The Jersey City-based disposable food service and janitorial supply distributor's American Paper & Plastics announcement comes days after news of the company's acquisition of Wagner Supply Co. of Texas.

The Princeton-based company will become a part of Dover Corp.'s Markem-Imaje business unit — a global supplier of product identification and traceability solutions.

The purchase of Wagner Supply Co. marks the Jersey City-based distributor's 26th acquisition by the Tillis leadership team.

Piscataway-based LIXIL Americas, a company that sells water and housing products within the brands American Standard, GROHE and DXV, had two executives appointed to the Plumbing Manufacturing International 2020 board of directors and committee. Sal Gattone, vice president of engineering for LIXIL Americas, is serving on PMI’s board of directors. Gattone will participate in collective ...

"This is hopefully the first acquisition of many and marks a new chapter in our 67-year history," said CEO Robert Baker.

Financing for the acquisition and equipment investments was provided by J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley Private Credit.

The Jersey City-based company won the contracts through the Small Business Innovation Research program, or SBIR, which funds research and development for companies with 500 or fewer employees.

The actions were announced Wednesday by New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine McCabe.

The names and faces from this year's 2019 NJBIZ Power 50 Manufacturing list.

If you’re a food manufacturer, you’re familiar with FSMA—and whether you know it or not, therefore familiar with Rutgers Food Innovation Center's Donna Schaffner.

In the latter half of the 20 century, as U.S. manufacturing declined, so too did the industry in New Jersey. But the plants and assembly lines are still here, and the demand for new products and the productivity gains afforded by modern equipment are fueling a revitalization of the industry. These are the men and women who have been, and will continue to be, responsible for maintaining and expanding the skilled workforce necessary for a strong Garden State manufacturing sector.