CAPE Technologies, LLC

CAPE Technologies, LLC of South Portland created the world’s first practical immunoassay-based test kits for dioxin and dioxin-like PCBs. The kits provide near real time analysis in a simple field lab, at lower cost, with less equipment, and with fewer people, than conventional methods. CAPE's dioxin kit is the only rapid dioxin screening method accepted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for solid waste analysis. A third kit is also available for rapid field analysis of total PCBs. CAPE's kits are marketed by distributors in Australia, Japan, Italy, Taiwan, China, and Finland, and directly through its web site to the rest of the world. CAPE Technologies maintains local ties with the University of New England, the University of Southern Maine, and the University of Maine at Orono. Dr. Robert Harrison of Cape Elizabeth is co-founder and president.