| 1994 |
In 1994, Celestica was incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM. |
| 1996 |
In 1996, Celestica was acquired by Onex Corporation (TSE:OCX) and Celestica management from IBM, the founders of the company. |
| 1997 |
In 1997, Celestica acquired Design to Distribution, one of Europe’s largest independent EMS providers. |
| 1998 |
In 1998, Celestica completed the largest IPO in EMS history and the largest technology IPO in Canada, raising gross proceeds of US$414 million. |
| 1999 |
In 1999, Celestica was included in the new S&P/ TSE Mid Cap Index. |
| 2000 |
In 2000, Celestica announced a strategic EMS alliance with Motorola for wireless telecom products and opened an office in Japan. |
| 2001 |
In 2001, Celestica announced a five-year strategic manufacturing agreement with Lucent worth up to US$10 billion and acquired Singapore-based EMS provider Omni Industries Limited. |
| 2002 |
In 2002, Celestica announced an agreement with Palm for repair and logistics operations and a five-year strategic agreement with NEC worth up to US$2.5 billion. |
| 2003-06-28 |
On June 30, 2003, Celestica celebrated its 5th anniversary as a public company. |
| 2004-01-03 |
On January 3, 2004, Celestica celebrated its 10th anniversary, and was recognized with awards including Canada’s Best 50 Corporate Citizens and Diebold’s 2013 Platinum Award for Supplier Excellence. |
| 2005 |
In 2005, Celestica acquired Displaytronix and CoreSim to expand its services. |
| 2006 |
In 2006, Craig Muhlhauser was appointed CEO, and Celestica received the North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Service Leadership. |
| 2007 |
In 2007, Celestica announced the TCOO™ awards program and appointed Craig Muhlhauser to its Board of Directors. |
| 2008 |
In 2008, Celestica announced collaboration with Microsoft on BEE3 platform prototypes and was named to CIO 100. |
| 2009 |
In 2009, Celestica’s Song Shan Lake site received the North American Market Leadership Award in Aerospace and Defense EMS from Frost & Sullivan. |
| 2010 |
In 2010, Celestica acquired AlliedPanels and Invec Solutions, and launched its first CSR report. |
| 2011 |
In 2011, Celestica was recognized as Canadian Manufacturer of the Year and acquired semiconductor equipment contract manufacturing operations of Brooks Automation. |
| 2012 |
In 2012, Celestica received Frost & Sullivan’s 2012 Global EMS Aerospace and Defense Company of the Year Award and other recognitions. |
| 2013 |
In 2013, Celestica received EMC’s Supplier of the Year Award and the James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award. |
| 2014 |
In 2014, Celestica celebrated its 20th anniversary, was named one of Canada’s Best 50 Corporate Citizens, and received Diebold’s Platinum Award for Supplier Excellence. |
| 2015 |
In 2015, Celestica was named to the 2015 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World index. |
| 2016 |
In 2016, Celestica was named to the 2016 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World index. |
