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Forest products
Biochar: Startups use thermal process to transform waste wood into a versatile product
Updated: September 4, 2023A new forest product sector in Maine is heating up as startup companies establish facilities to turn forest residuals into a versatile high-value product called biochar.
Updated: September 4, 2023
FOR/Maine Coalition wins grant to boost Maine’s forest product workforce
August 16, 2023Up to 1,300 jobs will be needed in emerging forest-related industries over the next decade. A new course will link Mainers with job opportunities, support and education.
August 16, 2023
Women to Watch: Alissa Wetherbee ‘axing’ stereotypes by creating opportunities for women in timber sports
Updated: August 7, 2023AxeWomen Loggers of Maine was founded by Alissa Wetherbee as way to showcase women competing in the male-dominated world of timber sports.
Updated: August 7, 2023
Women to Watch: Agnieszka Carpenter leads trade association touting Maine's biosciences community
Updated: August 7, 2023The executive director of the Bioscience Association of Maine promotes an industry that has an economic impact of $2.2 billion and supports 9,500 jobs.
Updated: August 7, 2023
Portland Museum of Art awarded $300K USDA grant for planned expansion
June 19, 2023The money was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through its Wood Innovations Funding Opportunity Program. Other awardees were the Jesup Memorial Library expansion in Bar Harbor and Tanbark Molded Fiber Products in Saco. Combined, the
June 19, 2023-
Robbins Lumber acquires two Pleasant River sawmills, will retain employees
May 26, 2023The acquisitions are a game-changer. Robbins now has four sawmill/planer mills, a biomass power plant and a coatings facility with an expanded customer base.
May 26, 2023
A Presque Isle firm grows its waste-wood-to-energy business
Updated: May 8, 2023Tyler Player, who founded Player Design Inc. in Presque Isle in 2008, added Ashland log manufacturer MaineFlame Inc. in 2020 and acquired fabrication shop K-Pel Industrial Services Inc. in Fort Fairfield in 2022. MaineFlame is now planning a $7
Updated: May 8, 2023
Branching out: Free forestry program now includes training for commercial driver's license
Updated: April 11, 2023Thanks to grant funding, students pay no tuition or fees, and all personal protective equipment is provided for the program.
Updated: April 11, 2023
Presque Isle company grows its wood-to-energy business
Updated: April 4, 2023Founded in 2008 in a basement office, Player Design now has machinery installations around the world. The waste-wood-to-energy industry sector is seen as an opportunity to grow the company and Maine wood industries from harvesting to consumer.
Updated: April 4, 2023
Ashland log-maker plans $7M expansion to produce heating pellets
March 17, 2023The expansion is expected to create good-paying jobs in renewable energy and forest products. The mill closed a few years ago. MaineFlame opened a compressed log operation there in 2020.
March 17, 2023
Legislation would allow young Mainers to join family logging business
Updated: March 15, 2023The legislation also seeks to help address a logging workforce shortage that exists in some areas of Maine and is expected to worsen in coming years.
Updated: March 15, 2023
Logging survey shows market conditions weighing on industry
March 9, 2023Sixty-seven percent of responding logging firms said they saw their business costs rise between 21% and 40% in the two years following September 2020.
March 9, 2023
New act for forest products: Manufacturers find new uses for Maine’s vast forest resource
Updated: March 6, 2023New markets for Maine forest products could include biochar, mass timber, packaging and biobased manufacturing, made from hardwood, sawmill byproducts and lower-quality logs.
Updated: March 6, 2023
Pixelle paper mill in Jay will close a month earlier than expected
February 24, 2023Pixelle had announced in September 2022 that the mill would close in April, citing economic forces that made operations unsustainable. About 230 employees will be affected by the closure.
February 24, 2023
UMaine part of $10M USDA grant to manage forests with drones
Updated: February 21, 2023About 5 million private landowners control just over half the acreage of forests in the eastern U.S., in contrast with western U.S. forests, which are mostly publicly owned. UMaine will receive $2.7 million as part of an effort to help landowners
Updated: February 21, 2023
Forest industry seeks solutions as climate warms
January 20, 2023There are other concerns: Landowners are seeing more insects and diseases that are wiping out whole species of trees and now pose one of the greatest threats to the industry.
January 20, 2023
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