Vishay Intertechnology

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.
Company typePublic
Industryelectronics
Founded1962 (1962)
FounderFelix Zandman
HeadquartersMalvern, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Key people
Marc Zandman, Executive Chairman, Chief Business Development Officer,
Joel Smejkal, President and CEO
Productsrectifiers, diodes, MOSFETs, optoelectronics, selected integrated circuits, resistors, capacitors, inductors
RevenueDecrease US$3.40 billion (2023)
Decrease US$486 million (2023)
Decrease US$324 million (2023)
Total assetsIncrease US$4.24 billion (2023)
Total equityIncrease US$2.20 billion (2023)
Number of employees
c. 23,500 (2023)
Websitevishay.com
Footnotes / references
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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is an American manufacturer of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components founded by Polish-born businessman Felix Zandman. 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 2023 were $3.4 billion.[1] At the end of 2023, Vishay had approximately 23,500 full-time employees.[1]

Vishay is one of the world's foremost manufacturers of power MOSFETs.[2] They have a wide range of power electronic applications, including portable information appliances, internet communications infrastructure, power integrated circuits, cell phones, and notebook computers.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. 2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 16, 2024.
  2. ^ "MOSFETS". Vishay. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  3. ^ Whiteley, Carol; McLaughlin, John Robert (2002). Technology, Entrepreneurs, and Silicon Valley. Institute for the History of Technology. ISBN 9780964921719. These active electronic components, or power semiconductor products, from Siliconix are used to switch and convert power in a wide range of systems, from portable information appliances to the communications infrastructure that enables the Internet. The company's power MOSFETs — tiny solid-state switches, or metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors — and power integrated circuits are widely used in cell phones and notebook computers to manage battery power efficiently