“What’s interesting is that there are several different words being used. Meat, beef, burger. What’s okay? It’s largely unresolved,” Norris McLaughlin Intellectual Property Group Co-Chair Danielle DeFilippis said. To mitigate your brand's legal woes, "make sure your labels are compliant, make sure what you have on there isn't going to anger your competitors, and do what you need to protect it going forward."

As the use of blockchain becomes more mainstream across businesses of all sizes, "the probability of [a vendor or manufacturer] you work with being on [it] by the end of next year is very high," NJMEP Cyber and Supply Chain Specialist Ray Martinelli said Monday during a food manufacturing event in Freehold.

The Sayerville-based buyer said the addition will boost its annual sales over $900 million, and create a team of 3,000 employees worldwide.

Union organizers adapt to a changing environment.

Among other issues discussed at the Manufacturing Caucus Hearing, was a proposed bill that would create the New Jersey Entrepreneurship Program in the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

Melanie Casper-Duffey has worked in technical jobs for all of her adult life. Now 48, she was employed full-time without any problems until about two and a half years ago. She signed up with NJMEP in late June and began taking a technical skills class in mid-July, which she completed in August. By Sept. 20, she had started a technical sales position at Electro-Steam Generator in Rancocas.

The Jersey City-based company said it acquired Philip Rosenau Co. Inc. of Warminster, Pa., extending its reach and offerings in the Northeast.

The fact is that there are many viable industries in New Jersey that provide paths to solid careers and the Garden State needs all of them moving forward to be financially healthy. They include finance, retail, tourism, health care and – yes – manufacturing and STEM. By: NJMEP Chief Executive Officer John Kennedy

Vocational training programs - like those from the Northeast Carpenters Apprentice Fund, Lincoln Tech in Mahwah and the Associated Construction Contractors of New Jersey - strive to meet the need for more workers in skilled trades

Mark Bunting will serve as CFO for the Piscataway-based water and housing products seller operating under the American Standard, GROHE and DXV brands.

The New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program named winning New Jersey companies Oct. 4 at the organization's Manufacturing Day event in Somerset.