Tansitor / Vishay
In the 1950s, physicist Dr. Felix Zandman, now Vishays chairman and chief technology and business development officer, patented PhotoStress coatings and instruments. These devices are used to display and measure stress distribution in structures under dynamic load conditions, such as aircraft and automobiles. Dr. Zandmans research in this area led him to invent Bulk Metal@ foil resistors - resistors with extremely high accuracy and stability, far exceeding any other existing resistors in performance. In 1962, Dr. Zandman founded Vishay with the financial support of Alfred P. Slaner, who then developed and manufactured Bulk Metal Foil Resistors. Dr. Zandmans colleague JE Starr invented the Foil Impedance Strain Gauge, which became part of Vishays products at the time. The company was named after the ancestral village of Dr. Zandman and Mr. Slane in Lithuania , mainly to commemorate the family members who died in the Holocaust . Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Vishay established itself as a technology and market leader in foil resistors, optical stress materials and strain gauge products.