The United States has shed roughly 540,000 factory jobs since last February as the coronavirus pandemic hurled the world’s largest economy into recession.
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Maine fabrics manufacturer accuses Belarus of ‘dumping’ in U.S. market
The head of Auburn Manufacturing Inc. says her prices are being undercut by the European country’s cheaper products.
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Swab maker for COVID-19 testing prepares to open new plant in Pittsfield
Puritan Medical Products says the plant could nearly double the company’s output and should be open by July 1.
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New Balance joins mask makers
NORWAY — New Balance, a Boston-based footwear maker, has announced it has begun working on prototype designs for surgical masks, joining a host of other domestic manufacturers rallying to support healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 positive patients amidst critical shortages of personal protective equipment. A notice on its website states that the company is starting […]
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MaineHealth asks state’s manufacturers to produce medical equipment, supplies
Several have said they may be able to produce masks, face shields, gloves and other equipment to help in the coronavirus fight.
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Developers emphasize industrial, office use in ‘Plan B’ for Falmouth plaza redevelopment
The alternative project would forgo a hotel and multi-level parking garage in favor of manufacturing and warehouse space.
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Robert MacDonald
SKOWHEGAN — Robert MacDonald (Pops) died on Friday, Sept. 8, at Eastern Maine Medical Center with his loving family by his side. He was born in Skowhegan on Oct. 6, 1925, the son of Neil and Clara (Michaud) MacDonald. Bob attended Skowhegan High School and enlisted in the U.S. Marines in 1943. He fought in the […]
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Making firefighter boots in Auburn
Globe Footwear Roland Landry, plant manager Company’s origin story: Most Mainers know Globe Footwear as Falcon Shoe Manufacturing, which began in 1963 as a small, family-owned business in Lewiston. Our founder was Ted Johanson, a Massachusetts native and Harvard University graduate who decided to get into the family shoe manufacturing business. We started in children’s […]
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Maine, the way manufacturing should be
Maine is lightly populated compared to other states, but it has a solid heritage of manufacturing and developing industries that export worldwide. Trade schools such as Lewiston Regional Tech Center and engineering faculties such as those at the University of Maine or the Maine Maritime Academy are capable of producing top-quality workers along the entire […]
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Economist expects Maine job growth to maintain slow but steady pace in 2015
Maine’s long-flagging economy will maintain a steady pace of recovery in 2015 as it continues to gain jobs in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008, according to Charles Colgan, a professor at the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service and a former state economist. However, the state economy faces significant challenges […]