Manufacturer Code: DLE

April 1951: George Risk, founder and first president, begins operations in two small rooms on the second floor of a downtown Columbus, Nebraska office building. Dale Products, Inc. begins the first day of business with three employees, a coil winding machine, and the idea for a revolutionary new of type resistor. This is the RH-25, a heat sink type power resistor with radial fins that is destined to revolutionize the power resistance field. Backed financially by a few Columbus businessmen who had pooled the necessary capital to finance this modest venture, the remainder of Dale's assets consists of nothing but determination. November 1985: Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. acquires a 50% interest in Dale. September 1986: Dale reaches manufacturing agreements with a new associated company named Dale Israel to make electronic components in Dimona, Israel for use in Europe and the United States. At the same time that the Dale Israel announcement is made, a warehouse and sales distribution center is opened in Singapore to better serve the Asian market. July 1988: Vishay buys the remaining 50% interest in Dale.