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The association continues to
have an impact by creating and
implementing strategies on student
and educator outreach and robotics
programs, to employ transitioning
military members, new Mainers/
immigrants, corrections popula-
tions and others seeking meaning-
ful employment.
As we work to promote careers
in manufacturing, we must collabo-
rate with industry, government,
service organizations and workers
to assure the retention and expan-
sion of the manufacturing sector.
Our efforts to promote and
grow manufacturing will create
an environment where people, com-
munities and businesses thrive.
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has 6,450 employees and had a total economic impact of $751.8
million in 2017. It is one of four federal shipyards and is overseen by the U.S. Department of
Defense. Established in 1800, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard built submarines until 1971, when
it switched to maintaining, repairing and modernizing nuclear submarines. In the past year,
it has hired workers for a range of positions, including chemists, electrical workers, engi-
neering, insulation, mechanics, pipefitting, radiological workers and sheet metal workers.
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P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R
Manufacturing in Maine
