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PublishedApril 30, 2025
Key manufacturing resource in Maine could lose all federal funding
The state's Manufacturing Extension Partnership is one of 10 nationwide that had its funding cut, then restored temporarily by the Trump administration.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2025
Madison’s TimberHP files for bankruptcy
The wood fiber insulation manufacturer expects business as usual after filing the prenegotiated reorganization plan Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2025
Contractor’s fall at Sappi Somerset Mill under federal investigation
Company officials said the contractor was working last month at the Skowhegan mill when he was seriously injured.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2025
Sappi machinists in Skowhegan reject contract offer, authorize strike
Fair wages and work-life balance are among the topics of negotiations IAM Local 2740 members and the company plan to revisit Tuesday, a union representative said.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2025
Maine body movement expert teaches farmworkers how to avoid injury
Freeport-based consultant Cynthia Flores helps farmers and their employees reduce injuries that cost the U.S. about $11.3 billion annually.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2025
Maine gets $22M to boost development of new wood products
With a decline in employment in the state's pulp and paper industry, other wood products are being developed to reduce the use of plastics and other fossil fuel-based materials.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2024
UMaine’s ‘Factory of the Future’ aims to tackle the housing crisis with 3D printing
Construction is underway on a 50,000-square-foot building in Orono that will house the university's massive 3D printers and train students to produce houses, boats, wind turbine molds and more.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2024
Alfonds, heirs of Dexter Shoe Co., now rank among wealthiest Americans
Scarborough resident Susan Alfond and her brothers amassed their wealth from the shoe company started by their father and bought by investor Warren Buffett.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2024
Largest union at Sappi’s Skowhegan paper mill holds rally amid contentious contract negotiations
Members of United Steelworkers Local 4-9 recently voted to authorize a strike if needed amid ongoing contract negotiations, with forced overtime, health benefits and proposed changes to earned paid leave policies among their chief issues.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2024
Update: Union at Sappi’s Somerset Mill in Skowhegan authorizes strike, plans rally
Members of United Steelworkers Local 4-9 voted Sept. 20 to authorize a strike and are a planning a rally for Tuesday, a news release said.
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