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Manufacturing

  • Winterstick Snowboards opens R&D site near Sugarloaf

    Staff March 9, 2017

    Winterstick Snowboards, a Carrabassett Valley company, opened its West Mountain R&D Lab at Sugarloaf to do R&D and design hand-crafted retail and custom boards “tailored to meet respective mountain conditions and styles of today's riders.”

    Staff March 9, 2017
  • L.L.Bean issues recall of snowshoes

    Staff March 8, 2017

    L.L.Bean has voluntarily recalled approximately 3,000 snowshoes made in Taiwan that were sold between November 2016 and February 2017.

    Staff March 8, 2017
  • Hammond Lumber passes leadership torch to third generation

    Staff March 6, 2017

    Belgrade-based Hammond Lumber Co. announced today a transition in leadership with the appointment of Mike Hammond as president and CEO.

    Staff March 6, 2017
  • Custom Composite Technologies at cutting edge of growing industry

    Lori Valigra February 20, 2017

    Steve Hassett, president of small Bath-based Custom Composite Technologies Inc., started as a wooden boat builder, but has maneuvered from that historic Maine industry into a new one in which the state is amassing expertise: composite materials.

    Lori Valigra February 20, 2017
  • Bangor startup applies new 3-D technology to accelerate the shoe-making process

    Lori Valigra February 20, 2017

    Bangor startup L&K Manufacturing, doing business as Cobbler Technologies, has found that sport shoe makers around the globe are looking for ways to make shoe soles cheaper, faster. That's where 3-D technology enters the picture.

    Lori Valigra February 20, 2017
  • Maine is where the line between 'manufacturers' and 'makers' disappears

    February 20, 2017

    There's a line somewhere between manufacturers and makers. I'm not sure where it is but it seems to reside somewhere in Maine.

    February 20, 2017
  • Gorham manufacturer adding jobs to keep pace with record sales

    Staff February 17, 2017

    MEGA Industries, a Gorham manufacturer of high-power microwave components, reported record revenues of $12 million, a 32% gain from a year earlier. The workforce increased by 20% last year, to 60 employees, and the company plans to hire 12 people

    Staff February 17, 2017
  • Poland Spring plans new bottling plant in western Maine

    February 17, 2017

    Nestle-owned Poland Spring is seeking a new site in western Maine, close to sources of spring water, in order to build a $50 million water bottling plant.

    February 17, 2017
  • Auburn Manufacturing wins anti-dumping claim against China

    Staff February 16, 2017

    The U.S. International Trade Commission voted unanimously in favor of Auburn Manufacturing, ruling that Chinese manufacturers have sold an unfairly subsidized heat resistant fabric in the United States at less than fair value, putting the Auburn-

    Staff February 16, 2017
  • Maine delegation asks U.S. to look into alleged subsidies for Canadian cement plant

    Staff February 15, 2017

    Maine's congressional delegation sent a letter to acting U.S. Trade Representative Maria Pagan about alleged unfair subsidies that may have been provided to a cement plant in Quebec that is expected to export to the United States.

    Staff February 15, 2017
  • Maine's aerospace exports post a record year in 2016

    February 13, 2017

    Aerospace exports became the state's second-most-valuable export industry after seafood in 2016, reaching a record $312 million.

    February 13, 2017
  • Engineering News-Record names Dagher a 'Top 25 Newsmaker'

    Staff February 13, 2017

    Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine's Advanced Structures and Composites Center, has been named one of 2016's Top 25 Newsmakers by Engineering News-Record.

    Staff February 13, 2017
  • Here's what Gov. LePage and others are saying about Sappi's $165M investment

    James McCarthy February 9, 2017

    There haven't been too many good news headlines for Maine's pulp and paper industry in recent years, given the closures of six mills since 2014. So it's not surprising that Sappi Ltd.'s announcement on Wednesday was one of the top stories of the day.

    James McCarthy February 9, 2017
  • Demolition begins at GNP mill in East Millinocket

    February 8, 2017

    Demolition work at the former Great Northern Paper Co. mill in East Millinocket began this week.

    February 8, 2017
  • Sappi Ltd. announces $165M investment at Skowhegan mill

    James McCarthy February 8, 2017

    Sappi Ltd., the South African company that owns two paper mills in Maine, announced in Johannesburg today it will invest $165 million in Paper Machine No. 1 at its Somerset Mill in Skowhegan.

    James McCarthy February 8, 2017
  • Coast of Maine Organic Products merges, will expand in Mid-Atlantic

    Staff February 7, 2017

    Coast of Maine Organic Products of Portland and Frey Brothers Inc., a farm-product supplier based in Quarryville, Pa., said they have merged.

    Staff February 7, 2017

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