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A division of
New England
Business
Media LLC
C E O / GROUP
PUBLISHER
Peter Stanton
P R E S I D E N T
Tom Curtin
DIGITAL DIRECTOR
Jan Holder
PUBLISHER
Peter Stanton
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
Andrea Tetzlaff
EDITOR
Peter Van Allen
DIGITAL EDITOR
Ann Fisher
SENIOR WRITERS
Renee Cordes
Laurie Schreiber
STAFF WRITER
Alexis Wells
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Mark Jeanneret
Carrie Yardley
RESEARCH DIRECTOR
Stephanie Meagher
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Heide Martin
ART DIRECTOR
Matt Selva
HOSPITALITY
EMERITUS
Zoey
SENIOR ACCOUNT
MANAGERS
Ken Hanson
Kerry Rasor
Betsy VanderPloeg
MARKETING/OPERATIONS
DIRECTOR
Alison Nason
OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
Allison Spies
AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
SPECIALIST
Leah Allen
C O N T E N T S
Widgets, workers and wages
Maine manufacturers get more strategic about recruiting 10
14
Maine aims for the stars (or at least outer space)
Manufacturers are building for the new space industry
18
Calling carpenters, electricians, mechanics
Hinckley turns to trade school to reshape 'builders' into boatbuilders
M A N U FA C T U R I N G F O C U S
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Taste the Craft
Blaze Brewing
Lucky Pigeon Brewing
P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F H I N C K L E Y YA C H T S
P H O T O / F R E D F I E L D
P H O T O / F R E D F I E L D
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Bath Iron Works, one the largest manufacturers in Maine, has 6,500 employees.
At Brunswick
Landing, bluShift
Aerospace is
building rockets
run on biofuel.
Hinckley Yacht
Services, with 240
Maine employees,
is looking to hire.
