[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 472]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        HONORING THE HONOREES OF THE PANTHEON-BOURGEOIS GUITARS

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                        HON. MICHAEL H. MICHAUD

                                of maine

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 22, 2013

  Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Pantheon-
Bourgeois Guitars, LLC on winning the first annual Achievement Award 
from the Small Enterprise Growth Fund (SEGF).
  Pantheon-Bourgeois Guitars was formed in 2000 after Dana Bourgeois, a 
well known luthier, and a group of new business investors collaborated 
over a shared vision. In just over 12 years, the company has built a 
reputation among professional musicians for being among the finest 
crafted acoustic guitars in the world. Today, Dana and his craftsmen 
build about thirty guitars every month in the historic Roy Continental 
Mill in Lewiston, Maine.
  Pantheon-Bourgeois Guitars was recently honored by SEGF with its 
first annual Achievement Award, which recognizes the company's 
tremendous revenue growth and exceptional productivity in the past 
year. This award follows a fruitful collaboration with Maine's 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), which provides business and 
technical assistance to help our state's small businesses thrive. With 
the help of Maine MEP, Pantheon-Bourgeois Guitars expanded its weekly 
production by 50 percent. The company has additional plans to implement 
improvements that will boost future productivity and efficiency.
  A professionally-managed venture capital fund, the SEGF has been 
investing only in Maine companies who exhibit the potential for growth 
and public benefit since 1997. This well deserved award solidifies 
Pantheon-Bourgeois Guitars as valued member of Maine's business 
community.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me again in congratulating Pantheon-
Bourgeois Guitars on earning SEGF's Achievement Award.