Vishay is a leader in the global electronics industry with approximately 20,900 full-time employees. It mainly design and manufacture discrete semiconductorsand passive electronic components, including diodes, MOSFETs and infrared optoelectronics, resistors, inductors and capacitors. These components address such application segment as industrial, computing, automotive, consumer, telecommunications, military, aerospace, power supplies, and medical markets.
Acquisition plays an important role in the development of Vishay. It acquires such top names in discrete electronic components as Dale, Sfernice, Draloric, Sprague, Vitramon, Siliconix, General Semiconductor, BCcomponents, Beyschlag and selected International Rectifier Product Lines. In addition, as a worldwide semiconductor manufacturer, Vishay Technologies ushers in its fiftieth anniversary in 2013. It is believed future Vishay will see larger development.