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180 workers at Puritan Medical on furlough as COVID-19 test demand declines
July 9, 2021Furloughs were due to expire July 12, but the test-swab manufacturer has extended them another three weeks. Like Abbott Labs, another company manufacturing COVID diagnostics in Maine, Puritan has been responding to change in testing needs.
July 9, 2021
Three Rockland waterfront properties packaged as single listing
July 9, 2021With 8.77 waterfront acres and downtown proximity, the package is viewed as a development opportunity in keeping with Rockland’s growth as a destination. But it also raises the issue of a potential loss of the working waterfront.
July 9, 2021
Abbott Labs will lay off more than 300 workers in southern Maine
July 8, 2021The maker of COVID-19 diagnostic tests, which ramped up its Maine presence last year in response to the pandemic, says declining demand for the tests has made the cuts necessary.
July 8, 2021
Gorham microwave firm unveils North Carolina acquisition
Updated: July 8, 2021Microwave Techniques LLC has acquired all the assets and intellectual property of Raleigh, N.C.-based Industrial Microwave Systems LLC for an undisclosed amount.
Updated: July 8, 2021Rockland chocolate entrepreneur wins 'Greenlight Maine' Season 6
July 2, 2021Kate McAleer, owner and founder of Bixby & Co., told Mainebiz she plans to use the $25,000 prize money for manufacturing equipment to expand capacity.
July 2, 2021
Wood 'that tells a story' is boon for growing Gardiner urban timber business
June 30, 2021Maine Urban Timber Co. began last year after Niles Krech and Steve Pracher built a sawmill, and has caught a growing tide for large slabs made from trees that would normally end up as chips.
June 30, 2021
NH fire protection company buys first Maine location in Saco
June 25, 2021The $1.6 million acquisition is the company’s fifth location and first to open in Maine. Search parameters included being south of Portland, the broker said. A strong tenant helped clinch the deal.
June 25, 2021
Founder, longtime CEO of Fluid Imaging Technologies both retire
June 23, 2021Founder Chris Sieracki and President and CEO Kent Peterson recently stepped down, and Peterson has been succeeded by an executive of a California company. Fluid Imaging was purchased last year by Yokogawa Electric Corp. of Japan.
June 23, 2021
Cianbro builds, floats 5,000-ton dry dock piece to Kittery shipyard
June 22, 2021Cianbro Corp. built the entrance structure for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard's new "superflood basin" over the past year and a half in Portland. On Sunday, the huge component was slowly towed to Kittery.
June 22, 2021
Despite possible cut in new ships, BIW gets $55M contract for Navy destroyer services
June 10, 2021Bath Iron Works has provided design and technical services for Burke-class destroyers since 1987, and will continue to perform that work under a one-year contract extension.
June 10, 2021
Tennessee manufacturer breaks ground on $150M conversion of New Limerick mill
June 8, 2021The plant is Louisiana-Pacific Corp.’s second-longest-running mill, commissioned in 1981. The conversion will increase manufacturing of its flagship siding and trim product and consumption of locally sourced fiber by 30%.
June 8, 2021
The Landing School will have a new president
June 7, 2021Sean Fawcett, who is a senior yacht design instructor who has been at the Arundel school since 2013, will take over the post, succeeding Richard Downs-Honey.
June 7, 2021
Data center's plan for Millinocket marks milestone for mill site's redevelopment
June 7, 2021California-based Nautilus Data Technologies will build an 84,000-square-foot data center on the former Great Northern Paper mill site, becoming the anchor and first tenant for the innovation and technology campus there.
June 7, 2021
Former worker faces 10 years in prison for stealing from Kittery shipyard
June 3, 2021Michael Gamash, then a civilian employee of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, stole $60,000 of scrap metal from the yard over a two-year period.
June 3, 2021
Portland software startup out to win 'tech talent war' takes home $50K LaunchPad prize
Updated: June 2, 2021Industrial software maker HighByte plans to use its winnings to provide competitive salary offers to new graduates and experienced developers, effective immediately, the company's co-founder and chief marketing officer told Mainebiz.
Updated: June 2, 2021
Maine's congressional delegation opposes budget cut that could reduce work for BIW
June 1, 2021While the Pentagon had planned to spend 2022 funding on two Navy destroyers, President Joe Biden's budget only pays for one.
June 1, 2021
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