 "Portland Press Herald (Maine)")
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COURSE CORRECTION ; Manufacturing methods that have sustained Old Town Canoe for a century are in dire need of modernizing. The challenge for the company is to manage that process without relinquishin
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Portland Press Herald (Maine)
09-07-2003
COURSE CORRECTION ; Manufacturing methods that have sustained Old Town Canoe for a century are in dire need of modernizing. The challenge for the company is to manage that process without relinquishing the firm's No. 1 market position.
Byline: TUX TURKEL Staff Writer
Edition: FINAL
Section: Business
OLD TOWN --
Thousands of brass tacks, hammered by hand, scatter light across the glossy, cedar-planke...
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