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Defunct companies based in New Jersey

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Lucent
former business, merged with Alcatel in 2006
Victor Talking Machine Company
American record company and phonograph manufacturer headquartered in Camden, New Jersey
Schering-Plough
Schering-Plough Corporation was an American pharmaceutical company. It was originally the U.S. subsidiary of the German company Schering AG, which was founded in 1851 by Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering. As a result of nationalization, it became an independent company. In 1971, the Schering Corporation merged with Plough, Inc. (founded by Memphis-based entrepreneur Abe Plough in 1908) to form Schering-Plough. On November 4, 2009 Merck & Co. merged with Schering-Plough with the new company taking the name of Merck & Co.
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, was an American chain of grocery stores that operated from 1859 to 2015. From 1915 through 1975, A&P was the largest grocery retailer in the United States (and, until 1965, the largest U.S. retailer of any kind).
Unix System Laboratories
former software laboratory
World Film Company
American film production and distribution company
Warner–Lambert
Warner–Lambert was an American pharmaceutical company.
Aeromarine
The Aeromarine Plane and Motor Company was an early American aircraft manufacturer founded by Inglis M. Upperçu which operated from 1914 to 1930. From 1928 to 1930 it was known as the Aeromarine-Klemm Corporation.
People Express Airlines
airline
American Standard Companies
defunct manufacturing company
Atlantic Aircraft
1920–1934 aircraft manufacturer in the United States
North American Company
former holding company for public utilities broken up in the 1940s
Absolute Entertainment
former American video game publishing company
Applied Data Research
large software vendor from the 1960s until the mid-1980s
Transaction Publishers
American publishing house