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V O L . X X V N O. X X I X 14 BO O K O F L I S T S 2 0 2 0 C O R P O R AT E | P R I VAT E Year founded 1 Hussey Seating Co. 1835 2 Hancock Lumber 1848 3 Chalmers Insurance Group 1857 4 Geiger 1878 5 Messer Truck Equipment 1899 6 L.L.Bean Inc. 1912 7 Puritan Medical Products 1919 8 Lee Auto Malls 1936 9 Pine State Trading Co. 1941 10 C.N. Brown Co. 1948 1 Data includes part-time and seasonal employees. This list was compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher and published in the April 29, 2019 issue of Mainebiz. S O U R C E : Each company via survey and Institute for Family-Owned Business Maine's largest family-owned businesses Ranked by number of Maine employees ALTERNATE RANKING: OLDEST FAMILY BUSINESSES Maine employees / Maine Locations Generations currently active Type of business Person(s) in charge 1 L.L.Bean Inc. 15 Casco St., Freeport 04033 800-441-5713, llbean.com 3300 16 4th & 5th Multichannel merchant of outdoor gear and apparel Stephen Smith 2 C.N. Brown Co. 1 C.N. Brown Way, South Paris 04281 743-9212, cnbrown.com 824 98 2nd & 3rd Convenience stores, heating oil, LP, gasoline, diesel, K1 Kurt J. Jones Jeff Jones 3 Hammond Lumber Co. 1 2 Hammond Drive, Belgrade 04917 495-3303, hammondlumber.com 800 21 2nd, 3rd, 4th Building material retailer and manufacturer of eastern white pine Mike Hammond 4 Hancock Lumber 4 Edes Falls Road, Casco 04015 627-4201, hancocklumber.com 535 14 6th Timberland company with sawmill division and network of retail lumber yards, kitchen design showrooms and truss manufacturing facility Kevin Hancock 5 Puritan Medical Products Co. Hardwood Products Co. 31 School St., P.O. Box 149, Guilford 04443 876-3311, puritanmedproducts.com 500 2 3rd & 4th Manufacturer of swabs and other single-use products for health care, forensics, food safety and pharmaceuticals; northern hardwood woodenware sticks, ice cream sticks, corn dog sticks, spoons and skewers Terry Young 6 Lee Auto Malls 777 Center St., Auburn 04210 784-5441, leeauto.com 484 20 3rd & 4th Auto dealerships and finance companies Donald Lee Adam Lee John Isaacson 7 R.H. Reny Inc. 731 Route 1, Newcastle 04553 563-3177, renys.com 433 19 2nd & 3rd Retail stores with 17 store locations and one office-warehouse location in Maine John Reny 8 Pine State Trading Co. 100 Enterprise Ave., Gardiner 04345 800-452-4633, pinestatetrading.com 408 2 3rd Logistics, analytics and marketing services for Pine State Beverage and Maine Spirits Nick Alberding 9 Cross Insurance P.O. Box 1388, 491 Main St., Bangor 04402 800-999-7345, crossinsurance.com 343 21 1st, 2nd & 3rd Retail insurance including marketing, selling and negotiating property and casualty, life and health, bond and employee benefits Royce Cross 10 Hussey Seating Co. 38 Dyer St. Extension, North Berwick 03906 676-2271, husseyseating.com 310 1 6th Developer and manufacturer of seating solutions for the sports and entertainment, education and clerical markets Gary Merrill