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No. 4: Tom Polen
Franklin Lakes-based BD, one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world, works to advance the quality of health care by improving medical discovery, diagnostics and the safe delivery of care.
The 2021 NJBIZ Manufacturing Power 50 slideshow
The top 10 honorees are ranked numerically; the others are listed alphabetically.
No. 6: Mordy Herzog
Keeping kosher? Herzog’s companies Kayco and Royal Wine Corp., based in Bayonne, certainly have a place in your pantry.
No. 9: Michele Siekerka
As President and CEO of the 20,000-member New Jersey Business & Industry Association, Siekerka has her finger on the pulse of what business owners need to succeed here.
No. 1: John Kennedy
K Kennedy is head of the NJMEP, a consortium of some of the Garden State’s largest manufacturers, and a face of New Jersey’s manufactur-ing sector. New Jersey manufacturers played no small part last year in pulling the state through some of the worst of the pandemic.
No. 5: Gail Friedberg Rottenstrich
Rottenstrich has been CEO of the Newark-based Zago Manufacturing Co. since 2019, a company that produces such components as self-sealing screws, nuts and bolts.
No. 7: Debbie Hart
Hart worked with the state’s biotechnology industry leaders to establish BioNJ in 1994 and has been dedicated to building the state’s life sciences ecosystem ever since.
No. 3: Joaquin Duato
On Jan. 3, 2022, Duato will take over as CEO of New Brunswick-based pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, replacing Alex Gorsky.
No. 10: Dennis Hart
As executive director of the Chemistry Council of New Jersey, Hart leads a trade and advocacy organization that represents the interests of more than five manufacturers and 45 firms “in the business of chemistry.”
Presenting the 2021 Manufacturing Power 50
The list that unfolds over the following pages is the last such feature we’ll publish this year. Like the others – and like most of business and life in New Jersey – the Manufacturing Power 50 is shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. The top ten individuals are drawn mostly from the pharmaceutical industry, which will provide the treatments and tools that will eventually end the outbreak. No surp[...]
Manufacturing Power 50 A-L
The list that unfolds over the following pages is the last such feature we’ll publish this year. Like the others – and like most of business and life in New Jersey – the Manufacturing Power 50 is shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic.
No. 8: Dean Paranicas
With New Jersey’s status as the “Medicine Chest of the World,” trade groups like the HealthCare Institute of New Jersey and BioNJ, are key voices for the state’s sprawling biopharmaceutical and medical technology sectors.
