Started in Stirling, NJ, USA, the business presently operates Bound Brook, NJ USA.

 

On September 19, 1999, just 4 weeks after moving into the newly renovated building, Hurricane Floyd hit the North East USA and the Raritan River ran over its banks and drowned town of Bound Brook.  The new facilities were under 12 feet of water. JANEL, Inc. suffered a total loss of building, records, computers and inventory. However; business operations did not skip a beat mainly by the loyal and determined staff establishing a temporary office from which orders were processed and customers were serviced by direct ship and new inbound inventory. By November 1999, the building was re-renovated and it was business as usual.

 

March 2010, the one hundred year floods seem to be re-occuring much more frequently. The facility was marginally affected by 3 inches of water, having a downtime of 7 business days, mostly from waiting for the power grid to be re-activated.

 

The US Army Corps of Engineers have been dilligently working on a flood control project for the town of Bound Brook, NJ.  "A Project Cooperation Agreement was signed 24 June 1999 with the State of New Jersey.  The following project
features have been constructed to date and are currently in place:  Segment U levees and floodwalls;  Segment R1
levee;  Talmage Avenue Bridge raising;  Lincoln Blvd Bridge raising;  Segment T levee, pump station and closure
gate;  Finderne Farm wetland mitigation site;  Conrail Bridge demolition;  flood proofing of 500 Union Avenue in
Bound Brook;  volunteer buyout and demolition of homes on Prospect Place in Middlesex Borough."  http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/project/newjers/factsh/pdf/brook.pdf

 

 

Over 50 years, JANEL, Inc. is a distributor of over 140 manufacturer brands, clientele worldwide, obtaining a "Premier" status as a "DESCO Focus Distributor", as well as Kester's Largest Woman Owned Single Stocking Distributor in the Northeast.