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The Maine International Trade Center has announced the winners of its 2011 International Trade and Investment Awards. Casco-based Hancock Lumber was named Exporter of the Year. Hancock over the last year successfully introduced Eastern White Pine to new international markets, according to a press release from MITC.
3/16/2012 , Mainebiz
LePage Announces September Trade Mission to China (PDF)
China will be the next destination for the State of Maine Trade Mission, for six days in September. The mission will visit Hong Kong, Shanghai and surrounding areas and will focus on education, export opportunities and attracting investment.
3/15/2012 , The Free Press
Hancock Lumber named Exporter of the Year (PDF)
The Maine International Trade Center has announced the winners of the 2011 International Trade and Investment Awards, with family-owned Hancock Lumber taking the top spot of Exporter of the Year. Hancock Lumber, based in Casco, and three other award-winning companies will be recognized on May 24 at Maine International Trade Day at the Samoset Resort in Rockport, the trade center said Thursday.
3/15/2012 , Bangor Daily News
MITC plans trade mission to China
Gov. Paul LePage will lead a trade mission to China later this year, timed to coincide with the Asian Seafood Exposition in Hong Kong. The September trade mission will also include Shanghai and surrounding areas, according to a press release from the Maine International Trade Center, which will coordinate the trade mission along with the U.S. Commerce Department.
3/13/2012 , Mainebiz Daily
LePage plans trade mission to China (PDF)
Gov. Paul LePage will lead a trade mission to China in September, his office announced today. The trip is being organized by the Maine International Trade Center and is coordinated with the U.S. Department of Commerce. The mission will begin in Hong Kong and will include a visit to Shanghai and surrounding areas.
3/12/2012 , Morning Sentinel
Taste for Maine Lobster Growing Halfway Around the World (PDF)
Yesterday we looked at a Maine manufacturing company that's preparing to ship log homes to China in the new year. Today we're looking at another business, and another part of the Maine economy that's expanding in the Far East. Two Hong Kong businessmen have big plans for a former mid-coast lobster pound in 2012.
12/22/2011 , MPBN
Maine Log Home Builder Wins Contract to Sell Homes in China (PDF)
A Maine manufacturing company has won a contract to build log homes--in China. That's the country of China, in Asia, not China, Maine. Katahdin Cedar Log Homes, based in Oakfield, near Houlton, beat out competition for the contract from about a dozen other log home companies.
12/21/2011 , MBPN
Back from Brazil: Local companies say trade mission a success (PDF)
There was interest in spending time abroad at Hebron Academy, in buying collapsible food concentrate drums from Packgen and wearing Auburn-made shoes on oil-drilling platforms in the Pacific.
11/29/2011 , Lewiston Sun Journal
Maine companies anticipate growth in South America following trade mission (PDF)
It’s too early to start tallying sales from a recent trade mission to Brazil and Chile, but Maine businessmen said they were kept busy and anticipate growing their exports to those markets.
11/28/2011 , Bangor Daily News
New grants available for exporters (PDF)
Many more Maine companies may now be eligible for a new pot of federal money designed to help small exporters develop oversea markets.
11/8/2011 , Mainebiz
MITC, Senator Snowe Announce SBA Grant to Assist Maine Small Businesses (PDF)
The Maine International Trade Center (MITC), the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Maine Senator Olympia J. Snowe announced that MITC was awarded $146,000 under the State Trade & Export Promotion (STEP) program. STEP, which was part of the 2010 Small Business Jobs Act, was created specifically to assist small and medium sized exporters through partnerships between state trade offices and the SBA.
9/27/2011 , MaineAhead
Tech sector attracts trade groups (PDF)
A rush of trade delegations from around the world have recently toured Maine, lured not so much by export commodities but rather by Maine’s growing technology assets.
9/19/2011 , Mainebiz
Will Chinese market prove lucky or lethal for Maine lobstermen? (PDF)
Maine lobster dealers are trying to make inroads into the potentially lucrative Chinese market, but there are hurdles to overcome.
9/9/2011 , Bangor Daily News
Maine hosting Japanese group for idea exchange (PDF)
A Japanese delegation from the Aomori Prefecture will make a five-day visit to Portland, Augusta and four other communities next week to exchange ideas on alternative energy, business and aquaculture.
9/3/2011 , Portland Press Herald
Maine seafood companies on trade mission to Asia (PDF)
The Maine International Trade Center is leading the trip in conjunction with Food Export USA, which is funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
9/3/2011 , Lewiston Sun Journal
Seafood cos. depart on Asian trade mission (PDF)
Four Maine seafood companies departed today for a week-long trade mission to southeast Asia, led by the Maine International Trade Center in conjunction with Food Export U.S.A.
9/2/2011 , Mainebiz
Maine Seafood Companies to Market Wares in Asia (PDF)
Several Maine seafood companies are embarking on a trade mission to China in an effort to tap deeper into lucrative Asian-Pacific markets.
9/1/2011 , MPBN
Excess capacity (PDF)
Public schools like Millinocket's buoy enrollment by joining the hunt for foreign students' tuition and diversity.
8/22/2011 , Mainebiz
Getting it in gear (PDF)
Manufacturing is a way to fuel job growth and prosperity.
8/22/2011 , Mainebiz
Korean Trade Issues Divide Mainers (PDF)
Over the past few months the Korean ambassador along with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has been criss-crossing the country in support of the US-Korea Trade Agreement. Recently, they paid a visit to Maine where exports to Korea are on the rise.
8/5/2011 , MPBN
LePage to lead S. America trade mission (PDF)
The gubernatorial trade mission to Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Santiago, Chile, will focus on export opportunities and investment attraction, according to a press release from the governor's office.
6/30/2011 , Mainebiz
Paul LePage plans trade trip to Brazil, Chile (PDF)
Gov. Paul LePage plans to lead a trade mission to Brazil and Chile this fall, the first visit by a Maine governor to South America since 1997.
6/29/2011 , Portland Press Herald
LePage to lead trade mission to Brazil, Chile (PDF)
Gov. Paul LePage will lead his first international trade mission this fall, visiting Brazil and Chile with a delegation of Maine businesses.
6/28/2011 , Bangor Daily News
Go north (PDF)
Look to our neighbors in Canada for new business opportunities.
6/27/2011 , Mainebiz
