Vishay

Vishay Intertechnology

Type	Public
Traded as	: VSH S&P 400 Component
Industry	electronics
Founded	1962; 55 years ago (1962)
Headquarters	Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States
Key people	Marc Zandman, Executive Chairman, Chief Business Development Officer, Dr. Gerald Paul, President and CEO, Chief Technical Officer
Products	rectifiers, diodes, MOSFETs, optoelectronics, selected integrated circuits, resistors, capacitors, inductors
Revenue	$ 2.594 billion USD (2011)
Number of employees	approximately 20,900 (2011)
Website	www.vishay.com

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is an American manufacturer of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components. Vishay has manufacturing plants in Israel, Asia, Europe, and the Americas where it produces rectifiers, diodes, MOSFETs, optoelectronics, selected integrated circuits, resistors, capacitors, and inductors. Vishay Intertechnology revenues for 2011 were $2.594 billion. As of December 31, 2011, Vishay Intertechnology had approximately 20,900 full-time employees.

Vishay Intertechnology was founded in 1962 by Dr. Felix Zandman. The Company was named after Dr. Zandman’s ancestral village in Lithuania, Veisiejai. It began operations with a patented technology that had two product lines: foil resistors and foil resistance strain gauges. In 1985, having grown from a start-up into the world's leading manufacturer of these original products, the company began an ongoing series of acquisitions to become a broadline manufacturer of electronics components.

Having expanded into so many product lines, Vishay announced in October 2009 that it would be creating a spin-off company which focuses on their high precision technologies in Foil Technology. Vishay Precision Group represents approximately 9% of Vishay annual revenue, and included their product lines in Bulk Metal Foil Resistors, micro-measurements, load cells, process weighing, and on-board weighing. In July 2010, Vishay Intertechnology completed the spin-off of Vishay Precision Group (VPG).