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Companies cite the region’s higher education institutions as another major recruiting advantage for the region. —Penny Cannella President, Penn’s Northeast “ ” management services to life sciences and pharmaceutical companies, just this year relocated its domestic call center operation from Morristown, NJ to a 25,000-square-foot office in Wilkes-Barre, PA. In early 2007, Johnson & Johnson Sales and Logistics Co., LLC began leasing a 1.38 million-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility near Stroudsburg, PA. (The company, based in Skillman, NJ, is a division of Johnson & Johnson, the health care products manufacturing giant.) And in 2005, NBTY (a leading manufacturer of nutritional supplements such as Nature’s Bounty, Sundown, Natural Wealth, and Met-RX) of Bohemia, NY chose the greater Hazleton, PA area for the site of its 413,600-squarefoot Northeast distribution center. These recent additions join Caremark, an integrated pharmacy services provider, which established a facility in Wilkes-Barre in 2002 to service its mail-order pharmacy division. All of these companies cite the location and the availability of skilled labor as major factors in choosing northeast Pennsylvania. According to Penny Cannella, president of Penn’s Northeast, a regional economic development marketing organization that serves five counties in northeast Pennsylvania, “Companies cite the region’s higher education institutions as another major recruiting advantage A S P E C I A L A D V E R T I S I N G S E C T I O N O F B U S I N E S S FA C I L I T I E S for the region. The colleges, universities, and economic development and workforce development agencies work strategically to attract, retain, and expand business and industry.” This trend is expected to dramatically grow with the proposed Commonwealth Medical College, which is expected to enroll its first students for the fall of 2009. It currently has a temporary home at Lackawanna College in Scranton, PA. Once Northeastern Pennsylvania is affordable, yet central to several major markets in the United States. If You’re Searching for America’s Most Promising Workforce “Our employees have a great deal of passion when it comes to their work and our company’s mission They serve as ambassadors for the company helping brand us within the community.” – Brian Crocefoglia Senior Director, Stafﬁng Human Resources sanoﬁ pasteur Come to Northeast Pennsylvania! When you think Northeast think MAP CREDIT: PENN’S NORTHEAST Give us a call to learn more about our nationally ranked workforce and how it can help your company increase productivity and lower operating costs. 1151 Oak Street Pittston, PA 18640-3795 800-317-1313 • FAX (570) 654-5137 email: cannella@pennsnortheast.com www.pennsnortheast.com Berwick • Hazleton • Honesdale • Milford • Pittston • Scranton • Stroudsburg • Wilkes-Barre #0902 at www.BusinessFacilities.com BUSINESS FACILITIES 51 http://www.pennsnortheast.com http://www.pennsnortheast.com http://www.BusinessFacilities.com

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