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There are more than 850 job openings at manufacturers around the state, the Manufacturers Association of Maine reports in a new survey. The survey responses were a far cry from those of December 2013, when 37 respondents reported 238 job openings.

By Staff A Biddeford packaging manufacturer is expanding operations to newly renovated industrial space in Sanford and expects to hire 20 employees within the coming year. Derek Volk, owner and CEO of Volk Packaging Corp., announced the company plans to establish a new division — Volk Pack — and set up shop later this spring at One Eagle Drive in Sanford.  “We are really pleased with the facility location and the extensive preparatory work completed on the building by developer 43 North,” Volk said in a news release. “We are hoping to provide some Sanford area folks ...

While race- and ethnicity-based economic inequality long predates the pandemic, disparities have widened over the past year, economist Jeff Fuhrer told a Mainebiz virtual forum on Thursday. Fuhrer, a former top official at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, is now executive vice president and chief strategy officer at MassDevelopment, that state's finance and development agency. In his opening keynote of the "Five on the Future" discussion, Fuhrer questioned whether the United States is the land of opportunity it purports to be, saying, "I'd like to believe that's true, but we're pret...

‘Five on the Future Forum’ Goes Virtual Tuesday, January 26, 2021 1:24 PM Statewide business news source Mainebiz will host its free, annual Five on the Future Forum via the virtual networking platform Remo on Thursday, February 25, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The forum will feature a panel discussion with a group of economists and area business leaders who will offer insights into what Maine businesses can expect during the rest of 2021. The keynote speaker and moderator will be Jeffrey Fuhrer, executive vice president and chief strategy officer at Mass Dev...