Vanishing Act: The departure of Oregon companies speaks to a bigger problem for the state

Vanishing Act: The departure of Oregon companies speaks to a bigger problem for the state

You might think Don Vollum would have made peace by now with the slow vanishing of Oregon-based corporations. Then came the March announcement that the new owners of Tektronix would move the headquarters of Oregon’s legendary technology company from its Beaverton campus to Raleigh, N.C. The idea that Tektronix, once the state’s largest employer, would leave Oregon is as daunting as the possibility that Nike, or Columbia Sportswear, would someday…