Businesses of all kinds are stepping up to help one another and our fellow Mainers during the pandemic. Whether it is donating food, innovating COVID-19 test kits, making medical gear or hand sanitizer, training workers in needed fields, or making sure kids have access to the internet to do their school work, Maine businesses are making extraordinary contributions in this crisis.
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Fighting COVID-19 and supporting our Healthcare Professionals
April 8, 2020 - Maine manufacturing company is producing thousands of face shields
Thermoformed Plastics of New England (TPNE) in Biddeford is now manufacturing face shields for healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus. Source: WMTW SEE THE STORY HERE April 7, 2020 - Several Maine businesses ramp up production, hire workers in fight against COVID-19
From testing technology to protection for scientists, companies across the state are putting themselves at the forefront. Source: NewsCenter Maine SEE THE STORY HERE April 7, 2020 - Biddeford manufacturer pivots to produce personal protection equipment
Donated face shields created by Thermoformed Plastics of New England are being distributed by the thousands to health care facilities and first responders in Maine and New Hampshire. Source: Portland Press Herald SEE THE STORY HERE April 7, 2020 -Scarborough manufacturer's device may help more COVID-19 patients breathe
A Scarborough company, Amplify Additive, is developing a device to make more efficient use of scarce medical ventilators, desperately needed to treat patients with COVID-19. Source: Mainebiz SEE THE STORY HERE April 6, 2020 - Maine Acts of Kindness: Portland hotel donates 50 rooms to health care workers
Clarion Hotel is providing space at no cost so Maine Medical Center and Mercy Hospital employees on the coronavirus front line can rest and recharge. Source: Portland Press Herald SEE STORY HERE April 6, 2020 - Maine lab genetically modifies mice for COVID-19 research
A world-renowned laboratory in Bar Harbor is playing an important role in coronavirus research. Source: NewsCenter Maine SEE STORY HERE April 4, 2020 - Central Maine distillers turn from spirits to sanitizer
With demand for craft spirits dropping following the closure of bars and restaurants across Maine, distillers are turning their talents to crafting high-proof alcohol needed to make hand sanitizer. Source: Central Maine Newspapers SEE STORY HERE April 3, 2020 - Maine biotech companies stepping up, and hiring, in COVID-19 fight
Maine’s life science companies, representing a variety of products and services, are finding themselves on the forefront of the worldwide effort to stop COVID-19 and adding employees as they increase production. Source: Mainebiz SEE THE STORY HERE April 2, 2020 - Maine t-shirt company switches to making protective masks
Rogue Wear says it is switching some of its production from athletic products to stitching protective masks. Source: WGME-13 SEE THE STORY HERE April 1, 2020 - BIW donates more than 3,000 protective masks to health workers in Maine
The N95 respirator masks were donated to MaineHealth, and will go to hospitals and facilities that the health system operates across the state. Source: Portland Press Herald SEE THE STORY HERE April 1, 2020 - New drive-through test site for COVID-19 to open in South Portland
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Maine and ConvenientMD will operate the site on Gannett Drive, but anyone who wants a test must be evaluated and make an appointment. Source: Portland Press Herald SEE THE STORY HERE March 18, 2020 - Maine lab starts breeding mice for coronavirus vaccine
As the global coronavirus outbreak brings the world economy to a near halt. Source: Bangor Daily News SEE THE STORY HERE March 28, 2020 - FDA fast-tracks COVID-19 testing device made in Scarborough
The test can detect COVID-19 in as little as five minutes, and the company that makes it is manufacturing them in Maine. Source: NewsCenter SEE THE STORY HERE March 29, 2020 - Brunswick based STARC Systems to ramp up production of containment units amid coronavirus battle
Officials are doubling production of containment units that can be used to create instant isolation rooms and quarantine sections in hospitals. Source: Times Record SEE THE STORY HERE March 28, 2020 - Fireball whisky maker to produce hand sanitizer
Whisky distillers are stepping up to make hand sanitizer, which has been in short supply for consumers and businesses during the coronavirus outbreak. Source: Bangor Daily News SEE THE STORY HERE March 24, 2020 - Northern Maine factory making coronavirus testing swabs
As factories around the state, and the world, shut down due to the coronavirus, one plant in northern Maine has no choice but to remain open. Source: WGME SEE THE STORY HERE |
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