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Merrimac Completes Refinancing

    WEST CALDWELL, N.J., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Merrimac Industries,
Inc. (Amex: MRM) today announced the refinancing of its revolving credit, term
loan and letter of credit facility with CIT Business Credit, a unit of CIT
Group Inc (NYSE: CIT).  The refunding, which replaces a similar facility with
another lender, represents a three-year secured revolving credit, term loan
and letter of credit facility for $9,250,000.

    About Merrimac
    Merrimac Industries, Inc. is a leader in the design and manufacture of
Multi-Mix PICO(TM) RF Microwave components, assemblies and micro-multifunction
modules (MMFM(R)), serving the wireless telecommunications industry worldwide
with enabling technologies for space, defense and commercial applications.
Merrimac is focused on providing Total Integrated Packaging Solutions(R) with
Multi-Mix(R) Microtechnology, a leading edge competency providing value to our
customers through miniaturization and integration. The Multi-Mix(R) process
for microwave, multilayer integrated MMFM(R) circuitry is a patented method
developed by Merrimac Industries based on fluoropolymer composite substrates.
The fusion bonding of multilayer structures provides a homogeneous dielectric
medium for superior electrical performance at microwave frequencies. The
bonded layers may incorporate embedded semiconductor devices, MMICs, etched
resistors, passive circuit elements and plated-through via holes to form a
three-dimensional subsystem enclosure that requires no further packaging.
Merrimac Industries facilities are registered under ISO 9000, an
internationally developed set of quality criteria for manufacturing
operations.
    Merrimac Industries, Inc. and its subsidiary Filtran Microcircuits Inc.,
are located in West Caldwell, NJ, San Jose, Costa Rica and Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada, have approximately 210 co-workers dedicated to the design and
manufacture of signal processing components, gold plating of high-frequency
microstrip, bonded stripline and thick metal-backed Teflon (PTFE)
micro-circuitry and subsystems providing Total Integrated Packaging
Solutions(R) for wireless applications. Merrimac (MRM) is listed on the
American Stock Exchange. Multi-Mix(R), Multi-Mix PICO(TM), MMFM(R) and Total
Integrated Packaging Solutions(R) are trademarks of Merrimac Industries, Inc.
For more information about Merrimac Industries, Inc. and Filtran Microcircuits
Inc., please visit http://www.merrimacind.com and http://www.filtranmicro.com.

     Contact: Mason N. Carter, Chairman & CEO
              973-575-1300, ext. 1202
              mnc@merrimacind.com


SOURCE Merrimac Industries, Inc.




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    CONTACT:
    Mason N. Carter, Chairman & CEO of Merrimac
    Industries, Inc., +1-973-575-1300, ext. 1202, or
    mnc@merrimacind.com