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(From Mainebiz) ImmuCell Corp., a Portland biotech company that makes preventive health products for beef and dairy cattle, received a $500,000 loan from the Maine Technology Institute which will help boost its production capacity. Read more »

(From Mainebiz) Textile designer Erin Flett won $100,000 in the season finale of "Greenlight Maine." All three finalists contribute to Maine's economy and had the judges' attention. It took a lot of discussion and debate to land on the winner. Read more »

(From Mainebiz) Two Waterville startups received software development grants from the Maine Technology Institute to support their expansions across Maine’s college campuses. Easy Eats received $10,000 and Sklaza received $5,000. Both were founded by Colby College students. The grants are designed to address challenges in the startups’ growth. Read more »

(From Portland Press Herald) The software startup KinoTek had a virtual reality and kinesiology focus, but shifted from sports to digital health when the pandemic changed potential clients’ interests. Read more »

(From Portland Press Herald) -- A Portland-based animal health technology and services company is getting a $250 million investment. Read more »

(From Maine Public) -- Not all businesses have suffered during the pandemic — some in Maine are booming. Gneiss Spice in Bethel – Gneiss as in the bedrock common in parts of Maine — sells spice jars and spice refills online, and is doing pretty well. Read more »

(From MaineBiz) -- A team put together by the University of Maine System to address the shortage of personal protective equipment for health care workers has facilitated production of hospital-grade hand sanitizer, face shields and intubation boxes. Read more »

(From Portland Press Herald) -- Several MTI clients were featured in this article on how businesses were pivoting to meet the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their businesses. Read more »

(From MaineBiz) -- A group of IT developers, who recently launched a website encouraging healthy behavior during the coronavirus pandemic, is beginning a next step: creating software to help monitor symptoms of the disease. Read more »

(From Portland Press Herald) -- ImmuCell, which is currently expanding its production facilities because of ... and beef industries reported record sales of $4.9 million for the first quarter, up 11 percent from a year earlier. Read more »