Orono Spectral Solutions was incorporated in August 2004 for the purpose of advancing and commercializing chemical and biological agent detection research and they moved to an existing Stillwater building in Old Town in early 2008.  Dean Smith, Luke Doucette and Carl Tripp head up this innovative organization and have worked diligent to secure the company’s strategic plan.

According to their website, OSS is a small, high tech company that is supported through Department of Defense contracts.  They develop innovative, absorbant materials and sampling methods which enable trace level detection of chemical and biological agents in both air and water.

Most recently, OSS has developed an improved method for detecting petroleum hydrocarbons in industrial waste and produced water.  This company’s property is assessed at $298,600 into this facility and currently employs 8 people.

The City thanks OSS for expanding into Old Town. Their lead may pave the way for more technology based firms to locate in the City all within reach of the R & D offered at the University of Maine.