Maine's Technology Clusters

Clusters and the Technology Sectors

The seven technology sectors defined by the Legislature broadly define the areas of the Maine economy where technological innovation is particularly critical to commercial success, but the sectors are very diverse in size and characteristics. The sectors have to be examined in detail to determine what clusters may be present within, or between, the sectors. Fortunately a number of studies of these sectors have been completed over the past few years with funding from the MTI Cluster Enhancement Award program. The results of these studies were supplemented by extensive interviews with individuals in research organizations, private firms, government, and higher education conducted for this study.

Cluster details from the Executive Summary/Maine’s Technology Sectors and Clusters: Status and Strategy/March 2008