Cherry appoints keyboard Customisation Partner

Cherry Electrical, manufacturer of advanced computer keyboards and mice, has appointed long-standing distributor Devlin Electronics as Customisation Partner. This will mean that users of Cherry keyboards in the retail and other sectors will benefit from fully customised layouts and graphics, increasing productivity, reducing errors and potentially enhancing customers' branding.

Explains Robert Watson, Marketing Coordinator at Devlin, "For 30 years, Devlin has been delivering bespoke keyboards. Now we have invested in tooling so that we can produce customised keytops that fit the Cherry keyswitches, especially on the SPOS retail keyboard range. This means that system builders can have exactly the layout and graphical look they want, with keys coloured, laser etched, or engraved to suit the design."

Retail Sector customers, for example, may benefit from having special function keys with their own icon, for handling transactions such as refunds or voucher purchases. Though programmable using Cherry's simple-to-use software, Devlin will also undertake individual requests for keyboard firmware or software programming.

Cherry's UK General Sales Manager, Michael Groom, said "Devlin are offering a real value-added service for customers. Their approach is to work with customers to understand the nature of their business and then to deliver the right solution."