Yageo Corporation

Yageo Corporation is a Taiwan-based electronic component manufacturing company, founded in 1977. The company specializes in passive devices — resistors, capacitors and inductors. In 1996 Yageo acquired Vitrohm, which had been founded in Denmark in 1933.

Yageo Corporation manufactures resistors and related equipment. The Company also produces thick-film resistors which are used in downstream electronics products, and high power thin-film resistors and chip resistors which are used in aerospace, automobile, and precision electronics industries. Through its subsidiaries, Yageo also operates a consumer goods importing business.