Helping New Jersey Manufacture Success INDUSTRY SUPPORT PETITION 2021 NIST-MEP / NJMEP SUPPORT – STATE & FEDERAL DELEGATION - MANUFACTURING Dear Legislators, Thank you for supporting New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program (NJMEP) and the manufacturing industry. With your support we have successfully moved our agenda forward. Despite a very unusual year, NJMEP has been able to work with the State and Congress to as-sist manufacturers, not only in New Jersey, but throughout the country. Without your support, our successes may not have been possible. It has positioned us to be a valuable resource to our manufacturers and STEM firms. In 2020: However, there are both new and ongoing concerns and opportunities • We continued to have 100% Bi-Partisan Support from our Federal Delegation for NIST-MEP and a that will impact business in 2021: $150million National Budget • Developing new business opportunities for NJ manufacturers by utilizing our • NJMEP worked closely with the Congressional delegation on legislation to support manufacturing Supply Chain database: during the Covid crisis • Assuring that Ørsted’s Ocean Wind project’s supply chain includes NJ manufacturers • With input from NJMEP, the State declared manufacturing essential thus allowing the industry to • Raising the awareness of the Pro-NJ Grantor Trust to remain open when other businesses were required to close qualifying manufacturers • Working closely with the Bi-Partisan NJ Manufacturing Caucus led by Senators Linda Greenstein and • Promoting and supporting the recently signed Made in All of America by Steven Oroho we moved pro manufacturing legislation forward All of America’s Workers Executive Order • Our GAINS & PACE Pre-Apprentice & Apprentice Programs assisted manufacturers in meeting their workforce challenges • Marijuana Legislation – workplace safety versus privacy issues • NJMEP created a resource of and for manufacturers who have or wish to provide PPE. This resource • Covid, both Safety Protocol and its impact on the workforce and businesses was provided to the State. As a result, there is now a focus on developing a NJ Supply Chain of critical products. • Raising the awareness of Manufacturing as a Career Path • Our expertise in this area resulted in NJMEP working with Senator Menendez to develop a bill in • Workforce development of incumbent workers and recruitment of personnel to support of a national manufacturing database meet staffing needs through training and Apprenticeship Programs. • The NJMEP Food Group expanded its presence by providing essential training to food manufacturers • Addressing regulations that are impediments to NJ businesses. across the country • The Cyber Security Program assisted NJ manufacturers in securing their systems thus meeting Advocacy DOD requirements for its supply chain as well as securing non-defense manufacturers. In 2020 NJMEP created an Advocacy Handbook. This book serves as a manual for manufacturers and • With all the 2020 challenges, NJMEP remained a top-rated MEP Centers in the nation STEM companies to use for interacting with Legislators and other government officials. In order to • The New Jersey State Budget included NJMEP improve the business environment in the State, New Jersey’s manufacturers must communicate with legislators, educators and the public. Your voice is important. We hope this Handbook helps you to • Cares Act Funding enabled NJMEP to provide no cost programs to manufacturers and create inner better advocate for your success and that of countless other manufacturers across the state. city training programs to address the skilled worker shortage. Petition The signatures on this letter ensures that you, our Legislations, are aware of the many manufacturing, STEM, and supporters of the industry there are in the state. Their signature communicates the value they place on NJMEP and the contribution the organization makes to the economy of the State. Helping New Jersey Manufacture Success We continue to need their voice in the coming year to achieve our shared vision in New Jersey’s economic success. 2 RIDGEDALE AVE., SUITE 305 | CEDAR KNOLLS, NJ 07927 | P: 973.998.9801 | WWW.NJMEP.ORG | [email protected] NIST-MEP / NJMEP SUPPORT – STATE & FEDERAL DELEGATION - MANUFACTURING Dear Legislators, Thank you for supporting New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program (NJMEP) and the manufacturing industry. With your support we have successfully moved our agenda forward. Despite a very unusual year, NJMEP has been able to work with the State and Congress to as-sist manufacturers, not only in New Jersey, but throughout the country. Without your support, our successes may not have been possible. It has positioned us to be a valuable resource to our manufacturers and STEM firms. In 2020: However, there are both new and ongoing concerns and opportunities • We continued to have 100% Bi-Partisan Support from our Federal Delegation for NIST-MEP and a that will impact business in 2021: $150million National Budget • Developing new business opportunities for NJ manufacturers by utilizing our • NJMEP worked closely with the Congressional delegation on legislation to support manufacturing Supply Chain database: during the Covid crisis • Assuring that Ørsted’s Ocean Wind project’s supply chain includes NJ manufacturers • With input from NJMEP, the State declared manufacturing essential thus allowing the industry to • Raising the awareness of the Pro-NJ Grantor Trust to remain open when other businesses were required to close qualifying manufacturers • Working closely with the Bi-Partisan NJ Manufacturing Caucus led by Senators Linda Greenstein and • Promoting and supporting the recently signed Made in All of America by Steven Oroho we moved pro manufacturing legislation forward All of America’s Workers Executive Order • Our GAINS & PACE Pre-Apprentice & Apprentice Programs assisted manufacturers in meeting their workforce challenges • Marijuana Legislation – workplace safety versus privacy issues • NJMEP created a resource of and for manufacturers who have or wish to provide PPE. This resource • Covid, both Safety Protocol and its impact on the workforce and businesses was provided to the State. As a result, there is now a focus on developing a NJ Supply Chain of critical products. • Raising the awareness of Manufacturing as a Career Path • Our expertise in this area resulted in NJMEP working with Senator Menendez to develop a bill in • Workforce development of incumbent workers and recruitment of personnel to support of a national manufacturing database meet staffing needs through training andApprenticeship Programs. • The NJMEP Food Group expanded its presence by providing essential training to food manufacturers • Addressing regulations that are impediments to NJ businesses. across the country • The Cyber Security Program assisted NJ manufacturers in securing their systems thus meeting Advocacy DOD requirements for its supply chain as well as securing non-defense manufacturers. In 2020 NJMEP created an Advocacy Handbook. This book serves as a manual for manufacturers and • With all the 2020 challenges, NJMEP remained a top-rated MEP Centers in the nation STEM companies to use for interacting with Legislators and other government officials. In order to • The New Jersey State Budget included NJMEP improve the business environment in the State, New Jersey’s manufacturers must communicate with legislators, educators and the public. Your voice is important. We hope this Handbook helps you to • Cares Act Funding enabled NJMEP to provide no cost programs to manufacturers and create inner better advocate for your success and that of countless other manufacturers across the state. city training programs to address the skilled worker shortage. Petition The signatures on this letter ensures that you, our Legislations, are aware of the many manufacturing, STEM, and supporters of the industry there are in the state. Their signature communicates the value they place on NJMEP and the contribution the organization makes to the economy of the State. Helping New Jersey Manufacture Success We continue to need their voice in the coming year to achieve our shared vision in New Jersey’s economic success. 2 RIDGEDALE AVE., SUITE 305 | CEDAR KNOLLS, NJ 07927 | P: 973.998.9801 | WWW.NJMEP.ORG | [email protected] NEW JERSEY MANUFACTURERS BY STATE DISTRICT District Senate Assembly Assembly # of Manufacturers Main Counties Employees-EST Per Entity NJMEP Support Petition Firms 1 Michael L. Testa, Jr. Antwan McClellan Erik Simonsen 273 Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland 9,282 35 2 Christopher A. Brown John Armato Vince Mazzeo 138 Atlantic 4,692 20 3 Stephen M. Sweeney John J. Burzichelli Adam Taliaferro 258 Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem 8,772 54 4 Fred H. Madden, Jr. Paul D. Moriarty Gabriela Mosquera 136 Camden, Gloucester 4,624 17 5 Nilsa Cruz-Perez William F. Moen, Jr. William Spearman 175 Camden, Gloucester 5,950 35 6 James Beach Louis Greenwald Pamela R. Lampitt 374 Burlington, Camden 12,716 52 7 Troy Singleton Herb Conway, Jr. Carot A. Murphy 306 Burlington 10,404 73 8 Dawn Marie Addiego Ryan Peters Jean Stanfield 157 Atlantic, Burlington, Camden 5,338 23 9 Christopher J. Connors DiAnne Gove Brain E. Rumpf 145 Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean 4,930 5 10 James W. Holzapfel John Catalano Gregory P. McGuckin 72 Ocean 2,448 10 11 Vin Gopal Joann Downey Eric Houghtaling 293 Monmouth 9,962 39 12 Samuel D. Thompson Robert D. Clifton Ronald S. Dancer 189 Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean 6,426 15 13 Declan O'Scanlon Serena DiMaso Gerard Scharfenberger 125 Monmouth 4,250 19 14 Linda R. Greenstein Daniel R. Benson Wayne DeAngelo 158 Mercer, Middlesex 5,372 38 15 Shirley K. Turner Verlina Reynolds-Jackson Anthony Verrelli 249 Hunterdon, Mercer 8,466 43 16 Christopher Bateman Roy Freiman Andrew Zwicker 372 Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset 12,648 73 17 Bob Smith Joe Danielsen Joseph V. Egan 238 Middlesex, Somerset 8,092 75 18 Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. Robert Karabinchak 387 Middlesex 13,158 45 19 Joseph F. Vitale Craig Coughlin Yvonne Lopez 167 Middlesex 5,678 28 20 Joseph P. Cryan Jamel Holley Annette Quijano 277 Union 9,418 50 21 Thomas H. Kean Jr. Jon Bramnick Nancy F. Munoz 331 Morris, Somerset, Union 11,254 64 22 Nicholas P.