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Merix Corporation was a printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer based in the U.S. state of Oregon.〔(Merix Corporation (MERX). ) ''Portland Business Journal''. Retrieved on March 25, 2008.〕 Prior to a merger in 2010 with Viasystems, the Beaverton based company had been the 31st largest public company in Oregon based on market capitalization as of 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Oregonian Top 50 )〕〔(Merix North America. ) Merix. Retrieved on May 14, 2008.〕 The company is now a subsidiary of Viasystems. ==History== Merix Corporation was started in 1994 as a spin-off from Tektronix, Inc. in Oregon’s Silicon Forest, employing 700 people.〔"Tektronix In a Spinoff", ''The New York Times'', April 4, 1994.〕 Tektronix continued to own 27% of the new company.〔(Company News; Tektronix, posting a loss, plans 10% cut in work force. ) ''The New York Times'', September 17, 1998.〕 The City of Portland’s Office of Sustainable Development awarded Merix a BEST Award in 1997 for water conservation.〔(1997 BEST Winners. ) City of Portland, Oregon. Retrieved on March 25, 2008.〕 Merix lost $9.6 million on revenues of $87 million in 2002, and followed that with losses of $30 million in 2003 on revenues of $95 million.〔(Merix Corporation 2006 Annual Report. ) Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved on March 25, 2008.〕 In December 2004, the company bought Data Circuit Systems and named the unit Merix San Jose.〔 That fiscal year Merix returned to profitability with a $20,000 in earnings from $156 million in revenues.〔 On September 29, 2005, Merix purchased the operations of Eastern Pacific Circuits Holding Limited. Merix renamed these operations as Merix Asia.〔(Merix Corporation - Company Profile Snapshot. ) Wright Reports. Retrieved on March 25, 2008.〕 In February 2007, the company was warned by NASDAQ for failing to have a full three member independent audit committee as required by NASDAQ listing rules.〔(NASDAQ warns Merix. ) ''Portland Business Journal'', February 19, 2007.〕 For the 2006 fiscal year they had revenues of $309 million and a profit of $1.4 million.〔 In January 2008, Merix announced the closing of their Wood Village, Oregon, factory they opened in 2004.〔Trevison, Catherine. Merix to lay off 180, close plant. ''The Oregonian'', January 10, 2008.〕 The company laid off 180 people company-wide as part of a restructuring plan at that time.〔 Another 230 people were laid off in early 2009, and the company then lost $8.4 million on nearly $60 million in revenues in the quarter that ended in May 2009. Also in 2009, the company expanded its military and aerospace customer base, adding contracts to companies such as Rockwell Collins. In October 2009, Merix announced they would merge with Viasystems with the combined entity headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Merix reported a quarterly profit for the second quarter of their 2010 fiscal year, the first such profit since 2007. The merger with Viasystems was completed in February 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Merix Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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