Sep 12, 2016 
(Nutley, N.J.) – PNC Inc., a manufacturer of Printed Circuit Boards, has been announced as a finalist in the Manufacturer of the Year (Small – 50 Employees or Less) category for the 2016 New Jersey Manufacturing Awards. The winner will be announced at the annual “Made in New Jersey” event in celebration of the fifth annual National Manufacturing Day. The event will occur on Friday, October 7th at The Palace at Somerset Park at 333 Davidson Avenue, Somerset, NJ 08873.
The annual celebration will be held from 7:30am to 2:00pm and include a continental breakfast and lunch, networking opportunities, keynote speeches, and breakout sessions on important topics to manufacturers including business development and marketing, contingency and emergency planning, continuous improvement, innovation and growth, recruiting, workforce development, and more.
During the ceremony, the winners of the 2016 New Jersey Manufacturing Awards will be announced in the following categories:
- Manufacturer of the Year (Start-Up / Young Manufacturing Company)
- Manufacturer of the Year (Small – 50 Employees or Less)
- Manufacturer of the Year (Medium – Between 51-125 Employees)
- Manufacturer of the Year (Large – 125+ Employees)
- Innovator of the Year
- Raymond Hopp Award for Excellence
“This nomination means a lot to us for many reasons,” said CEO Sam Sangani, “it is a validation of the hard work all of our employees put in day in and day out. Also, it shows that our commitment to staying in the country and in the great state of New Jersey is not in vain,” he added. “We opened our headquarters here in Nutley 48 years ago and although we have expanded to other states throughout the country, New Jersey always has been and always will be our home.”
The “Made in New Jersey” event is organized by the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc. (NJMEP). NJMEP is a not-for-profit that enhances the competitiveness of New Jersey’s manufacturers through programs and services that increase profitability, efficiency and productivity.
Platinum level sponsors for the event include CohnReznick as the Awards Sponsor, Transportation Insight as a Special Session Sponsor, Crowe Horwath as the Centerpiece Sponsor, and The Knotts Company as a Demo Sponsor. NJBIA and New Jersey Business Magazine will serve as the event’s partners. To view all of the sponsors and partners for the event, click here.
For more information about PNC Inc., visit www.pnconline.com or call (973) 284-1600.
For more information about the Made in New Jersey event in celebration of the fifth annual National Manufacturing Day, please click here or contact Lynore DeSantis at ldesantis@njmep.org or 973-998-9801.
Established in 1968, PNC Inc. is the largest manufacturer of printed circuit boards in the Northeast -area. Their 50,000-sq.ft. (and growing) state-of-the-art facility is capable of processing over 1,500 20"x26" PWB or PCB panels per day. PNC Inc. is ISO9001-2008, MIL-PRF-31032, MIL-PRF-55110, UL Certified, ITAR Registered and is a Minority Owned Business.
They are capable of meeting all requirements for design, layout, fabrication and assembly. Since 1968, they have served a diverse group of industries such as contract manufacturing, military/defense, telecommunications, medical, data processing, recorders, controllers, audio, video and aerospace.
In 2014, they expanded their headquarters in Nutley, NJ to have an in-house assembly department that is able to handle small to medium size assembly runs. PNC Inc.’s planned expansions include two more fully equipped SMT lines with SMT stencil solder paste screen printers, pick and place machines and reflow machines at the same location. All of their new investments are focused primarily on being environmentally friendly and as efficient as possible.
About NJMEP
NJMEP is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization affiliated with The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a network of nearly 60 MEP centers across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. To learn more about NJMEP visit www.njmep.org or call (973) 998-9801.
