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Manufacturing

May 30, 2014

Manufacturing Extension launches 250,000 ‘Year of Advocacy’

The New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program announced Wednesday its contribution of $250,000 in value to New Jersey’s manufacturing community by creating a new “Year of Advocacy” program.

May 30, 2014

Fair Lawn company wins 19M contract to help U.S. naval defense

Fair Lawn-based engineering and manufacturing company U.S. Technologies won a $19 million defense contract with the U.S. Navy, according to The Record.

May 29, 2014

Tyson also wants to buy Hillshire, if it ends Pinnacle deal

The competition for Hillshire Brands is heating up, as Tyson Foods made an offer Thursday that it called “a significantly superior alternative to Hillshire's previously announced agreement to acquire Pinnacle Foods Inc.” of Parsippany. The deal would be contingent on Hillshire ending its bid to purchase Pinnacle.

May 29, 2014

Colliers brokers 200,000 sq. ft. deal for Piramal Glass USA in South Brunswick

Piramal Glass USA has leased more than 200,000 square feet of distribution and office space in South Brunswick under a deal brokered by Colliers International.

May 28, 2014

Lockheed Martin announces 69M contract to support U.S. Coast Guard

Lockheed Martin on Wednesday announced a $69 million contract with the U.S. Coast Guard for a command-and-control system on a National Security Cutter vessel.

May 27, 2014

Two N.J. CEOs among nation’s best-paid

Two New Jersey chief executives were among the 50 highest paid CEOs of 2013, according to a report compiled by the Associated Press and Equilar, an executive pay research firm, and released Tuesday.

May 27, 2014

Pilgrim’s Pride offers to buy Hillshire for 5.58B if Pinnacle deal is dropped

Pilgrim's Pride, a chicken producer, has made an offer to buy Hillshire Brands in an all-cash deal worth $5.58 billion.

May 27, 2014

George Norcross loses ownership stake of Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News

South Jersey power broker George Norcross and businessmen Joseph Buckelew and William Hankowsky were outbid in a court-ordered private auction Tuesday for their majority ownership stakes in Interstate General Media.

May 23, 2014

Amerlux appoints McQuillan VP of global operations

Fairfield-based Amerlux LLC’s President Chuck Campagna announced Thursday the appointment of Christopher McQuillan to vice president of global operations.

May 23, 2014

Pinnacle Foods Inc. announces quarterly dividend

Parsippany-based Pinnacle Foods Inc. announced Friday that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend.

May 23, 2014

NFL Alumni names JVC TV a national sponsor of its charity golf tournaments

AmTRAN Video Corp. (AVC), a leader in HD and Ultra HD TV design and manufacturing, announced Thursday that it is now a national sponsor of the NFL Alumni’s chapter charity golf tournaments.

May 22, 2014

Hess sells retail gas business for 2.8B

The Hess Corp. announced Thursday it's finally out of the retail gas business.