MORNING SENTINEL • June 28, 2024
Charlie Martin is trying to resurrect an old mill that’s been vacant for more than a decade and turn it into a plywood factory. When it opens, Maine Plywood USA is expected to employ about 110 people. It would be the only plywood manufacturer in New England, and the only one in North America making its specific product. And it could expand domestic manufacturing of a product that today is largely imported from Asia. Through millions of dollars in investments — a combination of his own savings and support from several state and regional public-private partnerships — Martin has pieced together most of the equipment he needs to open the plant.