At Parkway Plastics, Inc. we have all of the in-house facilities that you would expect from the top plastic jar manufacturer in the business.

• State-of-the-Art Mold Making & Tooling Facilities
• 24/7 Quality Assurance
• Clean Room Availabiliy*
• Top-of-the-Line Injection Molding Machines and Manufacturing Capabilities
• Custom Printing, Decorating & Labeling
• Unparalleled Customer Service

We may be reached:

• By Phone: at 1 (732) 752-3636 x 0 Monday thru Friday from 9am - 5 pm EST

• By email: at Sales@parkwayjars.com or

• By US mail or in person: at 561 Stelton Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854

Parkway Plastics' Customer Service Team Direct Extensions:

Lorna Scandella
Customer Service Manager
Specializing in Inside Sales and Order Processing
lorna@parkwayjars.com
p: (732)752-3636 x 114 f: (732) 752-2192

Hassanah Hubert
Customer Service Team
Specializing in Inside Sales and Website Order Processing
sales@parkwayjars.com
p: (732) 752 - 3636 x 112 f: (732) 752-2192

Nannette Fulmore
Customer Service Team
Billing Specialist, Order Status and Shipping Confirms
billing@parkwayjars.com
p: (732)752-3636 x 118 f: (732) 752-2192

Kirstin Rowan Kelly
Secretary / Treasurer
kirstin.kelly@parkwayjars.com
p: (732) 752-3636 x 107 f: (732) 752-2192
m: (908) 229-8069

Parkway Plastics Sales Department Direct Extensions:

Ned Rowan
Director of Sales
Distributor & Corporate Relations
ned.rowan@parkwayjars.com
p: (732) 752-3636 x 103 f: (732) 752-2192

Shipping/Receiving:

(Shipping Hours 12:30pm - 5:00pm - 24hrs notice before pick-up is required)

Babu Patel
Shipping Manager
p: (732) 752-3636 x 129 f: (732) 752-2192

QC Department / Production Department:

Gary Minor
Sr. VP of Production
gary.minor@parkwayjars.com
p: (732) 752-3636 x 120 f: (732) 752-2192

Purchasing Department:

Debbie Coyle
VP of Purchasing
debbie.coyle@parkwayjars.com
p: (732) 752-3636 x 122 f: (732) 752-2192

Accounts Payable:

p: (732) 752-3636 x 123 f: (732) 752-2192

Accounts Receivable:

p: (732) 752-3636 x 124 f: (732) 752-2192

Human Resources / Payroll Department:

p: (732) 752-3636 x 124 f: (732) 752-2192

* on a special quotation basis Parkway is equipped to offer many optional services up to including full C.G.M.P. production in Parkway's Clean Room Molding Areas.

Our Team

Mr. Edward W. Rowan, Sr.
Founder
After graduating from Yale University in 1935 with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Edward Rowan, Sr. joined the Engineering Consulting Firm of Edgar Steiner Company as a packaging specialist. While there, he developed the industry standard for the efficient use of corrugated box packaging that is still in use today. In 1937, while at one of his client’s factories, Mr. Rowan was exposed to a German made plastic injection molding machine – the first ever in America. He was entranced. Shortly there after he decided to leave Edgar Steiner to get involved in plastics manufacturing.

In 1939, Mr. Rowan, left Edgar Steiner to found the Sure-Catch Lure Company and the firm of Dillon Beck Manufacturing Company to perform the classic manufacturing operations that would be required to make the fishing tackle. During the war years, Dillon Beck manufactured numerous items for the defense department including the first all plastic sextons – instruments that were used in Celestial Navigation in navy lifeboats. Once the war was over, Dillon Beck switched its focus again and developed the “Wannatoys” brand of plastic toys.

In 1947, after having been the President of Dillon Beck for many years, Mr. Rowan, felt the need for a change. In 1949, he left and founded O’Hara-Rowan Associates, an injection molding plastic product design firm in Summit, NJ, their biggest customers being Lionel Trains, Dixie Cup and Milton Bradley.

As a natural extension to O’Hara-Rowan Associates, in 1951, Edward Rowan, Sr. started Parkway Plastics, Inc. in Hillside, NJ as a tool, die and machine shop to build the molds that O’Hara-Rowan had designed. As Parkway Plastics Inc. grew more space was needed and so in 1953, with the assistance of his wife, Beatrix O’Connor Rowan and sister Mary Amelia Meehan, Edward Rowan, Sr. built an injection molding facility in Piscataway, NJ where he could run the molds that he had built.

One of Milton Bradley big products at the time was a finger painting set that was widely used by kindergartens around the country. It was in for this project that he designed the first ever plastic jar – a 2oz 51mm. And so Parkway Plastics, Inc. began to focus on designing, manufacturing, and marketing stock plastic jars and caps.

Mr. Rowan, retired from Parkway Plastics, Inc. in 1987, and moved out west to Fremont, California. However he didn't stay retired for long. Shortly after moving out west, Mr. Rowan founded Alameda Commons, a plastics packaging distributor in Fremont. Mr. Rowan, passed away in December 1993, but his legacy and the companies that he built are still very much alive today.

In December of 1999, Mr. Rowan was inducted into the Plastics Hall of Fame, at the national Plastics Museum in Leominster, MA, Posthumous.

Mr. Edward W. Rowan, Jr.
President
Mr. Rowan, Jr. officially joined Parkway Plastics, Inc. in 1969 after he graduated from Villanova University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. However, unofficially, he joined Parkway Plastics many years before that, standing shoulder to shoulder with his father in the trenches during the company's early years. Edward Rowan, Jr.'s humility, strength of character, vision, leadership, engineering background, and his keen business sense made him the natural choice to lead the company into the next generation. Later joined by his beloved wife, Mary K. Rowan, Secretary Treasurer, the two ran sucessfully the company for over 40 years.

In 1980, Edward Rowan, Jr. replaced his father Edward Rowan, Sr. as President of Parkway Plastics, Inc. and in 1987 he became the acting Chairman. Positions he still holds today.

Edward W. Rowan, Jr. has taken what was a great national company and has turned it into an even greater international company. Thanks to him, today, Parkway Plastics, Inc. is known throughout the industry as a world leader in Plastics Packaging, whose quality is second to none.

In February 2007, Edward W. Rowan, Jr. was recognized for his many achievements and contributions to the plastics packaging industry when he was asked to join the Plastics Pioneers Association during a ceremony held at the Famous Mission Inn at Howie in the Hills in Florida.

Mr. Ned Rowan
Director of Sales
Mr. Rowan holds a Bachelors Degree in Economics from Colgate University and has an MBA in Accounting & Finance from Columbia Business School. He has also completed the Global Business Bridge Program at Oxford University. The program was created and taught by Tuck School of Business Faculty. In 2003 he established Parkway Plastics, Inc. sales department.

Mrs. Kirstin Rowan Kelly
Secretary Treasurer
Mrs. Kelly earned her BS in Business Administration with majors in Finance and MIS (Management Information Systems) from Villanova University. She has also completed post-graduate work in French studies and international business at l'Universite de Nantes in Nantes, France. Prior to joining Parkway, Kirstin managed the Client Communications and Marketing Departments at Triton Partners, a small boutique investment firm and worked as an Associate in the Client Relations Department of Chilton Investment Company, another New York based hedge fund.

Mr. Gary Minor
Senior Vice President
Mr. Minor came to Parkway in 1980 from the steel industry, bringing with him an extensive background in Production Management and Plant Operations.

Ms. Debbie Coyle
Vice President of Production
Ms. Coyle joined Parkway in the Customer Service Department 1986. Since then, Debbie has served in the areas of General Accounting, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Purchasing, Quality Control, Production Control, Shipping Management and Production Management. Ms Coyle became Vice President of Production in 2000.