Products Made in Maine: From Paper to Potatoes, Lobster to Composites

Maine's economy blends traditional resource industries with advanced manufacturing and creative crafts. Signature products:

1. Forest Products (Historic Backbone)

Paper & Pulp: ND Paper (Rumford, Old Town), Sappi (Somerset, Westbrook) — coated, specialty, packaging grades. ~$2B/yr.
Lumber & Engineered Wood: Spruce-fir dimension lumber, CLT (cross-laminated timber), OSB. Pleasant River Lumber, Huber Engineered Woods.
Biomass / Pellets: Wood pellets (European export), biofuels R&D.

Wild Blueberries: 99% US production (40K acres); Wyman's, Jasper Wyman & Son — frozen, ingredients.
Lobster: 100M+ lbs/yr (80% US); live, processed, value-added (rolls, mac & cheese). Luke's, Cousins, Ready Seafood.
Potatoes: Aroostook County — 1.5B lbs (round whites, russets, seed); Pineland Farms, Maine Potato Growers.
Maple Syrup: 700K+ gal/yr (3rd US); Hilltop Boilers, Slattery's.
Craft Beer: 150+ breweries; Allagash, Bissell Brothers, Foundation, Oxbow, Maine Beer Co.
Distilled Spirits: Hardshore Gin, Sebago Lake Distillery, New England Distilling.
Dairy: Oakhurst, H.P. Hood (Maine milk); artisan cheese (Balfour Farm, Appleton Creamery).

Lobster boats, pleasure craft: Hinckley, Sabre, Back Cove, Lyman-Morse, Morse Yachts, Downeast.
Composite construction: Pioneers in resin infusion, carbon fiber.
Marine gear: Harken (blocks, hardware), Spinlock, Edson.

University of Maine ASCC (Advanced Structures & Composites Center) — R&D hub.
Products: Wind blade testing, 3D-printed homes (BioHome3D), bridge girders, ballistic panels, marine composites.
Companies: Composite Partners, Kenway Composites, Harbor Technologies.

Wool: Faribault (Maine Woolen), Bartlett Yarns — spinning, weaving.
Technical fabrics: Custom Composite Technologies (ballistic, aerospace).
Outdoor brands: L.L.Bean (Freeport HQ — boots, apparel, gear), Duluth Trading (WI HQ, but Maine roots).

Semiconductor test: Teradyne (Portland) — automatic test equipment.
Medical devices: Wright Medical (now Stryker), IDEXX (veterinary diagnostics, Westbrook).
Photonics/optics: Gooch & Housego, IR Dynamics.

Pottery: Maine Crafts Association 300+ members; Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts.
Glass: Maine Glass Works, Atlantic Art Glass.
Jewelry, furniture, fine art: Galleries in Portland, Rockland, Deer Isle, Monhegan.