美国威世(VISHAY) www.vishay.com
威世公司创立于1962年，当时主要生产和销售由公司创立人和董事会主席－－物理学家 Felix Zandman 博士发明的箔电阻。 公司刚开始运营的时候主要以经营箔电阻和应变计两种产品为主。 威世公司逐渐从最初的创立发展成为生产这些原始产品的世界领先的制造商，从1985年起公司开始了一系列的战略性收购行动以发展成为一个多样化电子元件产品的制造商，为客户提供“一站式”服务。 今天的威世已经成为世界上最大的分立半导体和无源电子元件的制造商之一。
通过威世测量集团（Vishay Measurements Group）这样一个组合品牌，威世成为世界排名第一的应变计和测压元件的制造商。 这些品牌包括：威世BLH（Vishay BLH）、威世世铨（Vishay Celtron）、威世微测量（Vishay Micro-Measurements）、威世诺贝尔（Vishay Nobel）、威世传感电子（Vishay Sensortronics）和威世特迪亚-亨特利（Vishay Tedea-Huntleigh）。威世测量集团（Vishay Measurements Group）有两个运营部门， 一个是主要生产应变计、测量仪器、PhotoStress产品的威世微测量部门（Vishay Micro-Measurements），另一个是主要生产测压元件、称量模块、测量仪器和称量系统的威世传感器部门（Vishay Transducers）。
威世微测量（Vishay Micro-Measurements）可以为机械应变的精度测量提供广泛的产品，包括可绑定的应变计、安装配件和仪器、以及光弹仪器和材料。 除了为压力分析测试设计的通用应变计，威世微测量（Vishay Micro-Measurements）还可以生产用于加工测压元件和别的传感器的Transducer-Class测量仪。
VMM的产品主要包括:
1）各种高性能常规应变片和特种应变片。
2）高精度位移传感器。
3）应变片以及应变原理传感器专用仪表。
4）应变片安装附件。
Global Industry Leader

Vishay is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components. These components are used in virtually all types of electronic devices and equipment, in the industrial, computing, automotive, consumer, telecommunications, military, aerospace, and medical markets.

Vishay’s global footprint includes sales offices worldwide, as well as manufacturing plants in China and five other Asian countries, Europe, and the Americas. Its product innovations, successful acquisition strategy, focus on cost reductions, and ability to provide “one-stop shop” service have made Vishay a global industry leader.

Growth Through Innovations and Acquisitions

Vishay was founded in 1962 to manufacture and market foil resistors, an invention of Dr. Felix Zandman, Chairman of the Board and founder. The Company began operations with foil resistors and strain gages as its initial product offerings. In 1985, having grown from a start-up into the world's leading manufacturer of these products, Vishay began an ongoing series of strategic acquisitions to become a broad-line manufacturer of electronic components.

Vishay's acquisitions include such top names as Siliconix, Telefunken, the infrared components business of Infineon, General Semiconductor, Dale, Draloric, Sprague, Vitramon, and BCcomponents (former passive components businesses of Philips Electronics and Beyschlag). In April 2007, Vishay completed the acquisition of selected discrete semiconductor and module product lines from International Rectifier®.

Leading Worldwide Manufacturer

Vishay has market shares ranging from substantial to number-one for each of its products. Specific product rankings include the following:

Discrete Semiconductors
Number 1 worldwide in low-voltage power MOSFETs
Number 1 worldwide in glass diodes
Number 1 worldwide in infrared components
...and others

Passive Components
Number 1 worldwide in wirewound and other power resistors
Number 1 worldwide in foil, MELF, thin film, and current sense resistors
Number 1 worldwide in wet tantalum capacitors
Number 1 worldwide in strain gage sensors and load cells
...and others

Successful Strategy, Financial Strength

Vishay’s growth through innovations and acquisitions has enabled it to remain financially strong during periodic downturns in the highly cyclical electronics industry. Vishay’s historically strong cash generation has provided money to acquire other companies and businesses. The result is a 20% compound annual growth rate of revenues from 1986 to 2006. In the process, Vishay has become a truly international company that sells into all geographic markets and all relevant market segments.

Meeting Customer Needs

Vishay’s customer mix includes original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), electronic manufacturing services (EMS) companies that manufacture for OEMs on an outsourcing basis, and distributors that, depending on their size, sell to end customers at an international, regional, or local level.

From a customer perspective, Vishay’s “one-stop shop” service for complete discrete component solutions provides key benefits: Customers are able to streamline their design and purchasing processes by ordering multiple types of components from Vishay. Customers can send their bills of materials to Vishay and ask that Vishay cross-reference Vishay products in all categories. In addition, Vishay’s product sample service for design engineers provides free product samples worldwide.

Projecting Vishay into the Future

Smaller sizes, faster data processing, improved graphics, and more versatile wireless connectivity are some of the challenges faced by designers of new end products of all kinds — from industrial machinery to medical devices to MP3 players. Vishay rolls out a steady stream of new and improved components to help designers meet these challenges.

Innovation and consolidation, guided by a strong management team and supported by Vishay’s worldwide “one face to the customer” initiative, provide the basis for Vishay’s continued growth.