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Large businesses hit with big hike in electricity delivery charges
February 7, 2017An increase in Central Maine Power Co.'s delivery charge approved by the Maine Public Utilities Commission last summer has caused an average 19% hike for large businesses in southern and central Maine.
February 7, 2017
Bob Evans buys Pineland Farms Potato Co.
January 25, 2017BEF Foods, a division of Bob Evans Farms Inc. (NASDAQ:BOBE), is buying Pineland Farms Potato Co. in Mars Hill for $115 million.
January 25, 2017
UMaine's Bridge-in-a-Backpack spinoff signs international marketing agreement
January 20, 2017The University of Maine's Bridge-in-a-Backpack spinoff company has signed a North American marketing and distribution agreement with an international construction and engineering firm that intends to expand the innovative composite bridge technology
January 20, 2017$7 million rescue package sought for Maine Military Authority
January 20, 2017Gov. Paul LePage is proposing to use $7 million of the state's General Fund surplus to help the Maine Military Authority in Limestone complete its bus rehab contract with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority that was halted last September
January 20, 2017
U.S. Commerce Department finds in favor of Auburn Manufacturing
January 20, 2017The U.S. Department of Commerce has determined that China has engaged in unfair trade practices that negatively impacted Auburn Manufacturing Inc.
January 20, 2017$6.2M expansion at Procter & Gamble's Auburn plant
January 20, 2017Procter & Gamble's Tambrands plant in Auburn is now undergoing a $6.2 million expansion that will add up to two more production lines.
January 20, 2017
Maine lawmakers back Auburn manufacturer in trade dispute with China
January 19, 2017U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-2nd District, testified in support of Auburn Manufacturing Inc. during a hearing Wednesday before the U.S. International Trade Commission.
January 19, 2017
'Road map' for strengthening state's forest economy sets nine priorities
January 13, 2017Stakeholders in Maine's $8.5 billion forest products industry unveiled this week a nine-point strategy to attract capital investment and develop new opportunities in that sector that will sustain good-paying jobs in Maine's rural communities.
January 13, 2017
Nonprofit acquires Millinocket mill site, plans collaboration with town on redevelopment
January 13, 2017Our Katahdin, a nonprofit, has purchased the former Great Northern Paper assets in Millinocket, including a 1,400-acre former mill site, land adjacent to the Millinocket Municipal Airport, a 157-acre parcel of land at Ferguson Pond and a federal
January 13, 2017Did Madison mill fail because of tariff?
January 10, 2017Madison's shuttered Madison Paper Industries mill is the focus of a Wall Street Journal story about what happened when a tariff on a Canadian product purportedly backfired.
January 10, 2017New law could help smaller manufacturers
January 9, 2017A new manufacturing law is expected to help Maine's Manufacturing Extension Partnership program have more predictable and stable financing, MEP Center Director Larry Robinson told Mainebiz.
January 9, 2017
Five on the Future
January 9, 2017Every year Mainebiz surveys five experts on what's ahead for the coming year. We've seen major changes in Washington, with President-elect Donald Trump taking office later this month.
January 9, 2017Can Maine take advantage of the new ‘Age of Timber’?
January 9, 2017I recently gave up a Saturday to attend the Wood Innovators Conference at the former Thomas Hammond & Son lumber mill in Hiram, which is re-purposing itself as a business incubator in that beautiful corner of western Maine.
January 9, 2017L.L.Bean bringing more jobs to Lewiston
January 6, 2017L.L.Bean is moving to a larger production facility in Lewiston in order to meet customer demand for its iconic boots.
January 6, 2017
Navy prepares to take delivery of BIW-built destroyer
January 5, 2017Bath Iron Works reported the Rafael Peralta, the first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built at the Bath shipyard after a four-year break in the Navy's DDG 51 program, successfully completed its acceptance trials and is ready to be delivered to
January 5, 2017Firms buy shuttered Madison paper mill, plan to 're-purpose' the site
January 3, 2017A joint venture involving companies that specialize in re-purposing shuttered mills has purchased the mill assets of Madison Paper Industries for an undisclosed price.
January 3, 2017
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