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.

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.

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.

Photos from this week's issue of NJBIZ.

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.

On Jan. 3, 2022, Duato will take over as CEO of New Brunswick-based pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, replacing Alex Gorsky.

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.”

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.

Featuring the Manufacturing Power 50, a look at lame duck in Trenton, hitting the slopes in N.J. and more!

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.

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.

Davis took over as CEO of Merck in July, when Kenneth Frazier retired from the post.