Annual Awards
Maine International Trade Center honors businesses, organizations, and individuals with our Annual Trade & Investment Awards, which are presented during Trade Day.
2024 Award Winners
Exporter of the Year
Tempshield (Trenton, ME)
Foreign Direct Investor of the Year
Medix Biochemica (Espoo, Finland) / ViroStat (Westbrook, ME)
Innovator of the Year
Gulf of Maine, Inc. (Pembroke, ME)
Service Provider of the Year
Bangor International Airport (Bangor, ME)
President’s Award
Sal Savatteri, Jr., Esq. (Savatteri Law Firm, P.C., Portland, ME)
Future Global Leader Award
Sophia Di Risi (The Roux Institute at Northeastern University, Portland, ME)
2023 Award Winners
Exporter of the Year
North American Kelp (Waldoboro, ME)
Foreign Direct Investor of the Year
Libellula (Brunswick, ME)
Innovator of the Year
Fox Forestry (Orland, ME)
Service Provider of the Year
Dirigo Strategies, LLC (Thomaston, ME)
President’s Award
Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative (Portland, ME)
Future Global Leader Award
Keegan Stanton-Meas
2022 Award Winners
Exporter of the Year
DeepWater Buoyancy (Biddeford, ME)
Foreign Direct Investor of the Year
Adapt Agency (Copenhagen, Denmark and Portland, ME)
Innovator of the Year
Puritan Medical Products (Guilford, ME)
Service Provider of the Year
School of Policy & International Affairs (SPIA), University of Maine (Orono, ME)
President’s Award
Josh Rosen
Future Global Leader Award
Abigail Gray