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V O L . X X V I I I N O. X X X 62 BO O K O F L I S T S 2 0 2 3 I N D U S T RY Largest manufacturers in Maine Ranked by number of Maine employees Largest manufacturers in Maine Ranked by number of Maine employees Manufacturer Maine employees Products and services Head(s) of company Year founded 1 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard 2 Wentworth St., Kittery 03904 438-1000, navsea.navy.mil/Home/Shipyards/Portsmouth 7,257 1 Shipbuilding and U.S. Navy base MIchael Oberdof 1800 2 Bath Iron Works 700 Washington St., Bath 04530 443-3311, gdbiw.com 6,501 2 Shipbuilding Charles F. Krugh 1884 3 3 Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, a Raytheon Technologies Company 400 Main St., East Hartford, Conn. 06108 860-565-4321, pw.utc.com 2,100 4 Aircraft engines Michael Papp 1925 5 4 The Jackson Laboratory 600 Main St., Bar Harbor 04609 288-6000, jax.org 1,700 6 Biotechnology Edison T. Liu 1929 5 Abbott 7 100 Abbott Park Road, North Chicago, Ill. 60064 224-667-6100, abbott.com 1,500 8 Biomedical device manufacturing Robert Pearson Jason Hallee 1991 9 6 IDEXX Laboratories Inc. 1 IDEXX Drive, Westbrook 04092 556-0300, idexx.com 1,200 10 Biotechnology Jonathan (Jay) Mazelsky 1983 7 SD Warren (Sappi Fine Paper) 89 Cumberland St., Westbrook 04092 856-4205, warrenreleasepapers.sappi.com 1,001 11 Paper mills Blue Keim 1854 12 8 Hammond Lumber Company 2 Hammond Drive, Belgrade 04917 495-3303, hammondlumber.com 840 Building materials retailer and manufacturer of eastern white pine Mike Hammond 1953 9 Puritan Medical Products Co. 31 School St., P.O. Box 149, Guilford 04443 876-3311, puritanmedproducts.com 800 Manufacturer of swabs and single-use specimen collection devices for healthcare, diagnostics, forensics, controlled environments and environmental sciences Timothy Templet Robert Shultz 1919 10 Hancock Lumber 13 1267 Poland Spring Road, Casco 04015 627-4201, hancocklumber.com 630 Integrated forest products company operating high-efficiency white pine sawmills, network of lumberyards, truss and wall panel manufacturing facilities and full-service kitchen design showrooms Kevin Hancock 1848 11 Perrier Group and Poland Spring 109 Poland Spring Drive, Poland 04274 998-4315, polandspring.com 501 14 Spring water bottling Anne Dettloff 1845 15 12 L.L.Bean Inc. 15 Casco St., Freeport 04033 800-441-5713, llbean.com 400 16 Multichannel merchant of outdoor gear and apparel Stephen Smith 1912 13 Hussey Seating Co. 38 Dyer St. Extention, North Berwick 03906 676-2272, husseyseating.com 300 Manufacturer of telescopic gym bleachers, professional stadium seating and performing arts center seating Brian Deveaux Gary Merrill 1835 14 Lanco Integrated 12 Thomas Drive, Westbrook 04092 773-2060, lancointegrated.com 183 Manufacturer of components for production automation and a builder of flexible turnkey assembly systems Bob Kuniega 17 1984 15 J.S. McCarthy Printers 15 Darin Drive, Augusta 04330 622-6241, jsmccarthy.com 160 Commercial printer Jon Tardiff 1947 16 Casco Bay Steel Structures Inc. 1 Wallace Ave., South Portland 04106 780-6722, cascobaysteel.com 150 Steel fabricators Wendy Tait Bryon Tait Justin Tait 1997 Source: Mainebiz 2022 surveys, Maine Center for Workforce Research and Information, company 10-K filings and websites. Notes: N/A = not available. Mainebiz is working on an extended directory of manufacturers for 2023; to be surveyed for this or other lists, contact research@nebusinessmedia.com. 1 Civilian workforce in 2021 according to annual economic impact report 2 Maine's Center for Workforce Research and Information ranks BIW as the 4th largest private employer statewide, with an employee count from 6,501 to 7,000 as of March 2022. 3 Year Bath Iron Works founded; parent company, General Dynamics, was founded in 1952. 4 As reported in Mainebiz's Work for ME in March 2022 5 Year Pratt & Whitney founded; parent company, Raytheon Technologies, was founded in 1922. 6 Maine's Center for Workforce Research and Information ranks Jackson Labs as the 15th largest private employer statewide, with an employee count from 1,501 to 2,000 as of March 2022. 7 Acquired Alere Scarborough Inc. in 2016 8 Maine's Center for Workforce Research and Information ranks Abbott as the 18th largest private employer statewide, with an employee count from 1,001 to 1,500 as of March 2022. 9 Year Alere founded; parent company, Abbott, was founded in 1888. 10 Maine's Center for Workforce Research and Information ranks IDEXX as the 22nd largest private employer statewide, with an employee count from 1,001 to 1,500 as of March 2022. 11 Maine's Center for Workforce Research and Information ranks SD Warren as the 25th largest private employer statewide, with an employee count from 1,001 to 1,500 as of March 2022. 12 Year SD Warren founded; parent company, Sappi, was founded in 1936. 13 Named a Best Place to Work in Maine since 2014 14 Maine's Center for Workforce Research and Information ranks Perrier-Poland as the 46th largest private employer statewide, with an employee count from 501 to 1,000 as of March 2022. 15 Year Poland Spring founded, parent company, Nestlé S.A., was founded in 1866. 16 Maine's Center for Workforce Research and Information ranks L.L. Bean as the seventh largest private employer statewide, with an employee count from 3,501 to 4,000 as of March 2022. L.L. Bean's press kit indicates 400+ manufacturing employees at the Brunswick and Lewiston plants. 17 David Walden, COO and Patrick Sweeney, CFO -This list was compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher and published in the Nov. 19, 2022 issue of Mainebiz. 1 Civilian workforce in 2021 according to annual economic impact report 2 Maine's Center for Workforce Research and Information ranks BIW as the 4th largest private employer statewide, with an employee count from 6,501 to 7,000 as of March 2022. 3 Year Bath Iron Works founded; parent company, General Dynamics, was founded in 1952. 4 As reported in Mainebiz's Work for ME in March 2022 5 Year Pratt & Whitney founded; parent company, Raytheon Technologies, was founded in 1922. 6 Maine's Center for Workforce Research and Information ranks Jackson Labs as the 15th largest private employer statewide, with an employee count from 1,501 to 2,000 as of March 2022. 7 Acquired Alere Scarborough Inc. in 2016 8 Maine's Center for Workforce Research and Information ranks Abbott as the 18th largest private employer statewide, with an employee count from 1,001 to 1,500 as of March 2022. 9 Year Alere founded; parent company, Abbott, was founded in 1888. 10 Maine's Center for Workforce Research and Information ranks IDEXX as the 22nd largest private employer statewide, with an employee count from 1,001 to 1,500 as of March 2022. 11 Maine's Center for Workforce Research and Information ranks SD Warren as the 25th largest private employer statewide, with an employee count from 1,001 to 1,500 as of March 2022. 12 Year SD Warren founded; parent company, Sappi, was founded in 1936. 13 Named a Best Place to Work in Maine since 2014 14 Maine's Center for Workforce Research and Information ranks Perrier-Poland as the 46th largest private employer statewide, with an employee count from 501 to 1,000 as of March 2022. 15 Year Poland Spring founded, parent company, Nestlé S.A., was founded in 1866. 16 Maine's Center for Workforce Research and Information ranks L.L. Bean as the seventh largest private employer statewide, with an employee count from 3,501 to 4,000 as of March 2022. L.L. Bean's press kit indicates 400+ manufacturing employees at the Brunswick and Lewiston plants. 17 David Walden, COO and Patrick Sweeney, CFO This list was compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher and published in the Nov. 19, 2022 issue of Mainebiz. S O U R C E : Mainebiz 2022 surveys, Maine Center for Workforce Research and Information, company 10-K filings and websites. Notes: N/A = not available. Mainebiz is working on an extended directory of manufactur- ers for 2023; to be surveyed for this or other lists, contact research@nebusinessmedia.com.

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