Cherry AG

Cherry AG
Company typePublic company (Aktiengesellschaft)
FWBC3RY
IndustryElectronic switches
Computer hardware
Founded1953; 71 years ago (1953)
FounderWalter Lorain Cherry
Headquarters,
Germany
Key people
Rolf Unterberger (CEO), Bernd Wagner (CFO)
Revenue€167.5 million (2021)[1]
€27.6 million (2021)[1]
€9.3 million (2021)[1]
Total assets€411 million (2021)[1]
Number of employees
400 (2021)
Websitewww.cherry.de
A 1959 Cherry keyboard switch being pressed
Cherry MX Red sound
Cherry MX Blue sound

Cherry AG (formerly Cherry Corporation and stylized as CHERRY) is a German computer peripheral-device maker. The company has its roots in the United States and is headquartered in Germany.[2][3] It has additional offices in the United States, France, and China.[3] They manufactured a large range of products including sensors, vibrators and automotive modules until 2008, when Peter Cherry, the son of Walter L. Cherry, sold his company to ZF Friedrichshafen AG, a German supplier to the automotive industry. Cherry was renamed ZF Electronics GmbH, while the Cherry brand was continued only for its computer input devices. Since the beginning of 2016 this product line has been operating independently on the market as the Cherry Group.

  1. ^ a b c d "Annual financial report 2021" (PDF).
  2. ^ "About us". CHERRY Americas. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Locations". CHERRY Americas. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.