 09 03 3630978 . htm external links edit semiconductorstore symmetry electronics corporation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title symmetry electronics & oldid 517581703 categories distribution companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in californiacompanies established in 1998hawthorne california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 october 2012 at 14 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view