Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is an American manufacturer of discrete
semiconductor
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s and
passive electronic component
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s founded by
Polish
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-born businessman
Felix Zandman
Felix Zandman ( pl, Feliks Zandman; May 7, 1928 – June 4, 2011) was a Polish-born American entrepreneur and founder of Vishay Intertechnology – one of the world's largest manufacturers of electronic components. From 1946 to 1949 he studied in ...
. Vishay has manufacturing plants in
Israel
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, Asia,
Europe
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, and the
Americas
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where it produces
rectifiers
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,
diodes
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A diode ...
,
MOSFETs
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,
optoelectronics
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, selected
integrated circuit
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s,
resistors
A resistor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that implements electrical resistance as a circuit element. In electronic circuits, resistors are used to reduce current flow, adjust signal levels, to divide voltages, bias active el ...
,
capacitors
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, and
inductors
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. Vishay Intertechnology revenues for 2021 were $3.24 billion.
As of December 31, 2021, Vishay Intertechnology had approximately 22,800 full-time employees.
Vishay is one of the world's foremost manufacturers of
power MOSFET
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s. They have a wide range of
power electronic applications, including portable
information appliances
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,
internet
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communications infrastructure,
power integrated circuits,
cell phones
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, and
notebook computers
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.
History
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Vishay Intertechnology was founded in 1962 by Holocaust survivor
Polish
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-born Dr.
Felix Zandman
Felix Zandman ( pl, Feliks Zandman; May 7, 1928 – June 4, 2011) was a Polish-born American entrepreneur and founder of Vishay Intertechnology – one of the world's largest manufacturers of electronic components. From 1946 to 1949 he studied in ...
. The company was named after Zandman's ancestral village in present-day
Lithuania
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,
Veisiejai. It began operations with a
patent
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ed technology that had two product lines:
foil resistors and foil resistance
strain gauge
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s. 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).
Since 1985, Vishay has pursued a business strategy that principally consists of the following elements: expanding within the electronic components industry, primarily through the acquisition of other manufacturers of electronic components; reducing expenses; transferring manufacturing operations to countries with lower labor costs and government-sponsored incentives; maintaining significant production facilities in regions where Vishay markets the bulk of its products; continually rolling out new products; and strengthening relationships with customers and strategic partners. As a result of this strategy, Vishay has grown from a small manufacturer of precision resistors and resistance strain gages to one of the world's largest manufacturers and suppliers of a broad line of electronic components.
Some of the manufacturers that Vishay has acquired include
HiRel Systems (2012), the resistor business of
Huntington Electric (2011), the wet
tantalum
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capacitor business of
KEMET (2008), the PCS business of
International Rectifier
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(2007),
BCcomponents (Beyschlag Centralab components, which was previously part of
Philips Electronics Components) (2002),
General Semiconductor, the infrared components business of
Infineon
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,
Mallory
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Surname
* Arenia ...
(NACC), and
Tansitor (2001),
Cera-Mite,
Electro-Films, and
Spectrol (2000),
Siliconix and
Telefunken
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(1998),
Vitramon (1994),
Roederstein
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Life
Roederstein was born in Zürich, Switz ...
(1993),
Sprague
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(1992),
Sfernice (1988),
Draloric (1987), and
Dale (1985).
The former Spectrol Reliance factory in
Swindon
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,
England
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, (UK arm of Spectrol Electronics that was acquired by Vishay in 2000, originally known as
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) was the last design by
Team 4
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(
Richard Rogers
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,
Norman Foster
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and their respective wives), and is considered the first example of
High-tech architecture
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in the United Kingdom. It opened in 1967 and was demolished in 1991, Spectrol Reliance moving to a different part of Swindon.
See also
*
Robert C. Sprague 1900-1991 - founder of Sprague Electric company (history)
References
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