{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-visits-nichols-inc-manufacturing-facility-in-portland", "Senator Collins Visits Nichols Inc. Manufacturing Facility in Portland", "2026-09-21", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "ME", "Susan M. Collins", "C001035", "www.collins.senate.gov", "collins", "https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "Click HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos.\n\nPORTLAND, ME \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins visited Nichols Inc. in Portland to tour the factory floor and speak with employees and company leadership. Nichols\u2019 200,000-square-foot Portland facility employs approximately 225 people and produces pumps, valves, gears, and other precision components.\n\n\u201cI enjoyed touring Nichols\u2019 Portland facility, speaking with its highly skilled employees, and learning more about the innovative manufacturing processes they use to produce precision components. Nichols\u2019 advanced manufacturing operations are supporting hundreds of good jobs in Southern Maine and are an excellent example of the skill and expertise of Maine\u2019s manufacturing workforce,\u201d said Senator Collins.\n\nNichols uses manufacturing processes including additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, sintering, and metal injection molding. The company was founded in 1904 in Waltham, Massachusetts, and opened its Portland operation in 1968. Nichols also operates a manufacturing facility in South Portland.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-22T09:42:49Z", "2026-09-22T09:44:35Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-visits-nichols-inc-manufacturing-facility-in-portland"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0574390180408955, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}