NJMEP is offering two Free Workshops, Doing Business with the Government and How to Increase Cash Flow in the near future!

New Jersey has a population of over 8.5 million people. According to the federal government, each resident generates one ton of garbage per year; managing this waste is a challenge for the State. Twenty years ago the State mandated that each county develop its own individual plan for managing its solid waste.

Receptionist, website, and sales person... all these initial touch points set the tone of your company.  When was the last time you called your company’s main number, looked at your website or had your cold-calling firm call you? 

New Jersey manufacturing executives recently participated in the Next Generation Manufacturing Study. The study results indicate New Jersey manufacturers have opportunities to improve their operations. New Jersey manufacturing was benchmarked to Next Generation Manufacturing standards and national manufacturers. Survey participants responded to a 61-question web-based survey that asked them to rank their progress in six areas: customer-focused innovation, workforce development, process improvement, supply chain management, sustainable strategies, and global engagement.  

The workplace is a culturally diverse environment. Although diversity can generate higher levels of innovation, it can also hinder innovation andoperational efficiency.  How can this happen? With a diverse workplace come a variety of work philosophies and values, as well as, different interpersonal and communication styles.  When not understood and optimized, these differences can result in disruptive misunderstandings, conflicts and delays when attempting to implement new or modified ways of conducting business, such as lean manufacturing.

Linker Machines, a small family owned business, wanted to increase sales by expanding its customer base to the international marketplace. The company manufactures automatic linking and peeling machinery for small to medium-sized sausage producers.

NJMEP invites you to help us showcase NJ manufacturers. The new page on our website features companies whose products are Made in New Jersey.

The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, The Star-Ledger and the state’s best companies, associations and government entities will join forces on October 22, 8:30 AM - 3 PM, at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset for Everything Jersey Business.  NJMEP is a sponsor of the event and will be exhibiting.

Given the current focus on energy efficiencies and “green” technologies embraced by the Obama Administration and various states, businesses and individuals are taking advantage of assorted tax incentives.  Under the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, an even more robust package of tax incentives to encourage investments and consumer spending in renewable energy projects or more-efficient technologies has been made available.

NJMEP clients Hughes Enterprises and The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) participated in the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development event, “Training Grants—Financial Resources for NJ Employers.” 

September 2009 (Eatontown) — An all-expenses-paid move and a five-year tax exemption. That's the latest deal Eli Liebermann says he was offered to relocate his manufacturing plant to New Mexico.  A tempting offer, to be sure, but Liebermann, president of Innovative Power Solutions, which makes generators and transformers for the aerospace industry, turned it down, just like he's turned down a list of other states that have aggressively courted his company in recent years.