State trade fact sheets - New Hampshire

Protecting U.S. Soldiers

Canada-based Revision Military designs, develops and manufactures high-performance, military-grade protective helmets and power packs. In July 2018, the company announced that it would be expanding its operations, opening a U.S. headquarters in Portsmouth, NH, serving as its Advanced Warfighter Equipment Development Center. The location will be its “Center of Excellence”—  a research, development and testing center, simulating as much as possible field conditions with input from customers, as well as supporting some light prototype manufacturing. The more than 40,000 square foot facility at the former Pease Air Force Base, with room to expand an additional 55,000 square foot, will provide space to add approximately 75 employees in Portsmouth by 2020/2021 with 15 presently employed in NH.

A Borderlands Biking Destination

In April 2019, seven organizations in New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont and Québec launched an effort to promote mountain biking and boost the area's economy. The effort, entitled “Borderlands,” has a goal to make seven mountain biking areas encompassing 220 miles of trails more prominent by putting them under one marketing entity. Taylor Caswell, NH Commissioner of Business & Economic Affairs, a strong proponent of furthering economic ties with Canada and supporter of the project, noted that Borderlands could highlight the North Country as a great place to live, as well as make it more attractive to Canadian tourists. NH's part of the project, with three areas, has already received $150,000 from public and private sources including the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development.

Working Together to Prevent Hazardous Waste

Montréal-based Maerix, a leader in the development of management solutions used by Environmental Health and Safety specialists, opened an office in West Lebanon, NH in 2018 to better serve its U.S. customers. In April 2019, they announced the installation of Paratox, its hazardous materials management system, at Alcoa sites in seven countries around the world. Maerix operates in 25 countries on five continents and has been working for 20 years with over 300 organizations representing 200,000 users.