Composites & Advanced Materials

Composites & Advanced Materials

Composites and advanced materials is the technology sector which, as a whole, best approximates a sustainable cluster in the sense developed in this study. The sector and its industries are grounded in a clearly defined set of knowledge and skills that are strongly identified with Maine. Both formal and informal networks have arisen to develop and widely diffuse the key knowledge and skills. There is strong evidence of entrepreneurship in the historic boat building industry, which has adapted to new market conditions, and in new companies looking to find new markets for products made from composite materials. Finally, there is a substantial critical mass of commercially successful firms that are selling in global markets their products based on the knowledge and skills centered in Maine.