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| Liz
Claiborne, Inc. |
| 1441 Broadway |
| New York, NY 10018 |
| Phone:
( 212) 354-4900 |
| Fax:
(212) 626-3416 |
| Web Site: http://www.lizclaiborne.com |
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| Paul
R. Charron |
| Chairman and CEO |
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| Liz
Claiborne, Inc. |
| 1 Claiborne Avenue |
| North Bergen, NJ 07047 |
| Phone:
(201) 662-6000 |
| Fax:
(201) 854-1471 |
| NJ
Employees:
4,000 |
| Products/Services:
Apparel design, distribution
and retailing |
|
| Designer
and marketer of women's clothing, men's sportswear and furnishings,
markets fragrances, cosmetics and related products> Founded
1976 with investment of $250,000 by Liz Claiborne, previously
dress designer for Jonathan Logan, husband and 2 other partners>
Now largest supplier of women's clothing in world, over
retail 200 stores, outsources all manufacturing, maintains
no manufacturing facilities of its own> Trademarked brands
include Claiborne, Crazy Horse, Curve, Dana Buchman, Elisabeth,
Emma James, First Issue, Laundry by Shelli Segal, Liz Claiborne,
Lucky Brand, Russ, Sigrid Olsen and Villager, also holds
exclusive long-term license to source, market, and sell
men's and women's DKNY Jeans and DKNY Active collections
in Western Hemisphere, as well as exclusive license to produce
women's wear under
Kenneth Cole New York, Unlisted.com and Reaction
Kenneth Cole brand names, also licenses trademarks to makers
of shoes, sunglasses, home furnishings, watches, and men's
tailored clothing> Liz Claiborne Foundation supports
youth, social services programs in Hudson County area>
NJ offices and facilities include most corporate operations,
with finance, administration, showroom, distribution>
Public company, traded on NY Stock Exchange. |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation |
| 6801 Rockledge Drive |
| Bethesda, MD 20817 |
| Phone:
(301) 897-6000 |
| Fax:
(301) 897-6704 |
| Web
Site: http://www.lmco.com |
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| Vance
D. Coffman |
| Chairman & CEO |
| NJ
Employees: 4,100 |
| Products/Services:
Electronics, space satellites and launchers, missiles, information systems
and government services |
|
| World’s
largest aircraft and defense systems firm formed by 1994
merger of Lockheed Corp. and Martin Marrietta Corp., acquisition
of Northrop Grunman in 1998> Martin Marietta founded
1917 by early pilot and plane designer Glenn Martin, made
first US-built bombers, later shifted from aircraft manufacture
to missiles, electronics, nuclear systems, Nation's largest
developer of space satellites> Lockheed founded in CA
1926, developed P-38 Lightning fighter plane in World War
II, C-5 military transport, U-2 spyplane, Hubble Space Telescope,
F-117A Stealth fighter and Polaris submarine missiles>
NJ presence obtained primarily through Martin Marietta $3
billion acquisition completed April 1993 of GENERAL
ELECTRIC aerospace operations, with major facilities
in Moorestown, Camden, Teterboro
and Cherry Hill, producing communications systems,
radar systems> Cherry Hill national headquarters of Technology
Services Group, provides business, technical services and
operations to all Lockheed Martin technology services to
federal government> Astro Space division in West Windsor,
originally established by RCA, accounted for nearly 200
satellites from 1958 through 1994, closed operations 1996
with consolidation
in Sunnyvale, CA,
loss of some 2,000 jobs in Mercer County> Lockheed
Martin IMS unit providing, data consulting, information
systems based in Teaneck with 130 employees> IMS submitted
1997 proposal to develop, administer automatic toll system
on NJ toll roads, IMS proposal rejected 1997 in favor of
competing plan by consortium including MFS Network Technologies
and CHASE MANHATTAN,
with IMS taking unsuccessful legal action to challenge award>
IMS received 1997 contract to administer US telephone numbering
system formerly held by Bellcore, (now Telcordia Technologies
subsidiary of SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP.); IMS formerly administered
contract for State of NJ to assess insurance surcharges
on NJ motorists. |
| Lucent
Technologies |
| 600 Mountain Avenue |
| Murray Hill, NJ 07934 |
| Phone:
(888) 4-Lucent or (908) 582-8500 |
| Fax:
(908) 508-2576 |
| Web
Site: http://www.lucent.com |
|
| Patricia
Russo |
| Chairman & CEO |
| NJ
Employees:
20,000 |
| Products/Services:
Information systems and government services |
|
Established
as an independent company April 10, 1996, as part of AT&T
CORP. restructuring, composed of AT&T’s former
communications systems and technology divisions, including
equipment manufacturing business and Bell Laboratories
research facilities and staff with corporate headquarters
established in Murray Hill, also site for Bell Laboratories>
Initial $3 billion public offering on April 10 sold 17.6%
of shares in at that time largest-ever US initial public
offering, AT&T divested remaining 82.4 % to AT&T
shareholders on September 30,1996> Strong sales, earnings,
stock price growth following spin-off, but failure to
meet earnings projections 1999-2000 resulting from decline
in telecommunications industry sales, led to sharp drop
in stock price, speculation over future as independent
company, replacement of top management> Spin off of
Enterprise Networks Group as independent company with
headquarters in Basking Ridge, named Avaya, effective
October 2000 with focus on providing advanced communications
hardware, software and solutions, a worldwide leader in
messaging and structured cabling solutions, and US leader
in call centers and voice communications systems. |
| Marriott International
Corporation |
| 10400 Fernwood Road |
| Bethesda, MD 20817 |
| Phone:
(301) 380-3000 |
| Fax:
(301) 380-3969 |
| Web
Site: http://www.marriott.com |
|
| J.
Willard Marriott, Jr. |
| Chairman, President & CEO |
| NJ
Employees: 3,100 |
| Products/Services:
Lodging management |
|
| Founded
1927 as root beer stand in Washington DC as Marriott Corp.,
1993 corporate restructuring
divided business into 2 independent companies: Marriott
International, hotel management company, and Host Marriott,
real estate ownership and concession company> March 1998
restructuring merged food service and facilities management
services with similar
businesses of Sodexho Alliance, S.A., to form Sodexho Marriott
Services, Inc., created ‘new’ Marriott International as
public company owning, operating and franchising lodging
properties and senior living communities and providing distribution
services> Lodging segment operates, develops and franchises
1,880 lodging facilities and vacation timesharing resorts
with over 355,000 rooms, also provides over 5,100 furnished
corporate housing units; Senior Living Services segment
develops and operates 144 senior living communities offering
independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing
care for seniors; Marriott Distribution Services supplies
food and related products to external customers and to internal
lodging and senior living services operations throughout
US> Portfolio of fourteen lodging brands, includes Marriott
Hotels, Resorts and Suites; Ritz-Carlton Renaissance Hotels,
Resorts and Suites; Ramada International; Residence Inn;
Courtyard; TownePlace Suites; Fairfield Inn; SpringHill
Suites; Marriott Vacation Club International; Marriott Executive
Apartments> Assisted living senior living communities
principally under names Brighton Gardens by Marriott, Village
Oaks, and Marriott MapleRidge> Full-service Marriott-managed
NJ hotels include SEAVIEW
MARRIOTT GOLF RESORT; NEWARK
AIRPORT MARRIOTT; PARK
RIDGE MARRIOTT; PRINCETON
MARRIOTT FORRESTAL VILLAGE; SADDLE
BROOK MARRIOTT; SOMERSET
MARRIOTT; GLENPOINTE MARRIOTT; HANOVER
MARRIOTT> Also operates Courtyard by Marriott suite
hotels, employs 300 in NJ,
senior living services facilities with 400 employees
in NJ, and 170 employees at Marriott distribution center. |
| Matsushita Electric Corporation
of America |
| One Panasonic Way |
| Secaucus, NJ 07094 |
| Phone:
(201) 348-7000 |
| Fax:
(201) 348-8378 |
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Web
Site: http://www.panasonic.com |
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| Yoshinori Kobe |
| Chairman, CEO and Chief
Operating Officer |
| NJ
Employees:
1,900 |
| Products/Services:
Electronic products |
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Largest
Japanese-owned employer in NJ> Wholly-owned subsidiary
of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., of Japan>
Trademarks include Panasonic, Technics, Quasar> NJ
serves as headquarters for national administration, marketing
staff for Panasonic and Technics television, audio, other
electronic products> Moved to NJ 1975 from NYC to consolidate
staff operations at 54-acre headquarters complex> Also
maintains 2 advanced technology laboratories in Burlington
Township, research on digital video recording technology,
standardization of advanced television systems, also 2
laboratories in Princeton> $1 million sponsor of
NJ Performing Arts Center opened 1997 in Newark,
also sponsors PANASONIC
FOUNDATION for philanthropic support, other support
includes Habitat for Humanity in Newark; Creative Design
Challenge for NJ high school engineering projects; Artists
with Disabilities Program at NJ Center for Visual Arts
in Summit . |
| Mars,
Inc. |
| 6885 Elm Street |
| McLean, VA 22101 |
| Phone:
(703) 821-4900 |
| Web
Site: http://www.m-ms.com |
| Forrest
E. Mars Jr. |
| CEO and Co-president |
|
| M&M
Mars, Inc. |
| 800 High Street |
| Hackettstown, NJ 07840 |
| Phone:
(908) 852-1000 |
| Fax:
(908) 850-2734 |
| NJ
Employees: 1,500 |
| Products/Services:
Candy |
|
| Second
largest US candy maker behind Hershey> Fifth-largest
privately-held firm in US with estimated $15 billion in
1999 revenues> Well-known brand names include M&M's,
Mars, Snickers, Milky Way, 3 Musketeers, Bounty chocolate
bars, Twix cookie bars, Starburst sugar candy, Skittels
sugar candy> Also makes, markets pet foods through Kal
Kan subsidiary including Kal Kan, Mealtime, Pedigree, Sheba,
and Whiskas Combos, Kudos, and Twix snacks; other products
include Uncle Ben's rice> Also makes drink vending equipment
and electronic automated payment systems> Known for secrecy
on corporate management and operations> Milky Way earliest
chocolate bar invented by Frank C. Mars in 1923, M&M's
started production in Newark plant in 1940 when Forrest
E. Mars Sr., son of company founder Frank C. Mars, opened
plant to produce plain chocolate candy; M&M's included
in World War II army rations because of ability to withstand
high temperatures, popularity with World War II soldiers
led to post-war success, expansion, relocation from Newark
to new plant in Hackettstown 1958, since expanded several
times> Major economic factor in Warren County with Hackettstown
location making M&M’s and Skittels one of 6 US factories>
Mars family maintains ownership, ranked as among
wealthiest US families by Forbes Magazine with four members
each with some $4 billion net worth, including Jacqueline
Mars Vogel, maintains residence in Bedminster, but spends
most of time in CA. |
| Merck
& Co., Inc. |
| One Merck Drive |
| Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889 |
| Phone:
(908) 423-1000 |
| Fax:
(908) 735-1813 |
| Web
Site: http://www.merck.com |
|
| Raymond
V. Gilmartin |
| Chairman, President and CEO |
| NJ
Employees: 10,356 |
| Products/Services:
Pharmaceuticals |
|
|
Founded
1891, started as outgrowth of Merck family drug business
in Germany, became US company after World War I, NJ operations
begun 1903> Research spending over $2 billion annually,
special relationship with RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY through Waksman Institute established in
part from royalties on Merck trademarked streptomycin
antibiotic developed by late Rutgers Professor Selman
Waksman> Nationally recognized for quality of performance,
management> Also cited as one of best managed and most
innovative companies by Business Week, one of best companies
for working mothers by Working Mother Magazine for parental
leave, day care programs; and one of best for black employees
by Black Enterprise magazine> Relocated corporate headquarters
from Rahway to new facility on 460-acre tract in Whitehouse
Station 1993, maintains major manufacturing, research
operations in Rahway> Formed joint venture 1989 with
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
to develop and market non-prescription drugs, primarily
derived from Merck prescription products, other acquisitions>
Spin-off in 2003 of Merck-Medco unit as indpendent company
Medco Health Sysytems, pharmaceutical benefit management
and volume supplier of drugs to group health plans, originally
acquired 1993 for $6 billion> Established 1996 with
Rhône-Poulenc (now merged into AVENTIS)
combined animal health and poultry genetics businesses
under new company, Merial,
world's largest in animal health and poultry genetics
industries> Products include Vioxx, fastest growing
prescription arthritis and pain medicine in US; Propecia,
hair generation drug introduced January 1998; Cozaar and
Hyzaar cardiovascular drugs; Fosamax, world’s most widely
prescribed treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis; Trusopt,
most widely prescribed anti-glaucoma medicine in
US; Varivax, only vaccine against chickenpox available
in US; Pepcid AC Acid Controller, sold by Merck's joint
venture with Johnson & Johnson, top-selling over-the-counter heartburn/acid-indigestion product;
Crixivan for treating HIV infection> Established major
products include Vasotec, Vaseretic, Prinivil, Pepcid
and Proscar> RAYMOND V. GILMARTIN named CEO 1994, previously CEO of BECTON
DICKINSON. |
| Merrill
Lynch & Co. |
| World Financial Center |
| North Tower |
| New York, NY 10281 |
| Phone:
(212) 449-1000 |
| Fax:
(212) 236-4384 |
| Web
Site: http://www.merrilllynch.com |
| E.
Stanley O'Neal |
| President & CEO |
|
| Merrill
Lynch & Co. |
| PO Box 9024 |
| Princeton, NJ 08543 |
| Phone:
(609) 282-1212 |
| Fax:
(609) 282-2807 |
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| NJ
Employees:
10,200 |
| Products/Services:
Financial services |
|
| Largest world underwriter of
debt and equity securities, largest US securities brokerage firm, 19,000
investment professionals of total 67,200 employees at over 700 offices in
45 countries, underwriter of about 17% of all new US stock issues 1999>
Total client assets $1.7 trillion at year-end 1999, up $250 billion or 17%
from year-end 1998, with $557 billion in assets under management>
Developed major office complex for 5,000-employees in
Hopewell opened in first stage in 2000 on 450-acre tract acquired 1997 from BRISTOL
MYERS-SQUIBB, with 1,500 new jobs, 3,500 employees to be
transferred from existing
Merrill offices in Plainsboro and Somerset County and from
PA> Opened national broker training administrative
center outside Princeton 1987, now expanded to 3,700 employees, includes
broker training center, hotel and conference facility> Major customer
account processing facility in Somerset with 2,800 employees> Relocated
1992 2,500 employees from lower Manhattan to new 43-story office building
constructed by LINPRO CORP. on
property owned by COLGATE-PALMOLIVE in
Jersey City, operations include funds processing and data services. |
| New Jersey Manufacturers
Insurance Company |
| Sullivan Way |
| Trenton, NJ 08628 |
| Phone:
(609) 883-1300 |
| Web
Site: http://www.njm.com |
| Anthony
G. Dickson |
| President |
| NJ
Employees: 2,000 |
| Products/Services:
Insurance |
|
| Founded 1913, prompted by
study following 1911 enactment by Governor Woodrow Wilson of first NJ
workers compensation law conducted by employers organizing Manufacturers
Association of State of NJ,
(later known as NJ Manufacturers Association and today as
NJ BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION), recommending creation of new
insurance carrier to be operated as mutual solely for service and benefit
of its policyholders> Legal ownership of NJ Manufacturers stock in
trust for policy holders by NJ Business & Industry Association
terminated 1983, but continued affiliation through restriction of coverage
by NJ Manufacturers to member firms of Association and their employees and
by overlapping membership of boards of directors> Now over $3 billion
in assets, approximately $800 million in annual premiums, leading NJ
workers compensation liability carrier, fourth leading company in
automobile liability (500,000 vehicles) and also fourth in homeowners
coverage (140,000 homes)> Received lowest complaint ratio per number of
insureds of all major NJ auto insurers in 1998 NJ
DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND INSURANCE survey> Accumulated total of
dividends returned to policyholders since 1918 exceeds $2 billion, over
$1.5 billion of total over
last 10 years> Applications for workers compensation and commercial
vehicle coverage accepted only from NJ Business & Industry Association
members, homeowners and personal auto liability coverage restricted to
employees of NJ Business & Industry Association
members or family members previously insured by NJM and
State government employees> NJM subsidiary, NJ Re-Insurance
Company, founded 1978, provides reinsurance for NJM and independent direct
insurers, also provides direct coverage for flood and personal liability
umbrella policies and for high-risk workers compensation, auto liability
insureds> Direct writer of insurance, uses no commissioned agents or
brokers, relies on marketing by own employees and through NJ Business
& Industry Association> Claims costs also reduced by strict
underwriting standards, rejects applicants for personal auto insurance
with any moving violation or at-fault accident within preceding
three years> First workers' compensation insurer to be certified in
1996 by State of New Jersey as own Managed Care Organization, only major insurer to provide own medical evaluation, case
management, claim adjustment and, where appropriate, modified
return-to-work programs> Also established NJM Bank,
new bank chartered as federal savings bank May 1999, offers
traditional banking services to policy holders and members of public, with
CEO Dominick Mazzagetti, former Deputy Commissioner of Banking for State
of NJ, General Counsel and
Executive Vice President for Cenlar Federal Savings Bank, Pennington,
and attorney with Princeton law firm of JAMIESON MOORE PESKIN & SPICER> ANTHONY G. DICKSON elected CEO 1991, formerly vice president and
secretary, joined NJM 1976 after serving as counsel to NJ STATE COMMISSION OF INVESTIGATION. |
| North
Jersey Media Group |
| 150 River Street |
| Hackensack, NJ 07601-7172 |
| Phone:
(201)
646-4000 |
| Fax:
(201) 646-4310 |
| Web
Site: http://www.northjersey.com |
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| Malcolm
A. Borg |
| Chairman |
| NJ
Employees: 1,845 |
| Products/Services:
Publishing, printing |
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| Privately-held publishing company
(PREVIUOSLY KNOWN AS mACROMEDIA UNTIL 2001) that owns THE
RECORD of Bergen and Passaic Counties daily newspaper, and HERALD NEWS,
which it acquired 1997 from TX-based Media
News Group, and 28 weekly newspapers including papers acquired 1998 in purchases of
Orechio Publications, BAL Communications and Montgrove Publications>
Sold 3 CBS-affiliated TV stations outside NJ in December 2000> Purchased THE NEWS TRIBUNE of Woodbridge in 1985, sold 1995 to New Jersey
Press, with paper subsequently acquired by GANNETT
as result of 1997 acquisition of New Jersey Press newspapers>
Jonathan H. Markey named president and chief operating officer of THE RECORD September 1996> MALCOLM
BORG formerly active in many civic, philanthropic causes, past chairman,
current member, PALISADES
INTERSTATE PARK COMMISSION. |
| Novartis
Corporation |
| One
Health Plaza |
| East
Hanover , NJ 07936 |
| Phone:
(862) 778-8300 |
| Web
Site http://www.novartis.com |
| Daniel
Vasella, M.D. |
|
Chairman & CEO, Novartis AG |
| NJ
Employees: 5,000 |
| Products/Services:
Pharmaceuticals, consumer products |
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| US
subsidiary of company formed 1997 as a result of merger
of former Sandoz and Ciba-Geigy pharmaceutical firms, both
based in Switzerland, employs about 85,000 people and operates
in over 100 countries> Summit facility, former Ciba-Geigy
national headquarters for pharmaceutical division, became
corporate headquarters of US operations, headquarters of
Consumer Health Division, includes Gerber Products Company
infant nutrition products, Novartis OTC (over-the-counter
medicines) and Medical Nutrition; other operations include
healthcare sectors, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Geneva Pharmaceuticals
and CIBA Vision; Novartis Agribusiness, growing and enhancing
crops, vegetables and flowers, sustaining animal health,
Novartis Seeds produces high-quality crop, flower
and vegetable seeds, Novartis Crop Protection world leader
in herbicides,
insecticides, and fungicides; also makes parasite-control
products and medicines for pets and farm animals> Consumer
trademarked brands include Ascriptin, Desenex, Doan's, Ex-Lax,
Gas-X, Habitrol (nicotine transdermal system), Maalox, Tavist-D,
Theraflu, and Triaminic> Former Sandoz facility in East
Hanover became headquarters of Novartis pharmaceutical business
with 4,600 employees of 7,000 in US; announced decision
1999 to consolidate Summit operations in East Hanover following
construction of expanded facilities completed 2003> Other
facilities in NJ include distribution center in West Caldwell,
advertising and sales training in Florham Park, and over-the-counter
business in Parsippany> Sandoz US operation established
1919, one of early dyestuff suppliers to Paterson silk factories. |
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