Maine maker of Lincoln Logs is closing its doors

 Pride Manufacturing Co. in Burnham on Jan. 15. The factory is set to close in April. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer) A central Maine factory that makes cigar tips, golf tees and Lincoln Logs will shut down in April, putting 115 people out of work and forcing a national toymaker to find another company to make its iconic wooden building sets. Pride Manufacturing Co. LLC informed its workers and filed [notice](https://joblink.maine.gov/search/warn_lookups/651) with the state Department of Labor this week of the plant closure and pending mass layoffs, according to Peter Bennett, a Portland lawyer who represents the company. “The April closure is due to a significant shift in customer demand which, unfortunately, made the facility economically unsustainable,” Bennett said Friday. “Pride makes a range of items, but that facility’s primary product is wooden cigar tips … The demand just isn’t there.” [](https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/43372374_20260115_03pride-copy.jpg) Pride Manufacturing Co. in Burnham on Jan. 15. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer) The company will offer employees a severance package that is more than what is required under state law and provide assistance for those seeking new jobs, Bennett said. According to Bu... --- *Note: This is a summarized excerpt. Click the source link above to read the full story.*