Manufacturing
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PublishedAugust 22, 2023
Trump promised this Wisconsin town a manufacturing boom. It never arrived
A half-hour from Milwaukee in Mount Pleasant, facilities owned by Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn have not made good on promises touted by the former president.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2023
Biden focuses on factory jobs in Wisconsin, ignoring latest Trump indictment
The president's arrival in Milwaukee came on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, a major piece of economic legislation, but polls show that most people know little about it or what it does.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2023
Biden pitches his efforts on clean energy, infrastructure as key to reviving manufacturing jobs
The claim that the administration has bolstered U.S. manufacturing is backed by a rise in construction spending on new factories, but factory hiring has begun to slow in recent months.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2023
Auburn Manufacturing Inc. has endured and persevered
The specialty textile manufacturer battled through COVID-19 and took on the Chinese for targeting her business.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2023
Biden to focus on economy, manufacturing in visit to Maine on Friday
The president's stop is part of a national push touting 'Bidenomics,' which supporters say is an attempt to grow the economy from the middle out and bottom up, rather than the top down.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2023
Madison ceremony marks return of manufacturing, and jobs, to former paper mill
Gov. Janet Mills, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and U.S. Rep. Jared Golden were among a crowd of a few hundred Friday celebrating the work of TimberHP to restart manufacturing operations at the plant.
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PublishedJune 19, 2023
Pratt & Whitney to ramp up jet engine program, potentially adding hundreds of jobs in North Berwick
The company is more than doubling the size of its upgrade team in preparation to redesign the F-135 engine.
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PublishedMay 25, 2023
A previous cut in jobs comes to light at Abbott Labs in Westbrook
A layoff of 219 that occurred in March – but was made public Thursday – brings the number of jobs Abbott has cut in Maine to more than 1,000 over the past 2 years.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2022
Cincinnati-based manufacturer acquires Benton company, plans facility at FirstPark in Oakland
The agreement between Meyer Tool Inc. and B&B Precise Products Inc. is expected to allow B&B to raise capital for a $3 million, 15,000-square-foot expansion of its facility on Route 100 in Benton.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2022
Commentary: Let’s not lose sight of stubborn supply chain challenges
An abundance of holiday shopping choices might lead consumers to believe the supply chain is in OK shape again. Wrong!
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