Merix Corporation Receives Award for Superior Safety Results
February 03 2010 - 5:26PM
Marketwired
U.S. based printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer Merix
Corporation (NASDAQ: MERX) today announced that Liberty Northwest,
a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, has awarded the
company with a Loss Prevention Achievement Award for 2008-2009. As
a Liberty Northwest workers' compensation policyholder, Merix has
decreased its claim frequency by a company record 87 percent in
that timeframe.
Based on a recent nationwide industry survey, Merix boasts the
lowest OSHA recordable lost-time incident rate among U.S. printed
circuit board manufacturers. Over the last eight years, Merix has
achieved an 85 percent decrease in its OSHA incident rate.
To achieve these substantial reductions, Merix introduced a
behavioral-based system that makes safety integral to the company's
culture and empowers employees to improve the safety of their work
environments. A series of metrics are continually reviewed by the
company's management team, safety review council, and its employee
safety committee in order to interpret trends and assess workflows
and effectively direct resources to improve areas of concern.
"We emphasized employee training, invested in ergonomic
equipment and implemented work processes in support of creating
safer workspaces," said Merix Health and Safety Director John
Schwan. "Senior management's support is critical for employees to
feel empowered to take ownership for safety concerns at work. Our
management team values their feedback and has invested in solutions
that are delivering exceptional safety results."
Liberty Northwest's Consulting Industrial Hygienist, Laurence
Rosen, commented, "Merix has developed a world-class safety program
and we are pleased to recognize their achievements in loss
prevention. Their consistent focus on the nuts and bolts of safety
is a guiding principal for company planning and a key reason they
are seeing such positive results."
Merix President and CEO Michael Burger is seeing the payoff in
making safety a company-wide priority. "There are definitely
financial reasons to invest in safety, but at the end of the day it
comes down to valuing employees and their contribution to our
company's success," said Burger. "We want Merix to be a safe place
for employees to spend their careers, and we also want to be known
worldwide for our ability to produce high quality circuit boards,
built in a very safe and responsible manner."
About Merix
Headquartered in the United States, Merix is a leading provider
of technologically advanced rigid, multi-layer printed circuit
boards used in the design and development of complex electronic
applications. The company maintains operations throughout Asia,
Europe and North America. It provides a large, diverse worldwide
customer base with a seamless and cost effective transition from
quick-turn prototyping through pre-production to high-volume PCB
manufacturing across the broadest array of technologies worldwide.
Principal markets served by Merix's manufactured solutions include
automotive, defense and aerospace, communications, computing,
industrial, networking, peripherals, and test end markets in the
worldwide electronics industry. For more information please visit
the company's website at www.merix.com.
Merix Investor Relations Contact: Allen Muhich 503.716.3700
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