Vishay was founded in 1962 to manufacture and market foil resistors, an invention of Dr. Felix Zandman, Executive Chairman of the Board and founder. The Company began operations with foil resistors and foil resistance strain gages as its initial product offerings. In 1985, having grown from a start-up into the world’s leading manufacturer of these original products, Vishay began an ongoing series of strategic acquisitions to become a broadline manufacturer of electronic components. Today, Vishay is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components.

Vishay’s acquisitions include such top names as Siliconix, Telefunken, the infrared components business of Infineon, General Semiconductor, Dale, Draloric, Sprague, Vitramon, and BCcomponents (former passive components businesses of Philips Electronics and Beyschlag). These and other names and the products associated with them are integrated into one global company: Vishay.

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