Vishay威世公司是美国和欧洲地区最大的无源器件制造商,也是著名的分立半导体器件和IC制造商。Vishay公司的无源器件包括电阻、无源传感器、电容、电感,半导体器件则包括二极管和各类晶体管、光电子产品、功率IC和模拟开关IC,产品被美国、欧洲和亚洲的许多制造商所采用,被广泛应用于计算机、电话、电视、汽车、家用器具、医疗仪器、卫星、军事/航空设备。

Vishay威世集团成立于1962年，总部位于美国宾夕法尼亚洲。40多年中Vishay威世集团通过科技创新和不断的并购, 迅速发展成为世界上最大的分离式半导体和无源电子器件制造商之一。

Vishay威世通过收购许多著名品牌的的分立电子元件的厂商促进了公司发展，例如：达勒(Dale)、思芬尼（Sfernice）、迪劳瑞(Draloric)、思碧(Sprague)、威趋蒙(Vitramon)、硅尼克斯(Siliconix)、通用半导体(General Semiconductor)、BC元件（BCcomponents）和贝士拉革(Beyschlag)。Vishay威世品牌的产品代表了包括分立半导体、无源元件、集成模块、应力感应器和传感器等多种相互不依赖产品的集合。所有的这些品牌和产品都同属于一个全球制造商： Vishay威世。

目前Vishay威世集团已有69个制造基地遍布全球17个国家，其中中国大陆有7家制造业工厂分别坐落于天津、北京、上海、惠州。Vishay威世集团被美国财富杂志评为半导体领域“2004、2005年度全美最让人钦佩的公司”。其产品被广泛地应用于工业、计算机、汽车、消费品、电信、军事、航空和医药等领域的各种电子仪器和设备上。Vishay威世的足迹遍布全球，包括在中国和其它亚洲国家、以色列、欧洲和美洲的制造基地，以及在全球范围内的销售办事处。

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.

BROAD-LINE MANUFACTURER OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

Vishay Intertechnology was founded in 1962 by Dr. Felix Zandman, with a loan from his cousin Alfred P. Slaner. The Company was named after Dr. Zandman’s ancestral village in Lithuania, in memory of family members who perished in the Holocaust. The Company’s initial product portfolio consisted of foil resistors and foil resistance strain gages. In 1985, having grown from a start-up into the world’s leading manufacturer of foil resistors and strain gages, the Company began an ongoing series of strategic acquisitions to become a broad-line manufacturer of electronic components. Today, Vishay Intertechnology is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components.
As Vishay Intertechnology grew through innovations and acquisitions, its resistive foil technology products became non-core businesses. In 2010, Vishay Intertechnology spun off these non-core businesses into an independent company listed on the New York Stock Exchange: Vishay Precision Group (NYSE: VPG).

GROWTH PLAN

Vishay Intertechnology is focused on a plan for intensified organic growth based on accelerated development of new products and technologies as well as improved market penetration. Important areas of new product development include MOSFETs (high-voltage E series, mid- voltage ThunderFET®, low-voltage TrenchFET® Gen IV), power modules (IGBTs), miniaturized packages for TMBS® and FRED Pt® rectifiers, power inductors (high-current, high-temperature IHLP®), custom magnetics, high-power current sense resistors (Power Metal Strip®), and various mid- and high-power capacitors. Improved market penetration, apart from providing new products to the market more quickly, is based on increasing manufacturing capacities for key product lines to better support customers, especially during periods of peak demand. Vishay’s growth plan calls for increasing resources for R&D, process engineering, product marketing, and the technical sales force. Vishay’s organic growth will be complemented by small to mid-size acquisitions of specialty businesses.
Vishay, a leader in technology during five decades, is very well positioned to provide components for new macroeconomic growth drivers such as connectivity, mobility, and sustainability. Through its R&D, process engineering, and product marketing programs, it generates a steady stream of innovative components to help designers create new generations of end products such as wireless charging systems, tablet and ultrabook computers, electric power steering and start/stop systems for automobiles, energy exploration equipment, and wind and solar power systems.

GLOBAL INDUSTRY LEADER

Vishay Intertechnology components are used in virtually all types of electronic devices and equipment, in the industrial, computing, automotive, consumer, telecommunications, military, aerospace, power supplies, and medical markets. Vishay has manufacturing plants in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Israel, as well as sales offices worldwide.
Vishay Intertechnology has a diverse portfolio of semiconductors and passive components, including diodes, MOSFETs (metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors), optoelectronic products, selected integrated circuits (ICs), resistors, inductors, and capacitors. This enables it to provide “one-stop shop” service and offer many different parts for each customer design. Its innovations in technology, successful acquisition strategy, superior product quality, and “one-stop shop” service to customers have made the Company a global industry leader.