Business
Vishay Intertechnology Inc., a maker of electronic components for automobiles, said it was willing to increase its $23-a-share bid for International Rectifier Corp., which makes power-management chips, if the El Segundo company could show that its turnaround plan would justify a higher price.
Oct. 7, 2008
International Rectifier Corp. said shareholders rejected a slate of directors proposed by spurned suitor Vishay Intertechnology Inc.
Oct. 11, 2008
Vishay Intertechnology Inc., a maker of electronic components for automobiles, said it planned to buy $1.7 billion in International Rectifier Corp. stock from shareholders after the El Segundo company rejected its sweetened bid.
Sept. 17, 2008
Chip maker Vishay Intertechnology Inc. said Wednesday that it had raised its all-cash bid for power management chip maker International Rectifier Corp. and would take the $1.7-billion offer directly to shareholders.
Sept. 11, 2008
Chip maker Vishay Intertechnology Inc. said Monday that it had dropped its offer to buy El Segundo-based International Rectifier Corp.’
Oct. 14, 2008
Last year, Vishay Intertechnology Inc. bought a key unit of El Segundo’s International Rectifier Corp.
Aug. 16, 2008
International Rectifier Corp., whose semiconductors help machines use less power, has rejected a $1.6-billion takeover offer from Vishay Intertechnology Inc., saying it was worth more and could do better on its own.
Aug. 30, 2008
SFE Technologies, a San Fernando electronics company, said Dale Electronics Inc. completed the acquisition of the assets of SFE’s West-Cap Arizona unit.
Jan. 29, 1991
Technology and the Internet
General Semiconductor Inc., a takeover target of Vishay Intertechnology Inc., said demand for its power management components continues to be weak and second-quarter sales will be lower than in the first.
June 16, 2001
* Semiconductor maker International Rectifier Corp. of El Segundo said it would sell its power control systems business to Vishay Intertechnology Inc. for about $290 million.
Nov. 2, 2006