In her ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Torresen found that the Maine Oxy employees met federal criteria that governs class actions. Specifically, she found that there are an adequate number of workers involved in the suit and that they have a common complaint.
Maine Oxy
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Feds file civil action against Maine Oxy
The civil action alleges that three men schemed to conceal the true value of the stock shares so that participants in the employee stock plan received only a fraction of the value of those shares.
advertisement
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Maine Oxy employees file suit against owner
Lawsuit claims company owner Daniel Guerin harassed and threatened employees to get them to sell back their stock shares.
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
Maine Oxy golf tourney nets biggest donation to date
AUBURN — Maine Oxy recently raised a record-breaking $20,000 at its annual charity golf tournament Sept. 15 to benefit The Travis Mills Foundation. The foundation is a nonprofit organization formed to benefit and assist wounded and injured veterans and their families. In June 2017, the foundation opened its national retreat center in Rome, where veterans and […]
Posted inBusiness
Maine Oxy partners with Lynox
AUBURN — Maine Oxy, headquartered in Auburn, and Lynox Welding Supply & Cleaning Systems, based in Presque Isle, announce their newly formed partnership, effective Nov. 1. Maine Oxy will continue to operate in all current locations, including the Lynox locations in Presque Isle, Hermon and Portland, under the Maine Oxy name. This partnership will bring […]
Posted inBusiness
Maine Oxy holding open house
AUBURN — Maine Oxy will host a Customer Appreciation Day on Friday, Oct. 7, when it will officially open the doors to its flagship retail location at the newly renovated “Winter Building” at 100 Washington St. North. Tours, giveaways and more will take place between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1:35 […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
‘Mean’ cow shot by Auburn police
AUBURN — Officers Monday morning fired 10 to 15 rounds into a cow bound for the slaughterhouse after it escaped its trailer by the Minot Avenue rotary and caused a scene for 45 minutes. Deputy Chief Jason Moen said police were called around 10 a.m. when a cow being transported by Harvest Hill Farm in […]
Posted inBusiness
Maine Oxy rehabs historic Winter building
AUBURN — It’s been a lumberyard, a vocational school, a bank and, increasingly, a blight. Maine Oxy is turning the 107-year-old historic Winter building at 100 Washington St. into its retail flagship. The company is the largest independent welding supply distributor in New England, according to Carl Paine, head of Maine Oxy business development. “It […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn’s metalwork school forges ahead, expands smithing section
AUBURN — Metalwork, the kind done with a flaming forge, a hammer and an anvil, is just like pottery — give or take a few thousand degrees. “People can’t perceive that steel is a manipulable material, just like clay,” said Dereck Glaser, director the New England School of Metalwork. “But it only is once we […]
Posted inBusiness
Guerin assumes full ownership of Maine Oxy
AUBURN — Maine Oxy President and CEO Dan Guerin in mid-December took full ownership of the Auburn-based medical, industrial and specialty gas company, according to Carl Paine, the company’s business development manager. The firm had been employee-owned since 2004. Guerin first took a 51 percent stake in October 2012. Guerin told Mainebiz last month that […]