NY/NJ Energy + Industry Supply Chain: Regional Tour

Energy as the Foundation. Opportunity Across Sectors.

Promatech, in partnership with LocalContent.com and powered by the Pro-NJ Grantor Trust, has launched a 12-month pilot initiative to power the region’s most critical industries and development projects. The program helps meet local small business contracting and job creation requirements—also known as local and domestic content requirements.

These requirements are now essential for winning and maintaining public funding, contracts, licenses, and tax incentives for investors, developers, primes, manufacturers, suppliers, nonprofits, and local communities.

While the initiative is anchored in supplier readiness for the energy sector, it also intentionally connects multi-sector opportunities to provide a balanced approach to supplier business development—ensuring greater stability in dynamic markets.

NY/NJ Regional Energy + Industry Sectors include: Energy • Manufacturing • Marine • Real Estate • Heathcare• Construction • Defense • Broadband • Sports & Entertainment • AI & Tech

The NY/NJ Regional Energy + Industry Supply Chain Tour equips local businesses to strengthen compliance readiness, boost visibility, and become contract-ready. Using Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), companies are indexed by leading AI models—ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot—ensuring high discoverability in AI-driven sourcing for contracts and grants. This visibility also improves public sentiment, permitting, and licensing outcomes.

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Why This Tour Matters

The U.S. is rebuilding supply chains to be local, transparent, and compliant—strengthening domestic security. This tour ensures NJ/NY businesses are positioned to lead.

• For Local and Small Businesses: Align with policy, gain competitive advantage, increase visibility, and qualify for contracts, grants, and incentives.

• For Investors, Developers & Primes: Expand local sourcing, meet compliance mandates, and reduce project risk through community engagement.

Billions of dollars are being invested right now in infrastructure—and those investments ripple across every industry. Businesses that act today will secure tomorrow’s opportunities.

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Anchor Partners: Lead the Regional Supply Chain

Anchor Partners are developers, manufacturers, primes, and industry leaders committed to strengthening NJ/NY’s regional supply chain.

Participation is free—but to qualify, every Anchor Partner must have at least 5 of their NJ/NY-based suppliers complete the Regional Supply Chain Survey. This 10-question survey verifies supplier readiness and ensures businesses are measuring—or working toward measuring—local and domestic content compliance.

Anchor Partner Benefits:

• Competitive Edge: Reference your inclusion in the NJ/NY Energy + Industry Regional Supply Chain Tour in contracts, proposals, and grants.

• Visibility: Gain brand exposure in promotions and the 2026/2027 Industry White Paper, distributed to public-private partners.

• Leadership Recognition: Be recognized early as a regional leader in compliance and transparency.

For NJ/NY Small Businesses

If you’re a local supplier, manufacturer, or service provider, this tour helps you:

• Get certified and indexed for contracts and grants

• Connect with buyers and funders through targeted matchmaking

• Access training and master classes on compliance, workforce readiness, and AI tools

• Be featured in the official regional supply chain database used by developers and primes

[Register as a NJ/NY Small Business]

Tour News & Stops

Stay connected to events, media coverage, and matchmaking opportunities.

Upcoming Stops:

• Coming Soon

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Key Dates

• September 2025: Public Launch

• Fall 2025 – Fall 2026: Monthly open houses + trade shows

• September 2026: Certification Master Class – Atlantic City, NJ

• February 2027: Industry White Paper Luncheon

Presenting Partners

• New Jersey: Pro-NJ Grantor Trust

• New York: To be announced in Fall 2025

Contact

Promatech: Leslie Sellers, Director, Compliance & Community Engagement

Local Content: Dwayne Wilkins, Senior Director, Economic Development

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