
51,900 PEOPLE OF MAINE ARE UNEMPLOYED. (Sept
2011)
Aims & objectives: Partnering with and funding enterprises that want to compete globally, strengthen the State's economy, maintain job security, and create higher paying jobs for workers in Bangor, Lewiston-Auburn, Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Portsmouth,
and Rochester-Dover areas.
Industry focus: Jobs for workers in Medical Supplies, Financial Services, Semiconductors, Banking, Biotechnology, Recreational Products; Maine's industrial projects like paper, lumber and wood products, electronic equipment, leather products, food products, textiles, and bio-technology; Shipbuilding, and Transportation projects; large tankers, air traffic, Semiconductors, Laboratories, genetic research, Naval shipbuilding & Naval Air Stations;
Also: Tourism and outdoor recreation, sport hunting, sport fishing, snowmobiling, skiing, boating, camping and hiking, as well as the Maine's agricultural projects like poultry, eggs, dairy products, cattle, wild blueberries, apples, maple syrup and maple sugar etc.,
Global Focus: Exports to Canada, India, Malaysia, China, Netherlands, South Korea, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, South Africa, Singapore, France, Dominican Republic, Italy, Ireland, Hong Kong, Finland, Israel, Taiwan, New Zealand; and Trinidad and Tobago, Portugal, Thailand, Norway, Vietnam, Philippines, Bangladesh, Peru, Chile, and Sweden.