Award Nominations
Nominations are OPEN!
for the 2025 ‘MADE in New Jersey’ Manufacturing Awards.
Nominations end: 7/31/25
The winners will be announced live at our annual
“Made in New Jersey” Manufacturing Day event in celebration
of the 13th annual National Manufacturing Day on Friday, October 3rd.
Award categories include:
- Manufacturer of the Year – Small (50 or less employees)
- Manufacturer of the Year – Medium (between 51 and 250 employees)
- Manufacturer of the Year – Large (251 employees or more)
- Manufacturer of the Year – Young/Start Up (in business 5 years or less)
- Leaders in Life Sciences
- Rising Stars Award – Celebrating the 'Year of Women in Manufacturing'
- Innovator of the Year
- Made in NJ Honor Roll
See you on
October 3, 2025
Manufacturers of the Year
(Small, Medium, Large and Young/Start Up)
Nominees must demonstrate industry leadership, innovation, growth through revenues or profits, and a commitment to the growth and development of its employees and communities. Nominees will be evaluated based on factors such as:
- Operations and Continuous Improvements
- Management Philosophy
- Workforce Development
- Supply Chain Development
Leaders in Life Science Award
NJMEP and HINJ have partnered to recognize a stand-out New Jersey Life Sciences manufacturing business who demonstrates outstanding achievement and service to the industry and economy. Nominees will be evaluated based on factors such as:
- Innovation in the manufacture of drugs, medical devices, or their packaging and storage.
- Service to the life science indutry
- Operations and Continuous Improvements
- Management Philosophy
- Workforce Development
- Supply Chain Development
Rising Stars Award
Celebrating the 'Year of Women in Manufacturing'
NJMEP and its partners are working together to highlight influential women manufacturing leaders that continue to drive the ‘MADE in New Jersey’ forward.
As a Manufacturer Leader, take a moment to reflect on your company and the team you have created! Is there a woman in your company that you would like to recognize? Has their work been exceptional and impactful? Do you want to see them growing in their career? Do you want to celebrate the positive impacts on your company?
Take a moment and submit a nomination for the Rising Stars Award as a way to celebrate and honor the women leaders in the 'MADE in New Jersey' manufacturing industry:
Innovator of the Year
The Innovator of the Year can be an individual or group of people (single professional, team, organization, non-profit, association, entity, etc.) using innovation to improve business, better the NJ manufacturing community, or positively impact a STEM-related field.
Examples of innovation include creative new devices, ideas, inventions, processes, product enhancements and solutions to problems.
Made In NJ Honor Roll
These awards are given out to non-manufacturers who have had a positive impact on Manufacturing. This award is a way to recognize the non-manufacturers for their contributions to manufacturing. (i.e. Legislators, Educators, others.)