Nyle Systems develops, manufactures and sells heat-pump-driven equipment for lumber drying, food dehydration and water heating.
Its latest container food dryer system includes a dehumidification unit, air handling equipment and temperature controls, all designed to produce human and pet food with specific characteristics such as color, texture and nutrients. The system is built inside re-engineered shipping containers.
“We’re ramping up and seeing an increase in that business as we look to expand our marketing efforts,” the company’s vice president, Eric Long, told Mainebiz.
Last fall, Maine Technology Institute awarded the company $142,981 toward a total project cost of $677,950 to double its production space, increase efficiencies and enhance new product development capabilities, according to a news release. The company has 55 employees and plans to hire more.
Guest column: TechPlace and the success of incubation
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What do you do with a new idea? A new innovation? A new product? A new service? An improved way to do something? Entrepreneurs find themselves looking for answers to these questions every day. The Maine economy relies heavily on entrepreneurs and small business to be the drivers of the economy. The latest data from the Small Business Administration (SBA ) shows that 99.3% of Maine’s businesses are small businesses. As many know, it is a long and bumpy road to bring an idea from inception to commercialization. The data clearly illustrates that the chance of long-term success is greatly increased by the more support an entrepreneur is given during this process. This is why we created TechPlace.
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VETRO FiberMap is a Portland startup whose cloud-based fiber management software platform is used by telecommunication companies to plan, map and manage their fiber optic networks.
The platform enables people who need fiber network information from engineers to sales and marketing personnel to access data remotely, using a web browser.
Will Mitchell and Sean Myers launched the company in 2016 to meet the needs of an increasing number of small and mid-size internet service providers, municipalities, electric cooperatives and other broadband providers.
Today, the company, a C corporation, serves hundreds of customers around the world. In 2020, as the need for internet access skyrocketed, VETRO raised $2.5 million and is now expanding its technical team.
bluShift Aerospace launches its first rocket powered by biofuels
New space startup bluShift wants to bring a new kind of propellant to the small satellite launching market, with rockets powered by bio-derived rocket fuels. These differ from traditional fuels in that they offer safety advantages during handling, and ecological advantages during production and use. The startup has been working on its solid rocket biofuel since its founding in 2014, and has received grants from the Maine Technology Institute and NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to refine its fuel formula and rocket engine design to help it get to this point.