MALVERN, PA — (Marketwire) — 01/24/13 — Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG) today announced that its Micro-Measurements brand series of high-resistance miniature foil strain gages has been selected as a 2012 Design News Golden Mousetrap Awards finalist in the "Automation and Control" category.Design News- annual Golden Mousetrap Awards recognize engineering innovation and creativity in product design. This year, awards were given in five major categories: Electronics and Test,
MALVERN, PA — (Marketwire) — 12/20/12 — Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG) today announced that the company has opened a new Vishay Foil Resistors (VFR) Precision Center within Digi-Key Corporation, a global full-service provider of both prototype/design and production-quality electronic components. Digi-Key can now build and ship VFR surface-mount precision resistors — with no minimum quantities — in 24 to 48 hours, including VFR-s popular new Bulk Metal® Foil VSMP (Z-Foil Techn
MALVERN, PA — (Marketwire) — 12/10/12 — Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG) today announced that its Micro-Measurements brand has introduced a new data acquisition system featuring a scanner with eight software-configurable input channels with RJ-45 connectors. The System 8000 StrainSmart® Data Acquisition System can accept signals from strain gages or strain-gage-based transducers, thermocouples, or high-level voltage sensors. Strain gage channels support full-, half-, or quarter-b
MALVERN, PA — (Marketwire) — 11/26/12 — Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG) today announced that its Vishay Foil Resistors brand (VFR) is making it easier than ever for analog circuit designers to obtain its most popular Bulk Metal® Foil resistors. Known as the POP9 — the "9 Pillars of Precision" — these in-demand products are guaranteed to be in stock through VPG-s worldwide network of catalog suppliers and distributors, with fast delivery and no minimum order quantity.
MALVERN, PA — (Marketwire) — 10/25/12 — Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG) today announced that at electronica 2012, its Vishay Foil Resistors brand (VFR) will be performing demonstrations in the booth of Wilbrecht LEDCO, Inc., a subsidiary of Microprecision Electronics SA. Performed by VFR Senior Development Engineer Richard Zuratt, the demonstrations will illustrate the superior ESD, TCR, PCR, and characteristics of Bulk Metal Foil® resistors when compared to other resistor techn
MALVERN, PA — (Marketwire) — 09/25/12 — Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG) today announced that its Vishay Foil Resistors brand (VFR) has introduced a new high-temperature version of its hermetically sealed precision resistor network devices (PRND) for applications to +230 degrees C. The PRND HT devices provide load-life stability to 0.03% typical (0.015% ratio) at +200 degrees C for 2,000 hours at derated power and long-term, high-temperature exposure to 0.03% typical (0.015% ratio) a
MALVERN, PA — (Marketwire) — 08/22/12 — Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG) today announced that the company has renewed its distribution partnership with Taiwan-based Fullyearn (). To meet Taiwan-s high demand for foil resistors in precision measurement instruments, semiconductor test equipment, consumer electronics, and other electronic applications, Fullyearn provides quick and convenient access to the Vishay Foil Resistors (VFR) brand-s entire lineup of Bulk Metal® Foil and Z1-F
MALVERN, PA — (Marketwire) — 06/05/12 — Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG) today announced that its Vishay Foil Resistors (VFR) brand has unveiled a new video highlighting the stability of hermetically sealed Bulk Metal® Foil resistors. The short video demonstrates how VFR-s VHP100 resistor experiences no change in resistance after being immersed in 100% humidity under high pressure within a pressure cooker for one hour.VFR-s hermetically sealed foil resistors not only prevent moi
MALVERN, PA — (Marketwire) — 04/19/12 — Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG) today announced that its Vishay Foil Resistors (VFR) division has signed C&B Eureka PTE Ltd as an authorized specialty distributor in the People-s Republic of China (PRC), joining VFR-s network of distributors serving China.C&B Eureka, under the supervision of General Manager Baoping Yang, has offices in Shenzhen, Xi-an, and Shanghai with sales exceeding $15 million. C&B Eureka has significant and g
MALVERN, PA — (Marketwire) — 02/20/12 — Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG) today announced that its VPG On-Board Weighing division has unveiled a new video that illustrates the many features and capabilities of the Tuffer wheel loader scale. Manufactured and refined for more than 30 years by Evergreen Weigh (now a brand of VPG), Tuffer is a hydraulic-based weigh-in-motion scale system that provides 1% accuracy without any interruption of normal loading procedures, and can be installed
