Marlborough tech manufacturer’s parent celebrates 75 years in business

Richardson Electronics, an Illinois-centered engineering remedies firm with production operations in Marlborough, is celebrating 75 many years in organization.

The company, which supplies engineered solutions for the exhibit, health care, and energy management markets, will celebrate its 75th calendar year in enterprise all through 2022 with functions highlighting its heritage and programs for its long run.

Richardson’s Canvys division for visible technologies options is situated in Marlborough. Canvys designed display answers for a wide range of fields and can make both of those custom made-engineered units and modifications to existing goods. 

Far more than 60% of the goods made by Richardson as a entire are manufactured in Marlborough, Donaueschingen, Germany, LaFox, Sick., or by a single of the company’s throughout the world manufacturing companions. 

Arthur Richardson established the organization in 1947 in a crimson barn in Wayne, Sick. His son, Edward Richardson, took about as president and CEO in 1974 and turned chairman of the board in 1983, when the business went general public. He’s nonetheless the board’s chair these days, and his mom, Florence, labored at the company until she was 95. 

Currently, the firm has a few divisions, including Canvys, additional than 60 areas all over the world, with far more than 20,000 buyers and hundreds of personnel.