BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 6, 2024
After announcing last year that a Thomaston cement plant was ending production, its parent company now says that it will shift its operations and become a distribution center for an imported version of the material. the news that the plant will stay open using a different business model means that Thomaston will hold onto its biggest taxpayer. It also means that Maine’s construction industry may see the continuation of an important supply chain. Dragon’s executive vice president told Kara George, Thomaston’s town manager, on Feb. 29 that the company will instead begin importing cement from Spain. Starting around May, the imports will be shipped to Searsport, then be stored and distributed from the Thomaston facility.