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New Jersey may have the nickname "Garden State," but it's also a manufacturing stronghold. Various industries, such as medical, technology, automotive, electronics and chemical take advantage of the state's unique location.
With access to international shipping ports and airports, and a strong interstate system, New Jersey is ideally located for importing and exporting. Let's take a closer look at some of the largest manufacturing companies in New Jersey.
According to data compiled by MNI, the century-old industrial data publisher that powers IndustrySelect, New Jersey is currently home to 6,927 manufacturing companies that employ 352,137 workers. An overwhelming majority of manufacturers in New Jersey are located in its northeast quadrant. Cities such as Newark, Clifton, Jersey City and Fairfield account for 67% of the state's manufacturing base.
Highly urbanized and in close proximity to New York City, the region hosts dozens of multibillion-dollar companies. The remainder of the state adds up to 33% of the manufacturing capacity, with the southeast and southwest accounting for 9% and 10%, respectively.
Rahway remains the state’s largest city by number of manufacturing jobs, home to 7,430 workers. Second-ranked Newark accounts for 7,261. Other top cities in New Jersey include:
21% of New Jersey’s industrial workers are employed are in the chemical/pharmaceutical industry, making it among the top states in the U.S. for chemical manufacturing. Food processing ranks second, with 11% of the state’s industrial workforce, while printing and publishing account for another 10% of New Jersey industrial employment.
MNI reports there are 25,991 executive contacts among New Jersey’s manufacturing companies, including 4,600 presidents, 2,288 owners and partners; 3,016 vice-presidents and 2,300 sales, marketing and purchasing executives.
Other facts to know about New Jersey manufacturers, based on IndustrySelect’s advanced criteria available to subscribers, include ownership, distribution and other trends. Let’s take a look:
The following companies are New Jersey's largest, according to data collected by MNI.
| Company | Employees | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merck & Co., Inc. | 6,000 | Rahway | NJ |
| Lockheed Martin Corp. | 4,500 | Moorestown | NJ |
| Nokia USA, Inc. | 4,000 | Murray Hill | NJ |
| Holman | 3,000 | Mount Laurel | NJ |
| Bayer Healthcare, Consumer Care Div. | 2,500 | Whippany | NJ |
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2,000 | Titusville | NJ |
| Unilever North America | 1,900 | Englewood Cliffs | NJ |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC, A Div. of Johnson & Johnson | 1,800 | Raritan | NJ |
| L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 1,600 | Clifton | NJ |
| Stryker Orthopaedics | 1,600 | Mahwah | NJ |
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Merck & Co. is a global leader in the pharmaceutical industry, headquartered in Kenilworth, NJ and employing 70,000 worldwide. This Rahway location ranks as New Jersey’s largest manufacturing company with 6,000 employees and produces pharmaceuticals.
Lockheed Martin is a major aerospace and defense company headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. With 4,500 employees, this location ranks as New Jersey’s second-largest industrial employer. Encompassing a facility of one million square feet, this location produces electronic components.
This is the global headquarters of Nokia Bell Labs, a world-renowned leader in disruptive research and innovation in communications and connectivity. The facility hosts the first end-to-end 5G lab and a Technology Showcase that features some of the most important technological breakthroughs in history and produces telecommunications and networking equipment.
Holman began in 1924 as a single auto dealership in New Jersey and has grown into one of North America’s largest family-owned integrated automotive services companies. Headquartered in Mount Laurel, Holman provides a breadth of solutions including fleet management, vehicle upfitting, commercial and retail vehicle sales, powertrain distribution, insurance services, and advanced equipment manufacturing.
As the North American subsidiary of Bayer AG, this Whippany facility encompasses the corporate-center functions that support Bayer departments in North America. Employing 2,500 at this location, the facility produces pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter medicine, as well as medical diagnostic equipment.
A division of Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals is a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Belgium and employing 10,000 worldwide. This Titusville location employs 2,000.
This is the North American headquarters of Unilever, a multinational consumer goods company that produces and sells a wide range of products, such as Dove, Axe, Hellmann’s, Lipton, and Ben & Jerry’s. The company has a presence in all 50 states, as well as Canada and Mexico. The facility is located on a 350,00 square-foot campus that features a Customer Care Center and a Food Solutions Center.
Janssen Research & Development is part of the pharmaceutical and drug discovery arm of Johnson & Johnson’s Innovative Medicine business, with research facilities in Raritan, New Jersey. The operation plays a key role in discovering and developing new therapeutic medicines across a wide range of disease areas, from oncology and immunology to neuroscience and infectious diseases, helping advance treatments that can benefit patients globally. Its Raritan site contributes to Johnson & Johnson’s long-standing legacy of life sciences innovation rooted in New Jersey.
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. is a major U.S. aerospace and defense technology manufacturer that produces advanced systems and products for mission-critical applications across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains. With operations including facilities in Clifton, New Jersey, L3Harris supports government and commercial customers worldwide with solutions in communications, surveillance, command and control, avionics, and more
Stryker Orthopaedics operates a major manufacturing and assembly facility in Mahwah, New Jersey, producing advanced medical devices and orthopaedic implants. As part of global medical technology leader Stryker, the Mahwah site focuses on the fabrication of joint replacement systems, surgical instruments, and related technologies that support improved patient outcomes in orthopaedics and trauma care.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merck_%26_Co.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanofi
https://www.mni.net
Editor's Note: This article was originally published in January 2022. It has been updated to reflect new statistics in the state of New Jersey.