About Cherry Semiconductor

Cherry Semiconductor Corporation supplies high quality, high volume standard, semi-custom and custom linear bipolar and power BiCMOS products to automotive, computer, and industrial markets worldwide.

Since it was founded in 1972, Cherry Semiconductor has been managed for stable, sustainable growth with an emphasis on reliable, long term performance for its customers. By focusing its activities in a few key markets, Cherry Semiconductor has applied its resources most effectively to develop ever-increasing product design and production expertise. Perhaps the most vivid proof of Cherry Semiconductor's long-term performance is the status it has achieved as a strategic and often sole source supplier to Chrysler, Ford and General Motors.

From July, 2000, Cherry Semiconductor has become a wholly owned subsidiary of ON Semiconductor.

About West Coast Engineering

For over 23 years, West Coast Engineering (WCE) has been supplying electronics to OEMs, CEMs and distributors worldwide. Located in Hawthorne California, near the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), West Coast Engineering has established itself as a premier independent distributor specializing in providing electronic components for the military, aeronautical, medical, automotive and commercial manufacturing industries. Cherry Semiconductor is one of the hundreds of manufacturers that WCE carries on its linecard.

WCE has the techology and resources to handle any size transaction, no matter how big or small.

Quick Facts

• Founded: 1984
• Headquarters: Hawthorne, CA
• Other Locations: Futain, Shenzhen ▪ China PRC ▪ Brazil

West Coast Engineering is committed to providing the highest quality service to customers with its large diverse inventory stocked in its ISO9001:2000 and ESD compliant 70,000 sq. ft. warehouse. Year after year, West Coast Engineering has been considered a top independent distributor because of its principled reputation built on longstanding relationships with a dedicated customer base.

WCE's strategies differ from any other independent distributors. Listed below are some of the added measures that WCE takes to make sure that OEMs, CEMs and distributors have peace of mind when placing orders for electornic components, selling excess inventory, forming strategic alliances, and purchasing RoHS or
non-RoHS parts.