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BIW delivers first six swab-making machines to Puritan Medical Products
June 17, 2020Bath Iron Works has delivered six of the 30 machines being built for Puritan Medical Products so the medical swab company can rapidly expand its ability to meet demand for COVID-19 testing components.
June 17, 2020
In Bar Harbor, a candy-making institution struggles through the pandemic
Updated: June 17, 2020Every summer, Ben & Bill's Chocolate Emporium is packed with customers eager to buy a Willy Wonka-level array of homemade candies and ice cream. This year is dismal. Co-founder Bill Coggins has launched a GoFundMe campaign to keep going.
Updated: June 17, 2020
Guilford swab-maker wins patent battle in Sweden
June 16, 2020The suit against a Puritan Medical Products distributor by an Italian company is the fourth claim of patent infringement in European courts. But Puritan has successfully defended all four.
June 16, 2020
Former Connectivity Group co-owner buys Freeport engineering firm
June 14, 2020The former co-owner and president of the Connectivity Group is now the new owner and president of AEC Engineering in Freeport. Plans include digitizing administrative process and expanding the geographic scope.
June 14, 2020
Gorham textile designer wins 'Greenlight Maine' $100K prize
Updated: June 15, 2020In the final round of the Maine business-pitch television series, Erin Flett competed against Chad and Nicole Humphrey of Humphrey's BBQ and Heather Desjardins of technology startup iTell Alert.
Updated: June 15, 2020
Will the Maine 'mandles' trend catch fire for Father's Day?
Updated: June 17, 2020Just in time for Father's Day, York-based Stonewall Kitchen and a recently acquired subsidiary are launching a line of scented candles aimed specifically at men. Other candle companies are also trying to tap the male market, with mixed results.
Updated: June 17, 2020
South Portland clinic, OpBox team up to provide COVID-19 testing
June 12, 2020The two Maine businesses have teamed up to expand testing for COVID-19 in the state. Next week, they'll be providing tests for first responders in Saco.
June 12, 2020
Kittery shipyard's economic impact grew 31% last year, topped $1B
June 12, 2020The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard employed over 7,300 civilian employees in 2019, more than half of whom resided in Maine and received pay totaling $339.3 million, according to an annual study.
June 12, 2020
Nestlé looks at selling Poland Spring, other North American water brands
June 12, 2020The Swiss food conglomerate said it aims to complete a review of its North American mass-market bottled water business by early next year, while focusing more on international brands and premium segments.
June 12, 2020
On the Record: Jennifer Levin took a 'leap of faith' in acquiring Chilton Furniture
Updated: June 15, 2020The lawyer-turned-entrepreneur and her husband knew the purchase of an existing business, in a field where they had no experience, would be "scary." Now the pandemic creates a different challenge.
Updated: June 15, 2020
New Harvey Performance development not slowed by pandemic
June 10, 2020When ground was broken in Gorham a year ago for the precision tool maker's new building, developed by Northlands Enterprises, plans were that construction would be finished in 12 months. Thanks to a "dream team" led by Landry/French Construction,
June 10, 2020
BIW and its largest union tussle over contract, while yard wins $43M in new work
June 10, 2020Negotiations on the contract with a key labor union are due to conclude by Friday, with a possible vote by union members the following week. Union officials say their members are prepared to strike if necessary.
June 10, 2020
Undeterred by pandemic, Lyman-Morse 'full steam ahead' on new sailboat build
June 9, 2020Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding in Thomaston began construction of a new sailboat model just before the pandemic hit. After a short slowdown in operations, the project is on track for a fall launch.
June 9, 2020
Trump opens marine national monument, rallies with Puritan workers during Maine visit
June 7, 2020During a roundtable with fishing industry representatives in Bangor Friday, President Donald Trump opened a marine monument to expanded commercial fishing and vowed to increase tariffs on the European Union, and then visited Puritan Medical Products
June 7, 2020
Trump to tout Puritan swab ramp-up, talk to commercial fishermen during visit
June 4, 2020The president will talk in Bangor with commercial fishermen, then plans to visit Puritan Medical Products in Guilford to celebrate its work producing swabs for COVID-19 tests and its partnership with Bath Iron Works.
June 4, 2020
Mission from Maine: MDI man helped design SpaceX spacesuit
June 3, 2020When Peter Homer sat down at his dining room table to design a spacesuit glove as part of a NASA competition, it was for fun. Then he became a key designer for the SpaceX spacesuit worn by astronauts in last Saturday’s Falcon 9 launch.
June 3, 2020
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