How a family health crisis sent Kimarie Santiago down a path to small business success.

A North Jersey veteran in his late 20s who was working without much growth potential wanted make a career change into the growing advanced manufacturing segment. “The problem was, he didn’t have any manufacturing background,” recounted Patti Moran of NJMEP. “Fortunately, after reading about some apprenticeship programs, he was motivated enough to contact the U.S. Department of Labor, which referred him to us. In September we placed him in a salaried apprenticeship program.”

Florham Park-based World Wide Packaging Inc. will begin utilizing the eco-friendly packaging on all tubes manufactured at its Suzhou, China, facility effective Jan. 1, 2020.

New Jersey manufacturers are struggling to find enough skilled employees even though the industry pays an average salary of $90,000 annually in the Garden State. This and other ideas emerged Tuesday at an NJBIZ discussion moderated by New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program CEO John Kennedy.

The $190 billion animal and artificial leather market has gotten the attention of Parsippany-based venture firm Evonik, which has invested in leather alternative company Modern Meadow. Modern Meadow, based in Nutley, produces a leather alternative made of sustainable biofabricated materials. Its technology produces animal-free collagen, something naturally found in animal hides, through a fermentation process using ...

Ironworker Lissette Rossi can be on the same job all week, constructing the skeletons of buildings at 50 feet in the air with her union Local 399 in Camden. Still, after three days feeling comfortable with the height, she might, as she puts it, “get the heebie-jeebies.” “You can’t be scared of heights, but you ...

The international engineering and supply company announced its expansion to Monroe, Conn and the addition of a regional sales manager.

According to the Code Council, New Jersey leads the nation in adopting the most up-to-date building and safety codes available in the industry and implementing them.