Vishay to close three manufacturing facilities, reduce workforce

Vishay Intertechnology announced that it is implementing restructuring actions designed to optimize the Company’s manufacturing footprint and streamline business decision making as it executes its Vishay 3.0 growth strategy. The restructuring actions will be implemented in phases and include: Selling, general, and administrative functions will be streamlined beginning immediately and through 4Q 2025, resulting in severance payments to approximately 170 employees, or 6% of the SG&A workforce. The closure of three manufacturing facilities. A Diodes segment back-end facility in Shanghai, China is expected to be closed by the end of 2026 with production transfers completed in phases beginning 4Q 2025. In addition, two small facilities in the Resistors segment in Fichtelberg, Germany, and in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are expected to be closed in 2026. As a result of these facility closures, Vishay will reduce its direct labor by approximately 365 employees, or 2% of its total manufacturing labor workforce. Various changes in manufacturing operations and production transfers, which will result in severance payments to approximately 260 employees. The Company expects to incur pre-tax cash charges of approximately $38 to $42 million, primarily related to severance costs as a result of these programs, mostly in 3Q 2024. Once the program is fully implemented by the end of 2026, Vishay expects to realize annualized cost savings of at least $23 million of which approximately $12 million is expected to be in selling, general and administration expenses. The Company expects to realize immediate annualized cost savings of approximately $9 million. Beginning 1Q 2025, the Company expects to realize approximately $12 million in annualized cost savings.