On March 11, 2025  EMSNOW catches up with John Magee, President Sales and Operations, and Andy Barnett, Vice President of Business Development, at independent distributor Freedom. They share their insights into current market conditions at the beginning of 2025 for the industry and for Freedom’s business. The discussion touches on what customers want in turbulent times, and how expectations have changed dramatically since the pandemic and through the supply chain allocations that followed. It is an insightful conversation about the place of an independent distributor in the component channel.