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EntErprisE 44 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine JoaquinMalMann a Maine adventure. Theyve always been in the right place but now its the right time. Theyve doubled in one year. This is a true Maine company. The first store was in Damariscotta in 1949. The founder had the moxie to sell inventory door to door when necessary in his old Hudson car. Now they employ over 500 in 16 locations in Maine. R.H.s sons began their careers with the firm at age 5 and 7. Everybodys still in the family running it. Mainers love that Re- nys buyers will travel all over the country to find bargains. looking For the Sweet Spot I f youre looking for the Maine mys- tique try Labries Bakery. Theyre family-owned too and employ over 200 in Old Town. The original Labries Bakery was on French Island in the mid- dle of the Penobscot River. Now they have a new banana whoopee pie. They have an 84000-square-foot facility in Old Town. When I was researching Labries I couldnt resist checking into Old Town Canoes. Old Town Canoes is no longer Maine-owned. They were bought by Johnson Wax in 2004. Names can be deceptive They make more kayaks than canoes. CraFty CraFt BeerS No. 76 is Seadog Brewers in Kennebunk es- tablished by Fred Forsley. If theyre doing 26.7M at Seadog I cant imagine what Ship- yard is doing. I can tell you this. Just days ago Heinekin bought Lagunitas a legend- ary craft beer in California for 800 mil- lion for a 50-percent stake. Keep your eye on Shipyard. It may not be long before some- thing like that happens to them. the MouSe that roared In particular the companies that have gone crazy this year are in health care and bio- tech. Up here you cant help but be aston- ished by Jackson Labs. Its the story of mice and men. Found- ed in 1929 by the Universities of Maine and Mich- igan theyve been on the Maine 100 for years but they had a 92 percent increase this year. They distribute over three million mice to over 20000 scientists and investigators in over 50 countries. They have over 7000 strains of genetically developed mice. Theyre involved in every dis- ease there ever was. Its crazy. You can get a genetically tuned mouse to help you work on whatever youre working on. What tick- les me is their increasing sense of sales. Theyll have a Monday special 500 mice for a certain price. Other specials are hu- manized mice models injected in such and such a way. Their mice are part of break- through studies in diabetes female fertility glaucoma spinal and muscular affliction bone-marrow is- sues. Theyre re- ceiving multimil- lion-dollar grants from all over the country all the time. Theyre get- ting the best and brightest researchers to come to Bar Harbor and be part of the Maine event. Jackson Labs is durable too. Years ago they had a whistleblower lawsuitmistreat- ment and cutting feet off to identify mice. no. 21 is renys a Maine adventure. theyve always been in the right place but now its the right time. theyve doubled in one year.