Merix’ commitment to environmental responsibility is a long and honored tradition focused on two main fronts:

• Merix Customers, and
• Merix Factories

Merix Customers can be assured that their products will be manufactured to their unique specifications. Our strengths include:

• Technical Expertise in support of each unique product design.
• Leading edge and green technologies.
• Broad offering of dielectric materials to support diverse product and performance criteria.
• Merix has extensive experience using technologies that comply with product regulatory, market, and Customer’ specific restrictions. Examples include:
• RoHS compliant products.
• All Merix products comply with all RoHS restrictions on Mercury, Cadmium, PolyBrominated Biphenyls (PBB) and PolyBrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE).
• Years of experience successfully building “RoHS5” and “RoHS6” products.
• Lead-Free assembly compatible products.
• Halogen-Free (IEC 61249-2-21) materials.
• Compliance with Ozone Depleting Substance restrictions.
• Outstanding Product Reliability and Customer Service.
• Material Composition Declaration reports are based on each custom design and provide End of Life recycling data to help OEM Customers meet any take back and recycling requirements. On Customer request, a Merix – Oregon Operations Materials Declaration Statement, is provided for parts built at Oregon factories. This report is unique to each design and includes all RoHS and EIA’ JIG listed ingredients in excess of applicable thresholds that could exist in the unassembled printed circuit board specific to the design.
• Manufacturing support for legacy technologies and processes. (Sn63/Pb37 HASL, etc.)

More information on products and manufacturing processes is always available to Merix Customers. Contact your dedicated Customer Service, Sales, or Technical Support contact or by general email to customerservice@merix.com.

Merix Factories are managed to minimize environmental impacts and maximize Customer value.

• Systemic Approach to Environmental Management
• Use of the ISO 14001 International Standard for Environmental Management Systems (EMS).
• All Factories world wide operate under an Environmental Policy with commitments to:
• Prevention of pollution and continual improvement;
• Compliance with all applicable environmental legal requirements.
• Focus in each site’s EMS is on
• Establishment and pursuit of Environmental Objectives.
• Competent personnel in all roles of environmental responsibility.
• Standardization of methods and processes where appropriate.
• Emergency preparedness and response planning.
• Performance monitoring and measurement.
• Implementation of preventive and/or corrective actions when appropriate.
• Internal conformance audits for the EMS.
• Ongoing Management Review to ensure that the system is performing as intended and is focused on the correct performance measures.
• Periodic EMS verification through external Certifications

• Commitment to Environmental Performance
• All our stakeholders matter to us and we strive to always be a good neighbor.
• The minimum environmental compliance target for all Merix facilities is 100%.
• Merix works with our industry trade group IPC to support environmental leadership for the entire printed circuit board manufacturing industry.

• Appropriate Waste Management
• Focus on maximizing recycling and reuse of byproducts.
• Commitment to minimize waste wherever practicable.
• Use of licensed and responsible waste management transporters and treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.

Questions on Merix environmental matters should be addressed to environmental@merix.com.