Wednesday October 29th 2025 | 4PM-7PM | Roux Institute 100 Fore St, Portland, ME 04101
The Manufacturers Association of Maine will end Manufacturing Month with our 2025 Annual Meeting at the Roux Institute! Join us for a night of networking and tours of the Roux Institute’s Portland campus. We will induct individuals into the Manufacturers Hall of Fame and present the Above & Beyond Award.
Agenda
- 4:00PM-5:30PM: Registration, Networking, Tours of the Roux Institute
- 5:30PM-6:00PM: Opening Remarks, Closing the Loop: Exploring Opportunities for Circular Economy Exchanges in Maine
- 6:00PM-6:30PM: Manufacturers Hall of Fame induction and the Above and Beyond Award.
- 6:30PM-7:00PM: “A Calling to Build” Keynote Address from John Lewis
Networking: Mingle with manufacturers and affiliate partners. Hors d’oeuvres from Dandelion Catering.
Tour of the Roux Institute: Explore the Roux’s Portland campus, a tech talent and innovation hub for Maine and beyond, driving bold innovation at the intersection of tech, data, and the life sciences.
Closing the Loop: Exploring Opportunities for Circular Economy Exchanges in Maine as a Strategy for Economic Development and Waste Reduction”
Presenters: Reed Miller, Civil & Environmental Engineering and the Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University of Maine and John Belding, Advanced Manufacturing Center, University of Maine
Remember Waste to Wares? UMaine and the AMC are working to investigate material exchanges to help facilitate the circular economy here in Maine and New England. How could one company’s waste become another company’s supply? We will look at what is currently happening in other markets and around the world. We want to hear from industry challenges to your waste stream and ideas for what inputs could be substituted.
Awards:
- Above and Beyond: Clare and Meredith Greenlaw – STEM Coliseum
- Manufacturers Hall of Fame: Neal Prescott – Novabraid
- Manufacturers Hall of Fame: Jim Wheeler – Pratt & Whitney
“A Calling to Build” Keynote Address: MAME Executive Director John Lewis will our vision for the Association, honoring our past and inspiring Maine’s manufacturing future.
Registration
Members: $25
Non-Members: $50
Companies in Attendance
Constellation • MTI • Aquest • Tounge Associates • Advanced Manufacturing Center • Bar Harbor Bank & Trust • St.Germain • Montalvo • Aerotek • Lynch Logistics, Inc. • Thos Moser • Maine Forest Products Council • BerryDunn • Questco • CCP Direct • Harris Hill Automation • CWS Architecture + Interior Design • Saunders Electronics • Bank of America • LegalShield • Prescott Associates Inc. • Deer Brook Consulting • The Dunham Group • Element Machine Tools • Kaloutas and Co. • Facility Rockstars • Albin, Randall & Bennett • New England Castings, LLC • Industrial Automation Supply • Alternative Manufacturing Inc. • Pratt & Whitney • TechEd Products • Coastal Equipment Corporation • HUB International • Kennebec Technologies • American Rheinmetall • Idexx Laboratories • Systems Engineering, Inc. • Pieceworks, Inc • give IT get IT • M&T Bank • JPMorgan Chase • Maine Apprenticeship Program • Howell Laboratories, Inc. • Big Room Technologies • e3p2d • MAMH Training & Consulting • Cross Insurance TPA • Destination Occupation • Logix, LLC • Southern Maine Community College • Cote Crane & Rigging • Maine Composites Alliance • Alliant • Maine Yacht Center • Lean East • Prescott Metal
Sponsorship Opportunities
Hors d’oeuvres Sponsor ($2,000): Table at the event, logo on all promotional materials.
If you would like to sponsor the event, reach out to info@mainemfg.com.