Processing Your Payment
Please do not leave this page until complete. This can take a few moments.
Manufacturing
-
Seeing things: Growing cluster of imaging manufacturers is integral to pandemic response
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.
Updated: March 8, 2021
Factories to meet pandemic needs: Puritan Medical, other Maine businesses turn out swab plants
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.
Updated: March 8, 2021
Making in Maine matters: Small manufacturers find success in the state's brand
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.
Updated: March 8, 2021Jackson Lab responds to FBI investigation of former employee
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.
March 3, 2021
Maine forest products are ready for their closeup in video premiere at SXSW festival
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.
Updated: March 3, 2021
How manufacturers have changed operations during the pandemic
March 1, 2021Guest columnist Jason Lundy, a banker, cites three ways manufacturers can and have changed how they do business to weather the pandemic.
March 1, 2021
Maine joins national offshore wind research consortium
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.
February 26, 2021
Business leaders tackle economic inequality, pandemic in Mainebiz forum
Updated: February 26, 2021A former official with the Boston Fed was the keynote speaker at the annual Mainebiz "Five on the Future" event, which was held virtually for the first time.
Updated: February 26, 2021
Origin Labs buys North Jay warehouse to serve nutritional supplement market
February 25, 2021The company bought its fourth facility to accommodate the growing market for its Jocko Fuel brand. Founder Pete Roberts said he's "super stoked" about the 60,000-square-foot space.
February 25, 2021
New owner of Lewiston manufacturer Poly Labs doubles workforce in 100 days
February 25, 2021November was slow, but then December hit and demand exploded from existing and new customers. The company, which makes plastic components for a variety of industries, has been hiring as fast as it can.
February 25, 2021Maine business, education leaders press case for immigration reform
February 23, 2021The Maine Compact on Immigration, unveiled Tuesday, calls for reform at all levels and would be responsive to the needs of employers.
February 23, 2021
Legislature may speed funding to Loring Commerce Centre
February 22, 2021A bill that passed out of committee would move up an annual allocation of funds for the business and industrial park, which has been affected by the current economic downturn.
February 22, 2021
Potential change in Maine state flag receives support, could benefit businesses
February 19, 2021The latest effort to change the state flag to Maine's first official flag, the pine tree and North Star, will be taken up soon by the Maine House of Representatives, as the design gets growing support from consumers and manufacturers.
February 19, 2021
Poland Spring, other Nestlé water brands sold to investment firms for $4.3B
February 18, 2021The buyers are an affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners LLC and family-owned investment firm Metropoulos & Co., whose founder will become chairman and interim CEO of Nestlé Waters North America when the transaction is completed.
February 18, 2021
Tennessee engineered-wood manufacturer to begin $150M upgrade of New Limerick mill
Updated: February 17, 2021The plant, which currently employs 160 people, is Louisiana-Pacific Corp.’s second-longest-running mill, commissioned in 1981. With the mill's conversion, the company expects it to increase demand for wood fiber, benefiting local suppliers.
Updated: February 17, 2021
Brewer manufacturer of dryer systems doubles space, expands product line
Updated: February 16, 2021Nyle Systems moved to its current headquarters in 2010, occupying half of a 56,000-square-foot warehouse. Since then, the company grew from manufacturing heat pumps to creating applications such as food drying. Now Nyle is building more production
Updated: February 16, 2021
Most Recent
