• Ashland
• Cozzoli Machine Company  
• Gilchrist & Soames
• Haleon
• HyLueur
• Ingredion
• IPS Labs
• L’Oreal
• Lisap
• Presperse Corporation
• Reckitt Benckiser
• SGS
• Symrise

 TALENT

• Ranked among the Top 20 U.S. Counties for Employment in Personal Care and Cleaning Products
• Deep supply of talent in Chemical Manufacturing, recognized by Lightcast as a hotspot for Chemists (7x national average) and Chemical Engineers
• Relative to our population, we exceed the national average for Biological Technicians, Packaging and Filling Machine Operators, and Industrial Engineers

A robust talent pipeline is supported by Raritan Valley Community College and Rutgers University, which is a mere 20 minutes from the County seat. 

• Raritan Valley Community College will soon become the 1^st community college in New Jersey to offer experiential training in a clean room environment.

• Rutgers University Master of Business & Science Degree Concentration in Personal Care Science teaches students the fundamentals and applications of personal care chemistry and formulation with opportunities to take courses in fragrances, regulatory affairs, sustainability, and colloid chemistry. Students also develop skills in finance and accounting, marketing, communication and leadership, ethics, and entrepreneurship.

• Rutgers University Center for Dermal Research offers training in dermaceutics.

CONSUMER ACCESS

Businesses have access to one of the most affluent and concentrated consumer markets in the world. Somerset County is in central New Jersey, in the middle of the Boston, New York City & Washington D.C. corridor. From Somerset County, a business can serve more than 38 million consumers within a 2-hour drive.

The median household income in Somerset County ($113,611) is one of the highest in the U.S.