Segment and Geographic Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Segment and Geographic Data [Abstract]

Segment reporting information

The following tables set forth business segment information:

	MOSFETs		Diodes		Optoelectronic Components		Resistors & Inductors			Capacitors		Vishay Precision Group		Corporate / Other		Total
Year ended December 31, 2011:
Product sales	$	537,783	$	607,493	$	229,814	$	634,490		$	577,816	$	-	$	-	$	2,587,396
Royalty revenues		197		-		72		6,364			-		-		-	$	6,633
Total revenue	$	537,980	$	607,493	$	229,886	$	640,854		$	577,816	$	-	$	-	$	2,594,029
Gross Margin	$	125,498	$	143,876	$	74,772	$	213,997		$	161,843	$	-	$	-	$	719,986
Depreciation expense	$	53,808	$	39,577	$	12,384	$	32,039		$	25,979	$	-	$	1,235	$	165,022
Interest expense (income)		12		-		-		223			223		-		18,819	$	19,277
Capital expenditures		61,520		39,444		15,442		28,751			19,676		-		3,808	$	168,641
Total Assets as of December 31, 2011:	$	646,660	$	682,017	$	163,486	$	609,556		$	672,049	$	-	$	219,962	$	2,993,730
Year ended December 31, 2010:
Product sales	$	626,498	$	596,354	$	226,402	$	622,819		$	546,149	$	101,089	$	-	$	2,719,311
Royalty revenues		200		-		96		5,485			-		-		-	$	5,781
Total revenue	$	626,698	$	596,354	$	226,498	$	628,304		$	546,149	$	101,089	$	-	$	2,725,092
Gross Margin	$	189,209	$	138,308	$	75,804	$	222,785		$	144,349	$	37,030	$	-	$	807,485
Depreciation expense	$	51,865	$	39,035	$	12,282	$	30,142		$	31,551	$	3,391	$	1,458	$	169,724
Interest expense (income)		-		-		-		933			762		33		9,308	$	11,036
Capital expenditures		55,457		30,879		13,066		27,874			17,132		918		87	$	145,413
Total Assets as of December 31, 2010:	$	745,641	$	685,490	$	163,584	$	602,466		$	652,742	$	-	$	116,170	$	2,966,093
Year ended December 31, 2009:
Product sales	$	427,110	$	410,415	$	167,317	$	438,600		$	420,890	$	171,991	$	-	$	2,036,323
Royalty revenues		71		-		13		5,626			-		-		-	$	5,710
Total revenue	$	427,181	$	410,415	$	167,330	$	444,226		$	420,890	$	171,991	$	-	$	2,042,033
Gross Margin	$	57,280	$	51,361	$	37,180	$	109,093		$	80,533	$	52,714	$	-	$	388,161
Depreciation expense	$	58,762	$	38,638	$	14,757	$	38,392		$	46,684	$	8,446	$	330	$	206,009
Interest expense (income)		23		93		172		(27	)		934		69		9,057	$	10,321
Capital expenditures		10,309		12,474		3,453		11,126			10,567		2,181		230	$	50,340
Total Assets as of December 31, 2009:	$	566,952	$	522,080	$	132,065	$	572,076		$	668,271	$	209,779	$	48,323	$	2,719,546

Operating margin reconciliation

	Years ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Operating margin reconciliation:
MOSFETs	$	85,336		$	152,794		$	25,434
Diodes		118,111			115,168			31,275
Optoelectronic Components		60,492			64,088			24,441
Resistors & Inductors		185,327			195,730			85,406
Capacitors		136,901			121,714			60,480
Vishay Precision Group		-			18,949			22,510
Unallocated Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses		(233,804	)		(250,505	)		(220,547	)
Restructuring and severance Costs		-			-			(37,874	)
Asset write-downs		-			-			(681	)
Settlement agreement gain		-			-			28,195
Executive compensation charges		(5,762	)		-			(57,824	)
Consolidated Operating Income (Loss)	$	346,601		$	417,938		$	(39,185	)

Restructuring and severance costs:
MOSFETs	$	-	$	-	$	8,017
Diodes		-		-		4,707
Optoelectronic Components		-		-		2,755
Resistors & Inductors		-		-		9,374
Capacitors		-		-		5,353
Vishay Precision Group		-		-		2,048
Unallocated Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses		-		-		5,620
	$	-	$	-	$	37,874

Asset write-downs:
Diodes	$	-	$	-	$	681

Revenues and property and equipment based on geographic area

The following table summarizes net revenues based on revenues generated by subsidiaries located within the identified geographic area:

	Years ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
United States	$	363,847	$	345,267	$	312,262
Germany		801,539		726,235		544,364
Other Europe		175,639		217,099		195,212
Israel		219,037		292,025		212,483
Asia		1,033,967		1,144,466		777,712
	$	2,594,029	$	2,725,092	$	2,042,033

The following table summarizes property and equipment based on physical location:

	December 31,
	2011		2010
United States	$	136,159	$	141,309
Germany		125,905		128,549
Czech Republic		53,126		58,545
Other Europe		97,212		96,313
Israel		125,885		121,070
People's Republic of China		178,877		181,043
Republic of China (Taiwan)		117,450		117,513
Other Asia		71,677		66,093
Other		1,614		1,679
	$	907,905	$	912,114