The company, which focuses mainly on processing steel for use in the enterprise, saw its stock move up nearly 4% after hours.

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Maine sends much of its lobster to Canada for processing each year, mainly due to its small number of plants.

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In practice, they provide cheap labour (mainly from Asia) for the garment industry, farming and fish-processing.

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