Felix Zandman, the chairman and CEO of Vishay, and his co-founders widow, Luella Slaner, control a majority of the companys voting stock. Zandman put in $4,000 of his own savings, and the new company was born, with the partners each owning 50 percent. With the acquisitions of Draloric, Dale, and Sfernice, the company held about one-third of the American resistor market and 40 percent of the European market. The passive components industry experienced a growth spurt in 1994 and 1995. The cheapest material we could use to bond our foil to was not ceramic, but glass. Vishay reduced the numbers of managers in both Dale and Draloric and moved some production to Israel, where it opened a second facility. You Report Overview Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine War Influence, the global market for Automotive NTC Thermistor estimated at US$ million in the year 2023, is projected to reach a revised size of US$ million by 2028, growing at a CAGR of % during the forecast period 2023-2028. U.S.A. In 1988 it bought Sfernice, the major French resistor manufacturer with which Vishay had initiated a licensing agreement, with sales of $100 million. Twente Vs Utrecht Forebet, Global manufacturer of semiconductors (diodes, MOSFETS, and optoelectronics) and passive electronic components (resistors, inductors and capacitors). Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.; Motorola, Inc.; Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.; AVX Corporation; General Semiconductor, Inc.; International Rectifier Corporation. https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/vishay-intertechnology-inc-0, Wernick, Ellen; Teague, Kevin "Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. Cite this article Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. To meet the anticipated demand, the company expanded its offshore capacity, spending over $165 million in 1995 on plant and equipment, including new facilities in Israel and the Czech Republic. During this time, the passive components market began to recover. //