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Business Leaders: These three entrepreneurs are growing Maine Crisp faster than barley
Maureen Milliken Updated: March 22, 2021Karen Getz started Maine Crisp Co. seven years ago in a basement. Her husband, Steve, joined the effort, and then Steve's business partner, Mike Ross. Today, the company is preparing to move into a 17,500-square-foot Winslow plant.
Maureen Milliken Updated: March 22, 2021
Business Leader: Scott Wellman, of Puritan Medical Products, is driving production of COVID test swabs
Jessica Hall Updated: March 22, 2021Mainebiz has named Wellman one of the seven 2021 Business Leaders of the Year. Wellman is Puritan Medical Products Co.’s general manager, and helped oversee the Guilford-based company’s push to ramp up production of COVID-19 test swabs.
Jessica Hall Updated: March 22, 2021
Celebrating the 2021 Business Leaders of the Year
Updated: March 22, 2021In a world profoundly and permanently changed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Mainebiz Business Leaders of the Year are seven remarkable individuals whose perseverance, resilience and vision are necessary more than ever.
Updated: March 22, 2021
Lewiston promotional products company goes to Pennsylvania for latest acquisition
Staff March 17, 2021Geiger acquired a Fogelsville, Pa., distributor for an undisclosed price. The Maine company ranks as one of the world's largest businesses offering customized giveaways, marketing materials and swag.
Staff March 17, 2021Maine newspaper group will consolidate printing operations, stop Lewiston press
Staff March 16, 2021Masthead Maine, which owns the Sun Journal, will print the daily newspaper in South Portland, along with all four of the state's other dailies.
Staff March 16, 2021
Portland startup pioneers a hat to secure implants for deaf children
Renee Cordes Updated: March 15, 2021A family's own need led to CoAmplify, a Portland startup that created a hat to give deaf kids "the freedom to just be kids."
Renee Cordes Updated: March 15, 2021
ON Semiconductor lays off hundreds worldwide, including some in South Portland
William Hall March 9, 2021The company on Monday wouldn't say how many jobs it's eliminating at its South Portland manufacturing facility, but the 740 layoffs include some there. ON last month reported 2020 financial results that included a 4.8% drop in revenue.
William Hall March 9, 2021
Biddeford-based Hyperlite Mountain Gear adds NY investor
Staff March 8, 2021T-street Capital LLC typically invests $5 million to $25 million in growing, small- to mid-sized consumer goods businesses. The investment in Hyperlite follows a round of early-stage venture financing the company received three years ago.
Staff March 8, 2021
GO Lab seeks $85M in municipal waste bonds to fund Madison mill manufacturing
Maureen Milliken March 5, 2021The company, which will produce insulation made from lumber manufacturing and timber management waste, is seeking the money to help get the Madison plant up and running, and welcomed a major piece of equipment from Germany last month.
Maureen Milliken March 5, 2021
Seeing things: Growing cluster of imaging manufacturers is integral to pandemic response
Laurie Schreiber Updated: March 8, 2021Like their products, these Maine makers are sometimes overlooked amid manufacturing's response to the pandemic. But watch carefully, and you'll see the difference they're making — and the growing role the industry plays in others.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: March 8, 2021
Factories to meet pandemic needs: Puritan Medical, other Maine businesses turn out swab plants
Jessica Hall Updated: March 8, 2021When the pandemic struck, the White House called on Guilford-based Puritan Medical Products to ramp up manufacturing of the swabs used to detect COVID-19. But first the company and two other Maine businesses had to manufacture more production space.
Jessica Hall Updated: March 8, 2021
Making in Maine matters: Small manufacturers find success in the state's brand
Maureen Milliken Updated: March 8, 2021For products ranging from flags to frozen treats, the "made in Maine" identity is a valuable asset. Small businesses are discovering just how valuable as their goods see demand far beyond the state's borders.
Maureen Milliken Updated: March 8, 2021Jackson Lab responds to FBI investigation of former employee
Laurie Schreiber March 3, 2021An FBI affidavit says a former scientist at the Bar Harbor lab’s facility in Farmington, Conn., received funding from institutions in China while also receiving research grants from the National Institutes of Health.
Laurie Schreiber March 3, 2021
Maine forest products are ready for their closeup in video premiere at SXSW festival
Staff Updated: March 3, 2021Known for music and film, the South By Southwest Conference also highlights technological innovation. UMaine’s wood product advancement will be featured in a short video showcased in the Finland pavilion.
Staff Updated: March 3, 2021
How manufacturers have changed operations during the pandemic
Jason Lundy, Bank of America March 1, 2021Guest columnist Jason Lundy, a banker, cites three ways manufacturers can and have changed how they do business to weather the pandemic.
Jason Lundy, Bank of America March 1, 2021
Maine joins national offshore wind research consortium
Staff February 26, 2021The Governor’s Energy Office is leading development of a research array off the southern Maine coast. Consortium membership could strengthen the state's research ties nationally and internationally in floating offshore wind technology.
Staff February 26, 2021
Today's Poll
Sponsored by Kennebunk Savings Bank
Next year will bring a host of new challenges for businesses looking to add employees to the payroll.
Maine's Paid Family and Medical Leave law will go into effect, which will allow an employee to take paid leave for up to 12 weeks to care for an ill family member or new child, for instance.
The state's minimum wage will increase by 45 cents an hour, to $15.10 (a separate minimum wage provision was approved in Portland that will raise the hourly compensation to $19 within three years).
And rising health care premiums will continue to be a struggle for employers.
For companies that plan to grow, all of these factors will have to be managed.
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