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Largest local manufacturers
Ranked by number of local employees as of March
Largest local manufacturers
Ranked by number of local employees as of March
Name
No. of local
employees Annual revenue Products Head of company
Year
founded
1
Dell Technologies (EMC Corp.)
176 South St., Hopkinton 01748
508-435-1000 • www.emc.com
8,000
statewide
$78,700,000,000 IT hardware, software, solutions and services
Michael Dell
chairman & CEO
1979
(EMC);
1984 (Dell)
2
IPG Photonics Corp.
50 Old Webster Road, Oxford 01540
508-373-1100 • www.ipgphotonics.com
1,753 $1,409,000,000 Fiber lasers
Valentin Gapontsev
CEO & founder
1990
3
Boston Scientific Corp.
300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough 01752
508-683-5670 • www.bostonscientific.com
1,700 $9,050,000,000 Medical devices
Michael F. Mahoney
president & CEO
1979
4
Saint-Gobain
1 New Bond St., Worcester 01606
508-795-5000 • www.saint-gobain.com
1,652 DND Abrasives, industrial ceramics and plastics manufacturing
Pierre-Andre de Chalendar
president & CEO
1885
5
Waters Corp.
34 Maple St., Milford 01757
508-482-2000 • www.waters.com
1,500 $2,200,000,000 Analytical science technologies
Christopher J. O'Connell
chairman, president & CEO
1958
6
Hologic Inc.
250 Campus Drive, Marlborough 01752
508-263-2900 • www.hologic.com
1,245 $3,058,800,000 Medical devices
Stephen P. MacMillan
president & CEO
1985
7
Metso Automation USA Inc.
44 Bowditch Drive, Shrewsbury 01545
508-852-0200 • www.metso.com
1,200 $2,497,638,000
Manufacturing for mining, aggregates, recycling, oil, gas, pulp,
paper and process industries
John Quinlivan
president, Metso Flow Control
1950
8
Bose Corp.
The Mountain, Framingham 01701
508-879-7330 • www.bose.com
~1,000 (a) $3,800,000,000 Audio technology
Phil Hess
CEO
1964
8
Raytheon Co.
1001 Boston Post Road East, Marlborough
01752
508-490-1000 • www.raytheon.com
~1,000 (a) $27,700,000,000 Aerospace and defense
Thomas A. Kennedy
CEO
1922
10
Nypro, a Jabil Co.
101 Union St., Clinton 01510
978-365-9721 • www.nypro.com
850 DND Medical devices
Steve Borges
executive vice president & CEO
Nypro Healthcare
1955
11
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
38 Jackson Road, Devens 01434
978-784-6001 • www.bms.com
715 $20,800,000,000
Diversified specialty biopharmaceuticals for oncology,
cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis
Giovanni Caforio
CEO
1858
12
Johnson Controls (b)
50 Technology Drive, Westminster 01441
978-731-2500 • www.tycosimplexgrinnell.com
700 $30,000,000,000 Fire protection, security, HVAC and controls solutions and services
George R. Oliver
chairman & CEO
1894 (c)
12
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America Inc. (d)
91 Carpenter Hill Road, Charlton 01507
508-248-9011 • www.karlstorz.com
700 DND Endoscopes, medical instruments and devices
Charles Wilhelm
president & COO
1989
12
Polar Beverages
1001 Southbridge St., Worcester 01610
508-753-4300 • www.polarbev.com
700 $465,000,000 Soft drinks
Ralph D. Crowley
CEO & president
1882
15
Affordable Interior Systems (AIS) (e)
25 Tucker Drive, Leominster 01453
978-562-7500 • www.ais-inc.com
600 $175,000,000 Office furniture
Bruce Platzman
president & CEO
1989
15
The L.S. Starrett Co.
121 Crescent St., Athol 01331
978-249-3551 • www.starrett.com
600 $207,023,000 Precision tools
Francis J. O'Brien
treasurer & CFO
1880
17
FLEXcon
1 FLEXcon Industrial Park, Spencer 01562
508-885-8200 • www.flexcon.com
573 $300,000,000 Films and adhesives
Neil McDonough
CEO
Lavon Winkler
president
1956
18
Philips Lifeline (d)
111 Lawrence St., Framingham 01701
800-380-3111 • www.lifelinesys.com
544 $16,400,000,000 (f) Monitoring systems
Frans van Houten
president & CEO, Phillips N.V.
1974
Source: Each manufacturer via survey, Massachusetts Manufacturers Register, annual reports
and company websites. Notes: Unable to confirm data for Boxborough's Cisco Systems Inc. or
Townsend's Sterilite Corp. United Lens of Southbridge declined to participate in the 2018 survey.
Technetics Group, a subsidiary of North Carolina-based Enpro Industries and formerly Fabrico Inc.,
closed its Oxford facility in August; 97 employees were laid off.
DND = Did not disclose.
(a) Local employee figure falls within a range of 1,000-4,999 according to data published by the
Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.
(b) Cork, Ireland-based Johnson Controls acquired Tyco SimplexGrinnell in September 2016.
(c) Founding year for Gardner's original Simplex Time Recorder Co.
(d) Data from 2017 survey
(e) 2017 AIM Sustainability Award winner
- Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com
