Brian Whitney

More than $1.65 million was allotted for national security, the blue economy, support for startups and digital jobs.

Orland native Sarah Delmar has been named founding director of the Maine Life Sciences Innovation Center.

The planned "wet lab" and business incubator would offer shared-use equipment to facilitate the use of liquids and biological materials for testing, experiments and product development.

Proposals to develop and operate the Maine Life Sciences Incubator are due by July 1.

Currently operating with 54 employees, the insulation manufacturer is seeking to lessen its debt via a voluntary, pre-negotiated Chapter 11 reorganization plan filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.

Speakers include David Daigler, president of the Maine Community College System; Brien Walton, chair of the Maine Venture Fund; Brian Whitney, president of the Maine Technology Institute; and Scott Kleiman, policy director for the economy and workforce for the state of Maine. 

Here is a curated collection of snippets from interviews with business and nonprofit movers and shakers published in 2024.

As the organization starts a new chapter at Cloudport Coworking in Portland and seeks a northern Maine hub, Mainebiz checked in with MTI President Brian Whitney.

The event, scheduled for Nov. 13-15, will kick off with a day of field trips including to the University of Maine's Advanced Structures and Composites Center in Orono.

This year's awards were presented at a luncheon June 12 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Freeport. More than 130 people attended.