For more than 50 years, a company with a Parsippany manufacturing facility has been producing a line of environmentally friendly household cleaners and other products under the ECOS brand. “We’ve been focused on creating safer, cleaning products since the company began in 1967 ... We are green because it’s really part of our DNA.”

Jersey City's Imperial Dade acquired N.Y.-based Edmar Cleaning Corp., a tri-sate distributor of paper, plastic, chemicals and janitorial supplies.

By the end of the year, 50 percent of the plastic used in Unilever North American packaging will come from post-consumer recycled content.

The disconnect between employers who need experienced workers and recent graduates who need work experience ranks among the most difficult economic conundrums. The state Department of Labor now offers two ways to bridge the gap.

The numbers are in, and Camden — the county and its namesake seat — are rising.

“The plan starts with investing in people and investing in workforce development," Tim Sullivan said during a keynote address Friday at the NJMEP state of the state of manufacturing event at the County College of Morris.

“There is no one-size-fits-all program to success,” New Jersey Department of Labor Commissioner Rob Angelo-Asaro said at the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program's state of the state of manufacturing event Friday at the County College of Morris. “For some it is college; for others it is apprenticeships."

The Arm & Hammer maker announced Thursday a deal to buy the Flawless and Finishing Touch brands from Ideavillage Products Corp. in a deal valued at up to $900 million.