ZAGO Manufacturing co-founder and CEO, Gail Friedberg (center), with two employees working in ZAGO’s switch boots department.
ZAGO Manufacturing, a high-tech sustainable sealing fasteners and switch boots manufacturer, is celebrating Women’s History Month 2024 with a new achievement: certification as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) in New Jersey.
The WBE certification opens doors to new opportunities in government and the private sector where supplier diversity is a priority.
“March is Women’s History Month, and it is only fitting that we recognize this WBE certification as a pivotal accomplishment, especially for women in manufacturing,” said Jackie Luciano, ZAGO VP, who joined ZAGO 16 years ago as a part-time bookkeeper while raising young children and advanced to a leadership role after earning her Rutgers MBA in Finance. “It empowers women to aim high when pursuing ownership and leadership positions.”
“The certified Women Business Enterprise status is a significant milestone,” added Gail Friedberg Rottenstrich, co-founder and CEO of ZAGO. “It enhances access to contract opportunities where sustainability and supplier diversity is important, such as in offshore wind.”
Friedberg Rottenstrich, a corporate attorney, and her husband Harvey Rottenstrich, an engineer, co-founded ZAGO 31 years ago and envisioned the company becoming a diverse employer and a great place for women and men to work and flourish.
“Harvey and I realized that ZAGO should become a woman-owned manufacturer to show women, explicitly and implicitly, what is possible,” she said.
Today, ZAGO is thriving, with its headquarters and manufacturing facility based In Newark, NJ. ZAGO employs 35 associates hailing from different backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
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