09.27.13
Malvern, Pa.-based Vishay Intertechnology Inc. reported that its Multilayer Ceramic Chip (MLCC) Capacitor Division has earned the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 13485:2003 certification for its plant in Migdal Ha'Emek, Israel. Vishay's ISO 13485:2003 registration audit was conducted by the Standards Institution of Israel, and the site was certified for the design and manufacture of MLCCs for the medical market.
ISO 13485 certification specifies processes for an organization's quality management system to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet regulatory and customer requirements pertaining to medical device application standards.
At Vishay's Migdal Ha'Emek plant, the company manufactures MLCCs for implantable life support equipment, such as pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators, as well as neurostimulation devices.
Vishay Intertechnology manufacturers semiconductors (diodes, metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors, and infrared optoelectronics) and passive electronic components (resistors, inductors and capacitors). The components are used varied electronic devices and equipment in the industrial, computing, automotive, consumer, telecommunications, military, aerospace, power supplies and medical markets.
ISO 13485 certification specifies processes for an organization's quality management system to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet regulatory and customer requirements pertaining to medical device application standards.
At Vishay's Migdal Ha'Emek plant, the company manufactures MLCCs for implantable life support equipment, such as pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators, as well as neurostimulation devices.
Vishay Intertechnology manufacturers semiconductors (diodes, metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors, and infrared optoelectronics) and passive electronic components (resistors, inductors and capacitors). The components are used varied electronic devices and equipment in the industrial, computing, automotive, consumer, telecommunications, military, aerospace, power supplies and medical markets.