About Us
Gateway Electronic Components is a recognised leader in the Magnetics and IoT sectors within the electronic component industry. We maintain a substantial inventory of standard parts from industry leading manufacturers, available for immediate purchase as off-the-shelf solutions.
Our in-house Ferrite Machine Shop specialises in high-precision, custom ferrite machining, providing tailored solutions designed to meet the specific needs of your projects. Additionally, The Ferrite Machine Shop holds a comprehensive stock of ferrite block materials, enabling us to offer short lead times and deliver prototypes in less than a week in most cases.
Our experienced technical sales team is committed to guiding you throughout your purchasing journey, offering expert insights and personalised solutions that align with your requirements.
The Magnetic Gateway
From ferrite to nanocrystalline, we offer an extensive range of magnetic components and accessories. Through our trusted franchised partners, we source top-tier products at competitive prices for industries including Automotive, Industrial, Medical, Aerospace, and Military. Our applications cover power electronics, sensors, EMI suppression, and more. Whether you need custom designs or off-the-shelf products, we are here to help.
The IoT Gateway
Gateway provides complete IoT solutions, from individual components to full systems, with product demonstrations and technical support for leading IoT devices. Whether you require antennas, signal analysers, or other IoT components, we offer expert assistance. Our plug-and-play solutions, as well as custom-built products, are designed to meet the ever-evolving needs of the industrial and emerging IoT sectors.
The Component Gateway
Gateway supplies a broad range of off-the-shelf components from leading manufacturers. We also offer specialised parts across various industries, including passive components, interconnects, electromechanical components, switches, relays, optoelectronics, and rectifiers. Our goal is to support your projects with a comprehensive selection of high-quality components.
Bespoke PCB Solutions
In addition to product distribution, we provide custom PCB solutions designed to your exact specifications. Offering a wide array of customisation options, we ensure that your PCBs align perfectly with your project's requirements. Our PCB options include single-sided, double-sided, flex-rigid, HDI boards, and many other fully customisable choices tailored to your unique needs. Bespoke PCB solutions can be delivered in as little as 10 days, with a door-to-door service and technical support. This can be achieved through assistance with contracts, special pricing agreements, and buffer stocks to meet your business demands. For more details on our bespoke PCB solutions, please visit our dedicated webpage: https://www.gatewaycando.com/pcb.
IoT Solutions
At Gateway, we excel at connecting our customers to the 'smart world.' Whether you need fully integrated systems or custom plug-and-play solutions, we can design IoT solutions that meet your cloud and automation needs. Our skilled team will collaborate with you from concept to completion to bring your IoT projects to life.
Product Assembly
We manage the entire product assembly process, from sourcing the Bill of Materials (BOM) to ensuring a smooth production flow and rigorous testing. Whether you need sample builds or large-scale production runs, we cater to your needs. Once assembled, we ship the finished product directly to you, offering a hassle-free solution for getting custom-built products made with the exact parts you need.
The Ferrite Machine Shop
With years of expertise, our Ferrite Machine Shop excels in processes ranging from standard gapping services to fully customised ferrite shapes machined from blocks.
At The Ferrite Machine Shop, we provide seamless support as your project transitions from prototype to high-volume production. From initial designs to full-scale manufacturing, we are the only partner you'll need for consistent quality and reliability at every stage of your journey.
We prioritise precision, efficiency, and scalability, ensuring optimal results for your applications. “If you can dream it, we can machine it!”
Your One-Stop Electronic Component Shop
Explore our full product range and view pricing with ease at shop.gatewaycando.com. Our e-commerce platform allows instant purchasing with worldwide shipping, secure transactions, and trusted payment providers. Stay informed with technical blogs, whitepapers, product announcements, and exclusive offers on our website.
Whether you need custom ferrite solutions, specialised PCB designs, or expert guidance in IoT, Gateway is your reliable partner for both standard and bespoke electronic components.
Gateway Can Do – Can-Do People with the Can-Do Spirit!
Our History
The Gateway Journey
New HQ! - 2009 - 2011
The quest for new premises is fulfilled and Gateway relocates to Innovation House, Nantwich, Cheshire, giving a 61% increase in office and warehouse space. For the next 2 years Gateway achieves double digit growth to realise market share gains to further strengthen its position as one of the best-in-class specialist distribution outlets for electronic components in the UK.
Gateway continues to develop its operating systems capability and online presence with the launch of its second generation ‘Core-2’ operating system which accommodates multi-currency trading to better manage the currency environment with its suppliers and for its UK and overseas customers.
The Very Beginning - 2000
Gateway Electronic Components Limited registered as a trading entity with Companies House.
Gateway commissions the design, develop and implement of a bespoke operating system for the company to platform its transactional databases and interface these with the financial management system.
Gateway secures the lease for its first premises at Unit 10, Huntsbank Works, Crewe.
Accreditation Secured - 2001 - 2003
Gateway receives its first BS EN ISO9000:1994 accreditation from United Registrar of Systems. Since its first award Gateway has upgraded its accreditation status and now complies with ISO9001:2015.
Ferroxcube and First Apprentices - 2017
Gateway is appointed as a UK franchised distributor by Ferroxcube, a global leader in high performance ferrite materials. The Ferroxcube range augments the portfolio of products already available from Gateway from manufacturers TDK, Fair-Rite and Magnetics Inc, and strengthens Gateway position as the largest stocking distributor of ferrite core products and accessories in the UK.
Gateway employs its first apprentice intake, filling IT and Digital Marketing positions with some highly talented school and college leavers. The initial intake has now progressed to full time positions now making significant contributions to the company’s development. Three further apprentices have been employed in the company in engineering, IT and customer service roles and will all have promising careers with the company.
The CanDo Man in a Kanban Van - 2013
Gateway secures a contract to manage the supply of products to its largest customers by implementing Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) solutions on various customer’s premises. The contracts, comprising over 700 lines of electronic components shipped direct-to-line to Kanban stations on the customers production floors, delivered by Gateway staff on a twice weekly replenishments system, was tagged “The Cando man in a Kanban Van”. The solution has realized significant efficiency gains and thereby reduced total cost of ownership for those customers.
Gateway appointed by TDK as its specialist magnetic components distributor for the UK. Gateway invests in significant stockholding of Ferrite products, and within 3 months develops and launches its second specialist sibling ecommerce platform www.theferritegateway.com to support the growing base of UK customers. Within the next 18 months Gateway increases TDK distributed ferrite sales revenues by more than 45%.
Gold! - 2015
Gateway secures Silver status in the TDK Senten Manten awards in recognition of its achievement on meeting key business performance and customer service standards. The Japanese term Senten Manten means “perfect result”.
Gateway is appointed by Siretta Limited as its UK specialist distributor to promote and sell its range of products for use within emerging IoT and industrial M2M applications in the ever growing smart-world, including wired and wireless network connectivity solutions, antenna, modems, routers and network signal strength analysis products. Gateway develops and launches its third specialist sibling ecommerce platform www.theiotgateway.com to promote and sell the product range.
For the second year running Gateway receives recognition in the prestigious TDK Senten Manten awards programme, this time achieving a coveted Gold award, in recognition that the company’s specialist, service-led, differentiated and value-adding distribution ethos is of appeal to a broad customer base across the UK and increasingly into Europe.
2017 - The Machine Shop
Gateway launches the Ferrite Machine Shop to provide a core gapping and machining service to support its customers that require bespoke dimensional and/or inductance values to meet their specific application requirements. The significant investment in infrastructure and machinery includes a dedicated Machine Shop environment within Gateway’s UK based headquarters, a 3-axis NC flatbed surface grind centre, and an enhanced operating system to provide a production works order solution that provides full batch traceability for all parts used within the machining process.
20th Year! - 2019
Gateway enters is 20th year of trading having developed a unique position in the electronic components supply environment as a specialist, differentiated and value-adding service-led distributor with a CanDo attitude capable of delivering standard and bespoke solutions to customers big and small, and able to facilitate total cost of ownership optimisation with its range of supply solutions and logistics programmes.
2018 - First Mini Mill
Further Machine Shop investment is made by Gateway as it installs a new Haas Mini-Mill machining centre to be able to provide its customers with even more geometric and dimensional solutions to bespoke machining requirements. Gateway can now manufacture new core geometries from ferrite plate, block, rod, toroid, or button cores and has also developed an expertise to glue multiple geometries to custom-design assembled parts. The phrase “if you can dream it, we can machine it” is born.
We've got the Power - 2018
Gateway launches a new sibling ecommerce brand www.thepowergateway.com to promote products for use in the improvement of power quality solutions and power factor correction, to help drive for efficiency, lower operating costs and faster returns on investment in the power generation, transmission and distribution sector. With a significant new stocking investment in TDK Power Factor Correction (PFC) products, including PFC Capacitors and filters, controllers, and switching devices along with a range of Power Electrolytic Capacitor (PEC) products, Gateway is continuing to develop its specialist and differentiated channels to service key growth market sectors.
