Lean Management Success Stories

Lynch Exhibits of Burlington, New Jersey began as a small, family-owned sign shop that grew into a manufacturer of trade show exhibits and expanded into exhibit design, fabrication, installation and event management. The company currently designs, builds and installs permanent displays for corporate offices, and produces both permanent and traveling exhibits for museums and galleries. Lynch Exhibits has 151 employees, generates annual sales of $15 million, and operates a 210,000 square foot Read more.

Myat Inc. is a privately held manufacturer of proprietary electronic transmission equipment used in television and radio broadcasting and radar installations. Founded in 1951, the third-generation company is located in Mahwah, New Jersey. Myat has 45 employees and generates $5 million in annual sales. Read more.

New Jersey Headwear Corporation of Newark, New Jersey was founded in 1992 by President Mitch Cahn as a manufacturer of union label apparel, including hats and shirts, to be promoted to unions, political campaigns, government agencies and socially responsible organizations. The company’s products, which also include a recently established line of custom bags and embroidery, are available only through a national network of union wear distributors.  Read more.

PlastiForm Packaging, Inc. has been a leader in the field of custom thermoforming since 1958. They manufacture a wide variety of high quality plastic sheets and vacuum thermoforming products and have built a reputation through attention to details, quality control and personal customer services. Read more.

Robert Foxx founded Strato Inc. in 1968 as a developer and manufacturer of products to be marketed to the railroad and transit industries. The Foxx family bought the business in 1972 when current president and CEO, Michael J. Foxx, joined the company upon graduating college. Strato, located in Piscataway, NJ, has 100 employees, a 100,000 square foot manufacturing and distribution facility and annual sales of $30 million. Michael became president and CEO in 1985, and his two sons head the company Read more.

Vital Signs of Totowa, New Jersey designs, manufactures and markets single-use medical products for the anesthesia, respiratory, critical care, sleep therapy and medical emergency markets. Originally founded in 1972 in New York, the company reincorporated in New Jersey in 1988. Its corporate offices and main manufacturing facility are located in Totowa, while additional manufacturing and warehousing facilities are in Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Colorado, and subsidiaries exist in Maryland, Swede Read more.

Avionic Instruments, Inc. of Avenel, New Jersey was established in 1970 as a family-owned business. The power conversion equipment company employs 185 in the research, development and manufacturing of power and control systems for the defense and commercial aerospace industries. In July 2005, Avionics was acquired by TRANSDIGM, a holding company with a considerable presence in the aerospace industry. Through the acquisition, Avionic Instruments joined TRANSDIGM’s established engineering firms  Read more.

Johanson Manufacturing intends to remain in the state of New Jersey. Despite mounting competitive pressures, this family-owned and -operated manufacturer of precision electronic and fiber optic products is making a critical investment in the company and its people with assistance from the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the NJ Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NJMEP), an affiliate of the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership. Johanson manufactures the components for p Read more.

Certech, Inc. manufactures injection-molded ceramic parts used in the investment casting of turbine engines. Certech is based in Wood Ridge, New Jersey and has additional manufacturing plants in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Mexico and the UK. The company was founded in 1978 and was purchased by Carpenter Technologies Corporation in 1997. Today, Certech ‘s NJ Operations has roughly 300 employees in two facilities equaling 95,000 square feet. Read more.