Economic Development

Media report on UMaine’s new Biomass to Bioproducts Pilot Plant

The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5), Mainebiz, Woodworking Network and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on the new Biomass to Bioproducts Pilot Plant at the University of Maine’s Technology Research Center in Old Town. Biofine Technology, a Massachusetts company focused on making liquid fuel, chemicals and other advanced materials from wood, intends […]

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UMaine to hold international Potato Disease Summit, AP reports

The Associated Press reported the University of Maine will host a forum about potato diseases this fall that’s expected to draw scientists from all over the U.S. and Europe. The Potato Disease Summit will be held Nov. 9 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Plant pathologists, researchers and scientists will present the latest information […]

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Boothbay Register mentions UMaine in article on pellet plant

The University of Maine was mentioned in a Boothbay Register article about C and L Forestry Wood Pellets. The Boothbay company’s owner, a licensed professional forester and arborist for more than 20 years, decided to start producing pellets for heating around two years ago, according to the article. The company spent the past winter perfecting […]

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College of Engineering dean, students featured on WLBZ

WLBZ (Channel 2) spoke with several students in the University of Maine College of Engineering, as well as Dana Humphrey, dean of the college, for a report about Maine’s need for more engineers. Several students showed off their capstone projects, including a clean snowmobile, and spoke about their plans for after graduation. Humphrey said many […]

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Free Press mentions UMaine in article on Maine seafood

The University of Maine was mentioned in the Free Press article, “The past, present and future of Maine seafood.” Farmed fish, shellfish and seaweed will likely continue to be part of the state’s industry, according to the article. Currently, UMaine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research and Maine Sea Grant have been developing programs to farm […]

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Wiscasset Newspaper advances Dagher’s talk in Bristol

Wiscasset Newspaper reported Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, will speak April 25 at the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission’s 2017 annual meeting at the 1812 Farm in Bristol. The event begins at 5 p.m. with networking and refreshments, and includes highlights of the past year and […]

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UMaine Composites Center focus of ‘Wild Maine’ radio show

Bob Duchesne’s “Wild Maine” radio show on 92.9 FM The Ticket took a recent trip to the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The show focused on the center and its various research projects that could potentially reinvent Maine’s forest products industry. Stephen Shaler, director of UMaine’s School of Forest Resources and associate […]

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Foster Center, Lobster Institute to present talk by Luke’s Lobster founder

The University of Maine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation and Lobster Institute will host Maine entrepreneur Luke Holden at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday,  April 12. Holden is the founder of Luke’s Lobster restaurant, which has 22 locations across the U.S. and five locations in Japan. With its processing plant Cape Seafood in Saco, Luke’s Lobster is […]

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