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2006 Archive

Editorial Support for R&D Investments

8/8/06

Budding tech company offers lessons in helping Maine grow,


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Innovation in the News, Summer 2006

8/8/06

Companies face the pressure of competition all the time, but Chemogen Inc. is racing both competitors and the grim reaper too.


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R&D Investments Good for Maine's Future

3/20/06

Editorials and news articles from Maine newspapers.


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Tex Tech lands big Airbus contract in N. Monmouth

3/20/06

It's about as thick as construction paper and feels a bit like a stiff blanket. But the paper-based fiber created and manufactured by Tex Tech Industries resists 2,000-degree heat. Tex Tech announced Thursday it signed a “significant contract” to provide the material to global aircraft manufacturing company Airbus of France.


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Innovation in the news in February

3/1/06

Partnership Takes Biode to a new Level; Rep Nancy Smith, House Chairwoman of the Business Research and Economic Development Committee touts R&D investments; and Precision Light Systems Poised for Growth.


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Marine Composites Presentations from the “Innovation- Putting Ideas to Work for Maine” Legislative Coffee of February 15th, 2006

3/1/06



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CFED 2006 Maine State Rankings

1/30/06



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CFED 2006 Maine Trends

1/30/06

WHAT ARE TREND INDICATORS?
Each of the three indexes is represented by two or more trend indicators. These 16 measures gauge the direction and magnitude of the states’ economic development efforts in the context of their own political and economic environment. The rank indicates how the state performed on each trend indicator, relative to the other 49 states. The data are pulled from the 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 DRCs. In some cases, data are repeated from one DRC to the next and only 3 or 4 unique data points are available. For more information please refer to the DRC website www.cfed.org/go/drc.


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Innovation in the News - January, 2006

1/30/06

WHICH WAY DOES JOB-CREATION WIND BLOW?
Jonathan Ayers has a simple philosophy in business, one that translates well from his micro-economic world to the macro concerns of politicians trying to build a better Maine economy.

“It's always better to have the wind behind you than in your face,” says the chairman and chief executive of Westbrook-based Idexx Laboratories.

For the past several years Idexx has been sailing full speed ahead, growing at a time when many Maine businesses -- especially those businesses that make an actual product - have struggled.


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Research & Development Impacts

1/30/06

INNOVATION - PUTTING IDEAS TO WORK FOR MAINE!
As the State's investments in R&D infrastructure and programs have increased 30-fold over the last 10 years, Maine has experienced yearly growth.


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