Click on the timeline to see how Cherry has evolved
since the early 1950's.


1970's
1970
Cherry builds a 345,000 ft. corporate office and manufacturing facility in Waukegan, Illinois.
1972
Cherry establishes a joint venture, Hirose Cherry Precision Company in Kawaski, Japan.
1972
Cherry expands its European operations to England and opens Cherry Electrical Products Ltd.
1973
The Keyboard line was introduced.
1977
Cherry acquires Micro Components Corporation in Rhode Island and renames the business Cherry Semiconductor Corporation.
1978
Cherry becomes a publicly traded company.
1979
Cherry GmbH moved into its new facility in Auerbach/Opf.



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