Vishay was founded in 1962 by Dr. Felix Zandman with funds raised from his cousin, Alfred P. Slaner, and was named after Dr. Zandman's ancestral village in Lithuania in honor of the family members who died in the war. The company's initial products included foil resistors and foil resistance strain gages.

By 1985, the company had grown to become a leading global manufacturer of these products and began a series of strategic acquisitions to become a manufacturer of electronic components with a wide range of products. Today, Vishay is one of the world's largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductor devices and passive electronic components.

Main product lines: capacitors, resistors, inductors, diodes, transistors, transformers, MOS, power supply chips.

Capacitor types manufactured by Vishay include tantalum (solid and wet), ceramic (multilayer chip and disc), film capacitors, power capacitors, high-current capacitors, and aluminum capacitors Vishay is the world's No. 1 manufacturer of wet and conformal-coated tantalum capacitors, as well as power electronics capacitors Vishay is also one of the largest manufacturers of molded tantalum surface mount capacitors.

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