The following articles appeared in the September 2005 issue of NJBIA's Business Voice monthly newsletter. They provide a comprehensive update to the Manufacturing Counts! Campaign over the past year.

Manufacturing Counts! Campaign Looks to Build with New Agendas and Programs
A little more than a year after kicking off its Manufacturing Counts! Campaign for Manufacturing Renewal in New Jersey, NJBIA can point to meaningful accomplishments and new laws that will help lower manufacturers’ cost of doing business. Read more.

State Agencies Step Up with New Programs for NJ Manufacturers
The NJ Economic Development Authority (EDA) and the NJ Board of Public Utilities (BPU) have established new programs specifically aimed at helping New Jersey manufacturers. Read more.

Improve Manufacturing Operations And Profits at the 'Lean Manufacturing' Seminar
At this workshop, experts with the NJ Manufacturing Extension Program (MEP), will introduce your company to the basic concepts of lean manufacturing and demonstrate the tools and methodology necessary to implement “lean” on the shop floor. Read more.

Manufacturing Decline Underlies 'Unprecedented Weakness' in NJ Job Growth
Twenty-eight months into its current employment expansion, New Jersey’s private-sector economy is limping through one of the weakest periods of job growth in more than 50 years, an analysis of State employment data shows. Read more.

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