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Firms Can Vent About Cost of Doing Business
Whenever he goes to a trade conference, John Baker gets a reality check on the task facing New Jersey manufacturers. Baker,…
Succession Planning for NJ Factories on the Way
A nonprofit organization that works to boost the efficiency of New Jersey manufacturers is branching into a new arena — succession planning….
Survey Will Take Pulse of Manufacturing
In a bid to reverse a decades-long decline in factory jobs, New Jersey’s 12,000 manufacturers are being asked to take part in…
Manufacturers Get New Lease on Life
While the Garden State’s manufacturing sector may be shrinking, some companies are getting second chances. In spite of the challenges currently facing…
NJMEP Makes its Case
Bob Loderstedt, president of the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc., says Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s proposal to not fund the non-profit…
Manufacturers Find Fat Rewards for Going Lean
FOR MOST OF ITS 55-year history, Jezek Tool & Machine Co. LLC operated its manufacturing business in a traditional manner—producing as much…
High-Tech Funding
The New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology has awarded more than $3 million to several of the agency’s programs. The state…
Chivukula Praises US Senators for NJMEP Aid
TRENTON – Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula (D-17) praised the efforts of Senators Lautenberg and Menendez to provide $1.5 million to aid the New…
Senators Menendez, Lautenberg Announce Crucial Program Funding
WASHINGTON – Today, US Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) announced that the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (NJMEP)…