Fabian Garcia joins the Englewood Cliffs-based company as Amanda Sourry retires following two years at its helm, and more than 30 years with the company.

Apprentices in the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program's industrial manufacturing production technician program will be eligible to earn up to eight credits during their time in the course, and then offered direct access to continue learning at Essex County Community College upon completion.

After the addition of 20,000 square feet of multi-purpose space, Luminer's plant now boasts a total 50,000 square feet.

Kazufumi Ikeda has become the chairman of the board of directors while Don Cummins, also a BIC-USA board member, has become president.

“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.