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Tektronix was incorporated in 1946 with its headquarters at SE Foster Road and SE 59th Avenue in Portland, Oregon, [10] just six blocks from Murdock's first family home. [11] In 1947 there were 12 employees. Four years later, in 1951, Tektronix had 250 employees. [10]
The credit union was founded as Tektronix Federal Credit Union, formed by seven Tektronix employees on January 14, 1952. In 1961, the name was changed to Tektronix Employees Federal Credit Union to reflect the credit union's membership. From very early on, technical innovation was emphasized and reflected in First Tech's motto of "Think Forward ...
Tektronix and ESI both started out in Portland proper, but moved to Washington County in 1951 and 1962, respectively, and developed sites designed to attract other high-tech companies. [4] Floating Point Systems , co-founded by three former Tektronix employees in Beaverton in 1970, was the first spin-off company in Silicon Forest and the third ...
Founded in 1983 as a spin-off from Tektronix, it was the first U.S. manufacturer of electroluminescent (EL) digital displays. Planar currently makes a variety of other specialty displays, and has been an independent subsidiary of Leyard Optoelectronic Co. since 2015. The headquarters, leadership team and employees still remain in Hillsboro, Oregon.
By 1951, the company had 300 employees and sales of $4 million; by 1959, there were 3,000 employees with sales at $32 million. Tektronix had become the leading oscilloscope manufacturer, a position that held up until the 1970s. Vollum served as president of the company from 1946 until 1971.
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Intel's creation and expansion of several facilities in eastern Washington County continued the growth that Tektronix had started. Intel is now the state's largest for-profit private employer, with more than 17,000 employees, [3] while Providence Health & Services, a nonprofit, is the largest private employer.
The Eugene Weekly’s editor says the ex-employee embezzled thousands and left the newspaper with more than $100,000 in unpaid bills Oregon newspaper lays off entire staff, pauses production after ...