Roseland Company Earns 2019 ‘Award For Excellence’

ROSELAND, NJ — A Roseland company has earned an “excellence” award from the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA) for 2019.

On Tuesday, the NJBIA announced the winners of its annual “Awards for Excellence,” which honor companies and business leaders whose “energy and vision have had a positive impact on their employees, their communities and the state's economy.”

See the full list of awardees.

Connell Foley in Roseland nabbed an award for being one of the NJBIA’s three “Members of the Year.”

According to the NJBIA:

“An NJBIA member since 1949, Connell Foley's lawyers are nationally recognized experts who frequently serve at NJBIA events as moderators and panelists. They have helped guide NJBIA business owners through complex new state laws impacting the minimum wage, unpaid family leave, paid sick leave, employment contracts, changes to federal overtime rules, cybersecurity, medical marijuana legalization, and more.”

Other award recipients in Essex County included:

• Member of the Year (All-Ways Advertising, Bloomfield) - "Established 50 years ago as a home delivery service providing advertising circulars and samples, All-Ways Advertising has expanded through business acquisitions and exceptional customer service to become a full-service promotional advertising and marketing agency with its own 38,000-square-foot fulfillment center. Senior Account Executive Camille DiLorenzo serves as an NJBIA ambassador and valuable resource to new members."
• Community Service (ZAGO Manufacturing, Newark) – “This family-owned business makes sealing products ­– sealing screws, sealing nuts, switch boots and crystal switch seals – for military contractors as well as aerospace, electronics, construction, medical, marine, motor vehicle and consumer product manufacturers. ZAGO launched its community outreach program, "ZAGO Sustainability 360," in conjunction with Newark Tech to promote STEM education and manufacturing to students of all abilities and economic backgrounds.”
• Vanguard (DCO Energy & Montclair State University) – “A $90 million private-public venture between DCO Energy, of Mays Landing, and MSU enabled the university to replace its 1950s era energy plant with a 5.4 MW combined heat chilling power production facility that generates electricity, heating, hot water and air conditioning more effectively for the campus' 25 buildings. A microgrid was recently added that expanded system's power-generating capacity, allowing MSU to operate independently from local utilities and export up to 3MW of power to the grid. This enables the university to serve as a potential "island of energy" if a natural disaster affects power in neighboring towns.”

"Our member companies do a tremendous amount of good for their employees, their communities, and New Jersey's economy," NJBIA President and CEO Michele Siekerka said. "The NJBIA Awards for Excellence event is our way of recognizing the very best of the best for their achievements."

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