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The 2024 Business Leaders of the Year include the two founders of TimberHP, which is bringing a new form of building insulation to the United States and in the process, creating jobs and a healthier planet.
For its 30th anniversary, Mainebiz looks back at the business climate in 1994, including some businesses that have grown since then.
Some of the best quotes from the 2024 Mainebiz Business Leaders of the Year.
"With these awards we hope to demonstrate the impact entrepreneurs have on their hometowns and our state," said Diane Sturgeon, Maine district director for the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Southworth International Group Inc., the Portland-based parent company of several manufacturers, has announced key leadership promotions and organizational changes.
The first conference, in November, drew over 320 people including key industry players. The second confab is being positioned as an invitation for the global space community to engage with Maine's rapidly growing space economy.
“Employers like BIW need to have a seat at the table with our educational partners to ensure the training provided to Mainers prepares them for the jobs of today and tomorrow,” said Bath Iron Works' president, Charles Krugh.
The funds will assist the company finalize its equipment purchases and installation and begin operations for its molded-fiber manufacturing operation.
The Kittery shipyard has been removed from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s national priorities list of contaminated Superfund sites, after 30 years of hazardous waste cleanup.
Mainebiz talks with Toby Ahrens, an entrepreneur whose market is expanding like — well, like a buckwheat puff.
Bath Iron Works has appointed Eric Masna as vice president of supply chain and quality.
Moving the roastery from Rockland will be bittersweet, but the Rockport location will allow operations to be laid out more rationally, with room for growth. The Rock City Cafe's Rockland location will stay where it is.
Out of 19 million square feet in Greater Portland industrial space, only 125,000 square feet is vacant.
From 1959 until 1981, Saco Tannery Corp. disposed of 23 million gallons of toxic waste. Remediation since the 1983 Superfund listing is followed by five-year reviews.
Ellsworth saw a substantial uptick in 2023, with investment of $85.5 million into 570,000 square feet of projects that spanned new builds, expansions, improvements and renovations.
Both companies have launched first-in-the-U.S. products, and are now looking to scale up.