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wbjournal.com | May 27, 2019 | Worcester Business Journal 41 C E N T R A L M A S S . 1 5 0 Central Mass. 150 Largest employers in Central Massachusetts, ranked by number of local employees Employer Local employees/ statewide/ worldwide 2018 revenue Industry Top executive Year founded Footnotes 1 UMass Memorial Health Care Inc. 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-334-0496 • www.umassmemorialhealthcare.org 11,491 11,491 11,491 NA Health care Eric Dickson 1998 2017 revenue was $1.58 billion. 2 Dell Technologies (EMC Corp.) 176 South St., Hopkinton 01748 508-435-1000 • www.delltechnologies.com 8,800 8,800 145,000 $90.6 billion IT hardware, software, solutions and services Michael Dell 1979 (EMC); 1984 (Dell) On Dec. 28, 2018, shares of Dell stock (NYSE: DELL) returned to public trading. 3 University of Massachusetts Medical School 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-856-8989 • www.umassmed.edu 4,339 5,625 5,870 $950 million Higher education Michael F. Collins 1962 4 The TJX Cos. Inc. 770 Cochituate Road, Framingham 01701 508-390-1000 • www.tjx.com 4,175 16,300 270,000 $39 billion Retail Ernie Herrman 1976 Declined to participate in the 2019 survey; local and statewide employee figures from March 2018, prior to a May 2018 layoff of 300 employees; revenue and worldwide employee figures from fiscal year 2018 filings. 5 Walmart 702 SW 8th St., Bentonville, AR 72716 479-273-4000 • www.walmart.com 3,050 12,088 2,200,000 $514.4 billion Retail Doug McMillon 1962 6 MathWorks 3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick 01760 508-647-7000 • www.mathworks.com 2,847 2,847 4,500 $1 billion Software Jack Little 1984 7 Market Basket 875 East St., Tewksbury 01876 978-851-8000 • www.shopmarketbasket.com 2,700 14,500 26,000 NA Retail grocery Arthur T. DeMoulas 1916 Data from 2018 survey 8 Reliant Medical Group 100 Front St., Worcester 01608 508-852-0600 • www.reliantmedicalgroup.org 2,681 2,681 2,681 $676 million Health care Tarek Elsawy 1929 9 Saint Vincent Hospital 123 Summer St., Worcester 01608 508-363-5000 • www.stvincenthospital.com 2,450 2,450 2,450 NA Health care Carolyn Jackson 1893 Jackson succeeded interim CEO Ava Collins in April 2019. 10 Shaw's Supermarkets 750 W. Center St., West Bridgewater 02379 508-313-4000 • www.shaws.com 1,946 9,809 270,000 NA Retail grocery Michelle Larson 1860 Worldwide employee figure for Shaw's and Star Market Division, Albertsons Cos. 11 CVS Health 1 CVS Drive, Woonsocket, RI 02895 401-765-1500 • www.cvshealth.com 1,900 11,700 246,000 $194.6 billion Retail & health care Larry Merlo 1963 12 The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. LLC 1385 Hancock St., Quincy 02169 800-767-7772 • www.stopandshop.com 1,890 17,785 NA NA Retail grocery Mark McGowan 1914 13 Milford Regional Medical Center 14 Prospect St., Milford 01757 508-422-2262 • www.milfordregional.org 1,860 1,860 1,860 $282 million Health care Edward J. Kelly 1903 14 Sanofi Genzyme 15 Pleasant St. Connector, Framingham 01701 508-872-8400 • www.sanofigenzyme.com 1,800 5,000 12,000 $30.3 billion Biotechnology Bill Sibold 1981 Employee figures from 2018 survey; conversion of revenue into dollars by the 2018 yearly average exchange rate of .848 used by the IRS; Sanofi Genzyme is the specialty care global business unit of Sanofi. 14 The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. 440 Lincoln St., Worcester 01653 508-855-1000 • www.hanover.com 1,800 1,800 4,200 $4.5 billion Property and casualty insurance John C. Roche 1852 16 Price Chopper/Market 32 461 Nott St., Schenectady, N.Y. 12308 518-355-5000 • www.pricechopper.com 1,796 2,310 18,362 NA Retail grocery Scott Grimmett 1932 17 MetroWest Medical Center 115 Lincoln St., Framingham 01702 508-383-1000 • www.mwmc.com 1,781 1,781 NA NA Health care Andrew Harding 1992 Harding replaced Jeffrey Liebman upon his resignation, Aug. 10, 2018. 18 IPG Photonics Corp. 50 Old Webster Road, Oxford 01540 508-373-1100 • www.ipgphotonics.com 1,750 1,750 6,231 $1.46 billion Fiber lasers Valentin Gapontsev 1990 19 Boston Scientific Corp. 300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough 01752 508-683-5670 • www.bostonscientific.com ~1,700 2,300 32,000 $9.8 billion Medical devices Michael F. Mahoney 1979 Local employee figure from 2018 survey 20 Waters Corp. 34 Maple St., Milford 01757 508-482-2000 • www.waters.com 1,506 NA 7,246 $2.4 billion Biotechnology Christopher J. O'Connell 1958 Local employee figure from 2018 survey 508-852-7100 • www.babcockpower.com Labor and Workforce Development. 134 Bemis Associates Inc. 1 Bemis Way, Shirley 01464 978-425-6761 • bemisworldwide.com 250 NA NA NA Manufacturing Stephen W. Howard 1910 134 FedEx Ship Center 84 New York Ave., Framingham 01701 508-000-1111 • www.fedex.com ~250 NA 450,000 $65.5 billion Shipping Frederick W. Smith 1973 Local employee figure falls within a range of 250-499 according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development; revenue for fiscal year 2018. 134 Hutchinson Aerospace & Industry 82 South St., Hopkinton 01748 508-417-7000 • www.hutchinsonai.com ~250 NA NA NA Manufacturing Laurent Poirier 1943 Formerly Barry Controls; local employee figure falls within a range of 250-499 according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 134 Speedline Technologies, an ITW Co. 16 Forge Park, Franklin 02038 508-541-4749 • www.smtnet.com ~250 NA NA NA Manufacturing Wayne Platz 1998 Part of the Specialty Systems Group within Glenview, Ill.-based Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW);local employee figure falls within a range of 250-499 according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 134 Table Talk Pies 120 Washington St., Worcester 01610 508-798-8811 • www.tabletalkpie.com 250 NA NA NA Desserts, snacks and pies Harry Kokkinis 1924 134 Workhuman 200 Crossing Blvd., Framingham 01702 508-229-1500 • www.globoforce.com 250 NA 500 NA Software Eric Mosley 1999 Formerly known as Globoforce; dual headquarters in Framingham and Dublin, Ireland 134 Wright Line LLC 160 Gold Star Blvd., Worcester 01606 508-852-4300 • powerquality.eaton.com ~250 NA NA NA Office furniture Joseph J. White 1934 Local employee figure falls within a range of 250-499 according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 142 Acacia Communications Inc. 3 Mill and Main Place, Suite 400, Maynard 01754 978-938-4896 • acacia-inc.com 249 249 393 $400 million Optics Murugesan "Raj" Shanmugaraj 2009 143 Ascentria Care Alliance 14 E. Worcester St., Suite 300, Worcester 01604 774-243-3900 • www.ascentria.org 248 559 1,586 $92 million Health and human services Angela Bovill 1872 144 Nitto Denko Avecia Biotechnology Inc. 125 Fortune Blvd., Milford 01757 508-532-2500 • www.avecia.com 240 240 510 NA Biotechnology Detlef Rethage 1999 Data from 2018 survey; an additional location in Marlborough; founding year for Avecia Biotechnology 145 Dean College 99 Main St., Franklin 02038 877-879-3326 • www.dean.edu 236 NA NA NA Higher education Paula M. Rooney 1865 Local employee figure from 2018 survey 146 Nichols College 129 Center Road, Dudley 01571 508-213-1560 • www.nichols.edu 235 235 235 NA Higher education Susan West Engelkemeyer 1815 147 Garlock Printing & Converting Corp. 164 Fredette St., Gardner 01440 978-630-1028 • www.garlockprinting.com 231 231 338 NA Flexographic printing Philip Ceryanek 1987 148 MCPHS University 19 Foster St., Worcester 01608 508-373-5649 • www.mcphs.edu 229 NA NA NA Higher education Charles F. Monahan Jr. 1823 149 Avidia Bank 42 Main St., Hudson 01749 978-562-2222 • www.avidiabank.com 228 228 228 $13 million Bank Mark R. O'Connell 1869 Revenue reflects net income. 150 Atlas Distributing 44 Southbridge St., Auburn 01501 508-791-6221 • www.atlasdistributing.com 225 NA NA NA Beer and beverage wholesaler R. Joseph Salois 1933 150 David Clark Co. Inc. 360 Franklin St., Worcester 01615 508-751-5800 • www.davidclark.com 225 NA NA NA Headset communication systems Richard Urella 1935 150 National Facility Services Inc. 730 Main St., Boylston 01505 508-869-0777 • www.nfsincorp.com 225 NA NA $13 million Facility maintenance Joe Amico 1990 Sources: Each employer via survey, federal filings, company websites and news reports. Notes: NA = Not available. Staples Inc., acquired by New York, N.Y.-based Sycamore Partners in September 2017, declined to share information publicly, and a credible employee count from another source could not be confirmed. Data for Westborough's BNY Mellon, Devens' Johnson Matthey Pharma Services, Worcester's MSG Staffing, Salmon Health and Retirement of Westborough, Verizon and United Parcel Service (UPS) could not be confirmed. UPS purchased land to build an 800,000-square-foot distribution facility in Shrewsbury in November 2018; the facility is expected to bring up to 1,500 jobs to Central Mass. - Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher and Heide Martin, research@nebusinessmedia.com