Maine & Company Newsletter - September 2009; June 2009; December 2008; August 2008


Press Kit

UMaine wins $12.5M for composites lab; MaineBiz, January 8, 2010

Diversified continues global expansion; Portland, Maine, December 8, 2009

PlumChoice Selects Scarborough for Regional Support & Training Center 125 New Jobs Created by the End of 2009; (For Immediate Release): Scarborough, Maine, October 14, 2009

Press Release, October 14, 2009: PlumChoice opens first regional suppport & training center in Maine

Plum Choice to create 125 jobs in Maine, Oct. 14, 2009 The Associated Press

With acquisition athenhealth seeks to lure big hospitals, October 7, 2009, Village Soup

Press Release, September 29, 2009: T-Mobile hiring 130 at its Oakland call center - three job fairs scheduled this fall

Putting the punch in pellets; International WoodFuels President Steve Mueller sees a budding market for his wood-based fuel; MaineBiz, September 8, 2009

PrideSports announces alliance with International WoodFuels; World Golf News, July 31, 2009

Business manufacturing facility planned for central Maine; ExpansionManagement.com, July 25, 2009

Burnham to be site of $20 million wood pellet plant; Bangor Daily News, July 22, 2009

Maine wood pellet plant planned; July 22, 2009

International WoodFuels to Build Wood Pellet Manufacturing Facility In Central Maine; Press Release July 21, 2009

Burnham pellet factory to create, save jobs; Portland Press Herald, July 21, 2009

Old Town Canoe to add jobs; MaineBiz, July 1, 2009

Lewiston call center to hire 130; MaineBiz, June 25, 2009

Pine Tree Zone expanded statewide; MaineBiz, June 23, 2009

TD Bank to expand in Auburn; MaineBiz, June 15, 2009

General Dynamics brings $16M contract work to Maine; Mass High Tech, Feb. 20, 2009

Augusta composites manufacturer expands; MaineBiz, Feb. 19, 2009

Poland Spring opens new facility; MaineBiz, Feb. 3, 2009

BIW gets $37.8M contract; MaineBiz, Jan. 29, 2009

Portland biotech firm starts drug trials; MaineBiz, Jan. 27, 2009  

Saco facility gets $12M worth of work; MaineBiz, Jan. 27, 2009  

NotifyMD chooses Winthrop for 200 New Jobs
WCSH, Channel 6, November 18, 2008

NotifyMD brings 200 Jobs to Maine
New England Cable News, November 18

NotifyMD to create 200 jobs in Winthrop
Mainebiz, November 18

NotifyMD Selects Winthrop, Maine for New Operations Center; 200 New Jobs In Next Two Years
Maine Business.com, November 18, 2008

Winthrop New Call Center Promises 200 Jobs
Kennebec Journal, November 19

Boston Financial Data Services cuts ribbon in Rockland, plans 200 jobs by next year; VillageSoup, Oct. 22, 2008  

Maine and New Hampshire Regulators Approve Unitil purchase of Northern Utilities; Press Release, October 14, 2008 

Idexx ups Westbrook investment; Mainebiz, Sept. 23, 2008 

CMCC gets grant for technician education; Mainebiz, Sept. 17, 2008 

Village Soup: MBNA legacy paves way for future jobs; Aug 14, 2008

Jacobson updates listeners on his efforts to better Maine's business economy by bringing business to the state. FOX Morning News, Wednesday, 04 Jun 2008

Maine & Company Brings new business to Maine

Maine Public Radio: Boston Financial to Take Over Former MBNA Space in Rockland

Portland Press Herald: Data Services Company to Open Office at Ex-MBNA Site; The Boston-Area Business Plans to Hire Up to 250 Workers in Rockland

Maine Coast Now: Local Leaders React to Boston Financial's Expansion to Rockland

Snowe welcomes Boston Financial Data Services to Former MBNA facility in Rockland; June 3, 2008

Senator Collins applauds Boston Financial for decision to open Rockland offices; June 3, 2008

Boston Financial Data Services signs lease for Rockland waterfront complex; June 3, 2008


Northern Maine mill expansion complete

athenahealth a healthy boost for Belfast; the company is expected to bring jobs for young people, help businesses and put the vacant MBNA site to good use; Portland Press Herald, November 30, 2007

Safe Handling Earns ISO14001 Environmental Certification

Find out what athenahealth President & CEO Jonathan Bush says about Maine & Company and doing business in Maine.


Mass.-based tech company expanding to Maine

athenahealth to open facility in coastal Maine; Mass.High Tech, The Journal of New England Technology, November 30, 2007

athenahealth Arrives in Maine; WLBZ2 and WCSH6, November 29, 2007

Mass.-based internet company expanding to Belfast, Maine; Matt Jacobson, president of the private non-profit Maine & Company, helped facilitate the deal; WBZ's New England Business, November 29, 2007

Deal is final piece to recovery from Bank of America cuts; Portland Press Herald, November 29, 2007

athenahealth Announces Expansion in Maine; "Maine & Company Instrumental" says athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush, athenahealth Press Release, November 29, 2007  View video here

Tech company to buy old MBNA building; Massachusetts based athenahealth hopes to have 600 workers at the Belfast site in five years, November 29, 2007  

Upbeat Economic Announcement at Former MBNA Campus; MPBN, November 29, 2007

Proctor & Gamble Expands Its Auburn Facility

Selling Mystique, A Way of Life - A Fishing Co-op Hopes Smart Branding and Marketing Will Mean More Money For Its Catch

Community College Provides Customized Training for NotifyMD Employees

SMCC Launches Advanced Technology Center

NotifyMD Selects Farmington, Maine as Site for New Care Coordination Center

Child Magazine Names Maine as One of the Safest States for Kids

UNE to Build Pharmacy School in Portland

A Prickly Subject: The Sea Urchin Genome Is Sequenced -
Scientist at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor Makes Good Use of Its Surprising Similarity to Humans

Jackson Lab Launches New Biotechnology Firm

Maine Fifth in "Smartest State" Ranking

Maine's Pine Tree Zones Credited with Adding 200 Jobs in Sanford

Connect North Anerica Selects Presque Isle for its U.S. Contact Center

Low Electricity Rates Available in Maine

Governor Baldacci Weclomes Expansion of High-Tech Greenhouse Business into Maine

Boomtowns '06: Hottest Midsize Cities

Workforce Training

US Airways Magazine ad - June 2006

Portland still top port in New England

Portland ranked high for business, careers