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PublishedJune 23, 2019
Maine’s styrofoam ban met with mixed response from Waterville-area businesses
The law, effective Jan. 2021, could increase prices, but it brings a sense of job security to over 500 employees at the Huhtamaki paper products plant.
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PublishedMay 23, 2019
Finland’s ‘bioeconomy’ could provide roadmap for Maine
Finland's top forestry official paints a picture of her country's push to develop a sustainable advanced economy with a natural resource mix that mirrors Maine's own.
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PublishedApril 10, 2019
Belfast company plans to buy former Madison paper mill for insulation production, employing 110
GO Lab Inc. plans to employ more than 100 people at the former Madison Paper Industries mill, which shuttered three years ago.
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PublishedApril 9, 2019
Wood product companies get $1.5 million in state funding
Two companies each get a $750,000 grant to develop new technologies in former paper mill towns.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Climate bills call for Maine to reduce emissions to 80% below 1990 levels
Seven hours of testimony provide a glimpse into the scope and impact of proposals to rein in greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, factories and motor vehicles.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2018
Next step for Mike Michaud after Congress: His local select board
Never one to stop serving, the former Maine representative with deep ties to East Millinocket looks to help rebulid the mill town.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2018
Maine’s paper industry ‘positioned to have a revitalization’
There's no question papermakers have struggled, but insiders are sanguine as mills adapt to specialty products and the demand for pulp exports soars.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2018
ND Paper adds to its Maine holdings, buying Old Town mill for undisclosed sum
The U.S. subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Nine Dragons Paper Holdings says it hopes to restart the mill early in 2019, creating 100 jobs in the Penobscot County community.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2018
Owner announces $111 million investment, and more jobs, at Rumford paper mill
ND Paper's investment will sustain 650 employees and add 50 more jobs.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2018
Grant promises to spark new life at former Great Northern mill site in Millinocket
The $5.3 million in federal funding will pay to build out business park infrastructure as part of courting successors to the departed Great Northern Paper.
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