Launching a construction company in an economic downturn might not seem like good timing, but for Kevin French, who teamed up with former competitor Denis Landry to start Landry/French Construction Co. in 2010, it was exactly the right time.
Kevin Hancock, president and CEO of Hancock Lumber, sat down with Mainebiz to discuss the Casco-based company's transformation, and why the loss of his voice was a blessing.
This is our first year with a new feature, "Fastest Growing Companies in Maine," and there are truly no runners-up among this bunch, writes Editor Peter Van Allen.
Portland-based Apothecary by Design is Maine's fastest growing company in the Mainebiz large-company category, with sales growth of 193% from year-end 2012 to year-end 2014.
Apothecary by Design, Landry/French Construction Co. and Rising Tide Brewing Co. were named by Mainebiz as the three fastest growing Maine companies in their respective size categories.
Rising Tide's total sales grew 262% from 2012 through 2014, making it Mainebiz's fastest-growing company in the small category, with 25 or fewer employees.
Bernstein Shur's has formed a "drone team," a legal group that includes a labor and employment lawyer, a municipal and governmental services lawyer and the firm's information technology specialist, who's owned a drone for two years.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Robert Langer, who has often been called a modern-day Thomas Edison, spoke to Mainebiz about several of his key inventions, along with early career setbacks.
The dean of University of Maine School of Law says the school embodies a network that originates beyond the school — law firms, corporations, public interest organizations and state and local government — and that connects graduates with law firms in Maine and beyond.
