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1 2 S T U F F M A D E I N M A I N E \ F A L L 2 0 1 8 Manufacturing in Maine Thos. Moser Handmade American Furniture, Auburn Thos. Moser Handmade American Furniture in Auburn has made furniture for the George W. Bush Library in Dallas; Grace Farms, a nonprofit with innovative Japanese architecture in New Canaan, Conn.; and the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. But the bulk of its larger customers are institutions like university libraries or an MIT science lab, corporations and law firms. In recent years, Moser instituted "lean" building techniques. Instead of stockpiling inventory, it builds much of the furniture after it has been ordered, saving on warehousing. It has 55 craftspeople and about the same number on the support staff. Craftspeople are adept at using CNC machines and power planers, as well as traditional hand tools. n P H O T O / F R E D F I E L D F I L E P H O T O / T I M G R E E N W A Y Bath Iron Works, Bath Bath Iron Works, which is on the Kennebec River in what's known as the City of Ships, has roughly 5,700 employees. Since 1884, it has delivered more than 425 ships for both naval and commercial use. It builds Arleigh Burke-class of guided missile destroyers, Zumwalt- class guided missile destroyers, as well as smaller frigates. The company is owned by General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD), which has more than 100,000 jobs worldwide. (General Dynamics also owns an ordnance-and-tactical systems site in Saco.) A recent job listing included advanced concepts engineering project manager, assistant foreman/shipfitting, associate engineer, designer first class, electrician II, front line supervisor, engineer, manager/elec- trical engineering, pipefitter, to name just a handful of positions. n Thos. Moser craftsman Jim Wisser with a rotating clamp carrier. Paul Seymour, left, is instructed in how to bend pipe to Navy specifications by veteran pipe fitter and trainer Todd McPhee.