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3 Contents F A L L 2 0 1 9 / S T U F F M A D E I N M A I N E 20 F3 MFG 21 FMI 22 Hunting Dearborn Inc. 24 Hancock Lumber 25 Jøtul North America 3 Copyright 2019. All rights reserved. Mainebiz® (ISSN# 1530-0749) is published bi-weekly 29 times a year, in- cluding special issues published in July, September, October and December by New England Business Media LLC. Periodicals postage paid (USPS# 018-715) at Port land, ME and at additional entry points. Postmaster: Please send changes to: Mainebiz, PO Box 330, Congers, NY 10920-0330. Annual subscriptions are available for $47.95 and include Fact Book and Book of Lists. To subscribe, please visit our website at www.mainebiz. biz, email mainebiz@cambeywest.com or call our circulation department at 845-267-3008. Mainebiz® accepts no responsibility for unsolicited man- uscripts and in general does not return them to the sender. Subscriber list: We make a portion of our subscriber list available to rep- utable firms for one-time use. If you would prefer that we not include your name, please call Donna Brassard at 207-761-8379 x327 or email her at donnab@mainebiz.biz. P U B L I S H E R : Donna Brassard E D I T O R : Peter Van Allen C O N T R I B U T I N G W R I T E R S : Renee Cordes, Maureen Milliken, Laurie Schreiber E D I T O R I A L R E S E A R C H E R : Stephanie Meagher R E S E A R C H A S S I S TA N T : Heide Martin S E N I O R A C C O U N T M A N A G E R S : Ken Hanson, Andrea Tetzlaff, Betsy VanderPloeg M A R K E T I N G / O P E R AT I O N S D I R E C T O R : Alison Nason A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O : Peter Stanton PRESIDENT: Joe Zwiebel C F O / C O O : Mary Rogers GROUP PUBLISHER: Donna Brassard D I G I TA L D I R E C T O R : Jan Holder A R T D I R E C T O R : Matt Selva H O S P I TA L I T Y E M E R I T U S : Zoey 04 People and culture to be proud of Erin Plummer, Hancock Lumber 05 Manufacturing is cool, but don't take our word for it Peter Van Allen, Mainebiz 06 Find out about the career opportunities in modern manufacturing Lisa G. Martin, MAME L E T T E R S 08 Manufacturing's changing face A new generation of workers is making things 14 Ramping up robotics in Maine Youth competitions bring hands-on STEM learning to life 31 Training's next frontier Prepping students for a career 34 Manufacturing by the numbers A R T I C L E S 12 Manufacturing has changed — and so has its workforce Q&A with Larry Robinson, president of the Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership 30 Workforce training at the heart of expanded community college programs Q&A with Dan Belyea, executive director of workforce training at the Maine Community College System I N T E R V I E W S S P O N S O R E D P R O F I L E S 26 Nichols Portland LLC 27 Paradigm Windows 28 STARC Systems 29 VELUX A competition robot built by Northern Force robotics team from Gorham and Falmouth high schools. 14 30 P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F F A L M O U T H S C H O O L S P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F M A I N E C O M M U N I T Y C O L L E G E S Y S T E M P H O T O / D A V I D C L O U G H SMCC welding lab used for job training in partnership with Bath Iron Works 08 Luke Chadwick, Damien Ball and Haley Follett-Thomas of Back Cove Yachts