| Market Capitalization (Millions $) |
822 |
| Shares
Outstanding (Millions) |
13 |
| Employees |
2,100 |
| Revenues (TTM) (Millions $) |
321 |
| Net Income (TTM) (Millions $) |
6 |
| Cash Flow (TTM) (Millions $) |
-1 |
| Capital Exp. (TTM) (Millions $) |
10 |
Business Description
Vishay Precision Group, Inc. is a multinational corporation that specializes in precision measurement sensing technologies such as specialized sensors, weighing solutions, and measurement systems. Several of our precision measurement sensing technologies and solutions have been "designed in" by our customers to suit expanding applications in a wide range of industries and markets. Our goods are offered under a range of brand names that we feel are distinguished by a high level of precision and quality, and we operate our operations via an operationally diverse structure.
The Sensors segment is comprised of our precision resistor and strain gage businesses. Precision resistor products offer superior precision, stability, and reliability. Our resistor portfolio encompasses a wide variety of configurations and packages designed to meet the requirements of even the most demanding applications.
Precision resistors are the most precise and stable type of resistors currently available. Resistors are basic components used in all forms of electronic circuitry to adjust and regulate levels of voltage and current. Our current sense resistors were developed with a low absolute TCR and Kelvin connections to meet the demand of stable resistive products.
Our precision resistors are used in applications requiring a high degree of precision and stability, such as in the following market segments: Avionics/Military/Aerospace applications, Precision Weighing, Medical applications, Test & Measurements/ Semiconductors, Oil & Gas and Process Control. We sell our foil resistors under the VPG Foil Resistors, Alpha Electronics, and Powertron brands, including under our well-known Bulk Metal' trademark. To complement our extensive portfolio of high-performance precision resistors, we also offer decade boxes, standard resistors, exceptional precision thin film and power resistors including special construction configurations to meet the requirements of high temperature applications. We have a road map of new technology products to meet the required needs of our customers.
Our strain gage products, which include our advanced sensors, are resistive sensors that are attached to the surface of an object to determine the surface strain caused by an applied force. Marketed under the well-known Micro-Measurements brand, our strain gages are used for OEM and in stress analysis applications for structural testing in the aviation, military and space, infrastructure, and construction markets, along with force measurement and weighing markets. Typical applications of strain gages include test and measurement applications where the strength of the object is the main consideration and the object under test is a structural component in a machine or device, such as an automobile, an aircraft, or a highway bridge. Strain gages are also used inside precision transducers where the magnitude of an applied force is the focus of the measurement. A variety of physical measurements can be made using strain gages attached to metal components including force, weight, pressure, displacement, and acceleration. Our innovative advanced sensors product line enhances the capability and performance of our strain gages, while simultaneously reducing their size and power consumption.
The Weighing Solutions segment is comprised of our VPG Transducers, VPG Onboard Weighing, BLH Nobel, Stress-Tek and Vulcan businesses.
VPG Transducers offers a broad line of load cells and force measurement transducers, which also known as force sensors, that are offered as precision sensors for industrial and commercial use. Typical applications for force sensors are in construction machinery (for stability control, overload protection), agricultural equipment (for precision force measurement), and medical devices (such as hospital beds and medication dosing). The heavy equipment market has begun to adopt load cell technology as process control and equipment control features for their products. In some cases, these products use our strain gage products, which serve as sensing elements and components within each unit. Further integration of our load cell technology is also offered as part of our weighing module products, which provide customers with a complete sensor assembly that may be used within a wide variety of digital transducers.
A transducer is mounted on a structure that is subjected to weight or other forces, such as the platform of an industrial scale. The term 'load cell' is primarily used to describe transducers used in weighing applications. Strain-gage based transducers consist of one or more strain gages bonded to a metallic support. The change in resistance of the strain gages in response to deformation of the transducer by the applied load is detected by electronic instrumentation. Transducers are manufactured with different designs and configurations depending on their application and the type of stress or strain to be measured; for example, weight or tension. We produce both analog and digital transducers. Modules are transducers combined with a mounting and with external features, such as instruments and cables, and are used for weighing and control applications. We sell our load cells and modules under the overall VPG Transducers name as we continue to transition from the previously used Celtron, Revere, Sensortronics, and Tedea-Huntleigh brands.
The Measurement Systems segment includes highly specialized systems for steel production, materials development, and safety testing. This segment is comprised of our KELK, DSI, Pacific Instruments, and our DTS businesses.
Our KELK business provides high accuracy and performance sensors and systems for the steel and aluminum industries ' and within those industries, mainly for rolling mills. KELKs products include rolling force measuring load cell systems and pressure transmitters; web tension measurement load cells and systems; optical strip width gages; laser velocimeters for speed and length measurements, and closed-loop crop optimization control systems for optimal strip cuts. Our products are required to meet the most demanding requirements of the steel and aluminum industries, providing high accuracy and reliability under the most demanding harsh conditions of rolling mills.
Our DSI business specializes in thermal-mechanical simulation systems for metallurgical research. Marketed under the name "Gleeble'", DSIs line of physical simulation systems are used by universities, research departments, and development departments within the steel ecosystem to accelerate the development of new metal alloys, explore new production techniques, optimize existing processes, or simulate the conditions a material will face in the real world.
Our Pacific Instruments business offers a broad range of high performance signal conditioning, data acquisition and control systems, many of which reach customers outside our traditional commercial customer base, such as U.S. government-related customers.
Company Address: 851 Duportail Road, 2nd floor Chesterbrook 19087 PA
Company Phone Number: 321-5300 Stock Exchange / Ticker: NYSE VPG
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