Concord Components, Inc, 1700 Industrial Ave, Wayne, NE 68787, US

Vishay, founded in 1962, manufactures and markets foil resistors, an invention of physicist Dr. Felix Zandman, Chairman of the Board and founder. The Company began operations with foil resistors and strain gages as its initial product offerings. Vishay manufacturers discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components. Its acquisitions include such top names as Siliconix, Telefunken, the infrared component business of Infineon, General Semiconductor, Dale, Draloric, Sprague, Vitramon, and BCcomponents (the former passive components business of Philips Electronics and Beyschlag). Vishay components are used in virtually all types of electronic devices and equipment, in the industrial, computer, automotive, consumer, telecommunications, military, aerospace, and medical markets. Vishay's global footprint includes manufacturing facilities in China and other Asian countries, Israel, Europe and the Americas and sales offices around the world. Vishay sales offices in Asia are responsible for the generation of more than one-third of total Vishay revenues.