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From the Editor: As pandemic gets entrenched, businesses find ways to adapt
Updated: May 18, 2020The timing of this small business issue comes at a time when small businesses are in disarray, struggling to find their way during the COVID-19 crisis.
Updated: May 18, 2020
Heaven-sent help? Pittsfield church vestment maker pivots to PPE
Updated: May 14, 2020CM Almy has been making religious garb and church supplies for over a century. But when the pandemic hit, the company knew it was time to expand its mission.
Updated: May 14, 2020UMaine, businesses team up to tackle food waste
Updated: May 14, 2020The state's business community is part of a new council convened by the University of Maine to reduce food waste. The council has grown to comprise 30 members, including representatives from food manufacturing, the grocery industry and other sectors.
Updated: May 14, 2020King renews pitch for state-inspected meat and poultry, as shortages continue
May 13, 2020The legislation, which King jointly introduced two years ago, would allow states whose standards meet federal ones to sell meat and poultry across state lines.
May 13, 2020
Biddeford manufacturer launches low-cost face shield
May 13, 2020A Biddeford manufacturer of protective face shields is now rolling out a new type of shield that could reduce costs for health-care providers and front-line businesses in the pandemic.
May 13, 2020
Closed after finding COVID-19 hot spot, Tyson plant in Portland adds testing, reopens
May 12, 2020Of the 403 employees and contractors tested at the Portland poultry plant, 51 tested positive, the company said. The plant was closed for deep cleaning and sanitization, and production resumed last week.
May 12, 2020
UMaine team has created a statewide production hub for making critically needed PPE
May 11, 2020The University of Maine System assembled a team to address the shortage of personal protective equipment for health care workers. Existing relationships between sectors were essential for fast turnaround. It's been a grassroots effort that's
May 11, 2020
BIW signs contract to build swab machines for Puritan Medical Products
May 7, 2020The defense contractor will build 30 of the machines the Guilford-based medical products company needs to double swab production when its new plant opens in Pittsfield next month.
May 7, 2020Pandemic forces permanent closure of Hartland tannery
May 5, 2020The Kentucky-based owner, Tasman Leather Group, intends to close the plant by late summer. The coronavirus crisis has had a "devastating impact" on demand for its products, Tasman says.
May 5, 2020
Tyson Portland employees tested for COVID-19 as plant remains closed
May 5, 2020The Portland chicken processing plant, formerly Barber Foods, has more than 400 employees and is the first business in the state that isn't a care facility to report an outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
May 5, 2020
Swab maker will double output in partnership with Cianbro, BIW
May 1, 2020Guilford-based Puritan Medical Products will expand to a Pittsfield building owned by Cianbro Corp., which will allow the manufacturer to double swab production for COVID-19 testing.
May 1, 2020
Growing Maine medical device provider pivots to COVID-19 fight
Updated: April 30, 2020A medical device maker with a growing Maine presence is expanding its at-home health-monitoring product to screen individuals at most risk of COVID-19.
Updated: April 30, 2020
Belfast council wants state to get moving on Nordic Aquafarms application
April 27, 2020The Belfast City Council is asking a state board to get on with its review of a salmon farm proposal by videoconferencing, rather than wait until the board can meet in person.
April 27, 2020
A day to recognize the 2020 Mainebiz Business Leaders of the Year
Updated: April 28, 2020On Tuesday, when Mainebiz was to have honored them at a reception in Falmouth, Mainebiz salutes four individuals as the 2020 Business Leaders of the Year. The honorees are profiled in the pages of Mainebiz, including a special 20th anniversary
Updated: April 28, 2020
Maine manufacturer swings for the fences with radical baseball bat
Updated: April 27, 2020Made in the Piscataquis County village of Shirley Mills, Dove Tail Bats have been used by Major League Baseball stars including last year's NL Rookie of the Year, Pete Alonso. Now a licensing deal may accelerate the company's growth with a new type
Updated: April 27, 2020
SBA names owners of Hiram-based GrandyOats small-biz persons of the year
Updated: April 22, 2020The owners of GrandyOats in Hiram were named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2020 Small Business Persons of the Year for Maine. The selection was one of 10 honors given to Maine businesspeople by the SBA.
Updated: April 22, 2020
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