Manufacturing is a driver of New Jersey’s innovation economy and has been for over 200 years. From the machines that drove the industrial revolution to the world’s first transistor, to advanced aerospace components and lifesaving medical devices, New Jersey manufactures the products that drive innovation and improve lives.
In 2018, the manufacturing sector employed more than 245,000 New Jerseyans and contributed ~$37 billion to our economy. It also contributed over $14 billion of the State’s total wages.
We consider most of the companies in this sector to be advanced manufacturers. Advanced manufacturing refers to a systems-based approach to maximizing efficiency and precision in manufacturing, using technology such as sensors, automation, and wireless communications. Basically, it’s not about what you are making; it’s about how you are making it.
Advanced manufacturing companies are critical to the future of New Jersey’s economy. They create high-value added, high-wage jobs that leverage New Jersey’s unique assets to create innovative products. Thats why advanced manufacturing is one of the focus sectors identified in Governor Murphy’s Economic Development Planand why the NJEDA is investing in the initiatives necessary to support sector growth.
See below for more information on New Jersey’s Advanced Manufacturing Sector, the programs and resources NJEDA has for manufacturing firms, and exciting sector developments that are happening here.
NJEDA and partner organizations have developed three pilot programs to help address the key challenges facing the Advanced Manufacturing sector.
Coordinate social media to highlight
MEP resource guide
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Fund staff to research and add new
information to resource guide
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Develop process for maintaining and adding new information on consistent basis
Curate videos highlighting why manufacturing is exciting and share with students
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Create pathways document to show how to enter into a manufacturing career
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Take students on field trips to
manufacturing facilities
Highlight recent work by LWD and NJMEP in increasing apprenticeship opportunities within manufacturing sector
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Convene stakeholders in an industry consortium to highlight best practices related to growing apprenticeship opportunities
We are a state of innovators.
From the incandescent light bulb to ground- breaking
cancer research, New Jersey has been and remains,
a place where human ingenuity flourishes.
— Phil Murphy | Governor of New Jersey
GDP growth in NJ advanced manufacturing since 2013
Dominic Villecco, President of V-COMM and Vice President of the NJ Wireless Association, discusses expanding 5G wireless technologies in Paterson and Passaic.
TRENTON, N.J. (August 26, 2019) – Projec…
Read More >The Naval Air Systems Command, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst was among the advanced manufacturing facilities that OCVTS students visited during their field trip.
JACKSON, N.J. (June 10, 2019) – Mo…
Read More >NJEDA CEO Tim Sullivan and Superintendent of OCVTS Karen Homiek sign an MOU to create a partnership that will provide free field trips to advanced manufacturing facilities for middle and high school s…
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