nyse vsh industry electronics founded 1962 ; 54 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 . 1 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 . 2 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 . 3 4 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 . 5 some of the manufacturers that vishay has acquired include hirel systems 2012 the resistor business of huntington electric 2011 the wet tantalum capacitor business of kemet 2008 the pcs business of international rectifier 2007 bccomponents and beyschlag 2002 general semiconductor the infrared components business of infineon mallory nacc and tansitor 2001 cera mite electro films and spectrol 2000 siliconix and telefunken 1998 vitramon 1994 roederstein 1993 sprague 1992 sfernice 1988 draloric 1987 and dale 1985 . 6 the former spectrol reliance factory in swindon england uk arm of spectrol electronics that was acquired by vishay in 2000 originally known as reliance controls was the last design by team 4 richard rogers norman foster and their respective wives and is considered the first example of high tech architecture in the united kingdom . it opened in 1967 and was demolished in 1991 spectrol reliance moving to a different part of swindon . 7 see also edit robert c. sprague references edit 1 dead link vishay . company info about . vishay . retrieved 2013 10 21 . vpg home page . vishaypg.com . retrieved 2013 10 21 . pdf https web.archive.org web 20100120063141 http www.snl.com cache 1500024614.pdf d & o pdf & iid 4165163 & y & t & fid 1500024614 . archived from the original pdf on january 20 2010 . retrieved june 17 2010 . missing or empty title help http www.snl.com interactive lookandfeel 4165163 vsh 2009.pdf 2 dead link richard rogers architect 1933 from the house to the city . design museum . archived from the original on 20 october 2010 . retrieved 2010 10 12 . external links edit official site v t e philadelphia area corporations including the delaware valley list of companies based in the philadelphia area philadelphia based fortune 500 corporations rank in the 2015 list comcast 43 aramark 207 crown holdings 318 delaware valley based fortune 500 corporations rank in the 2015 list amerisourcebergen 16 dupont 87 lincoln national 223 universal health services 324 campbell soup 342 ugi 349 burlington stores inc. 500 other notable philadelphia based businesses amoroso s beneficial bank chemtura day & zimmermann fmc corporation independence blue 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