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60 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2021 | wbjournal.com F O C U S M A N U F A C T U R I N G Largest local manufacturers Ranked by number of local employees as of March Name Local employees/ statewide employees/ worldwide employees Product(s)/ 2020 revenue Head of company/ year founded 1 Dell Technologies 176 South St., Hopkinton 01748 508-435-1000 • www.delltechnologies.com 8,800 DND 157,000 IT hardware, software, solutions and services $92,140,000,000 Michael S. Dell chairman & CEO 1984 2 IPG Photonics Corp. 50 Old Webster Road, Oxford 01540 508-373-1100 • www.ipgphotonics.com 1,700 1,700 6,200 Fiber laser technology providing manufacturers the power to transform materials into end-products across any application and industry $1,200,000,000 Eugene Scherbakov (a) CEO 1990 3 Waters Corp. 34 Maple St., Milford 01757 508-482-2000 • www.waters.com 1,506 1,670 7,300 Analytical science technologies $2,365,000,000 Udit Batra president & CEO 1958 4 Saint-Gobain 1 New Bond St., Worcester 01606 508-795-5000 • www.saint-gobain.com 1,300 DND 170,000 Abrasives, industrial ceramics and plastics manufacturing $42,000,000,000 Pierre-Andre de Chalendar president & CEO 1885 5 Jabil 101 Union St., Clinton 01510 978-365-9721 • www.jabil.com 1,270 1,270 260,000 Medical devices such as diabetes care, drug delivery and injectables $27,266,438,000 Mark Mondello CEO 1966 6 Bose Corp. The Mountain, Framingham 01701 508-879-7330 • www.bose.com ~1,000 (b) DND DND Audio technology DND Lila Snyder CEO 1964 6 Boston Scientific Corp. 300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough 01752 508-683-5670 • www.bostonscientific.com 1,000 2,900 36,000 Medical devices $9,913,000,000 (c) Michael F. Mahoney chairman & CEO 1979 6 Bristol Myers Squibb Co. 38 Jackson Road, Devens 01434 978-784-6001 • www.bms.com 1,000 1,600 30,000 Biopharma discovery, development and delivery of medicines for patients with serious diseases; including oncology, hematology, immunology, cardiovascular, fibrosis and neuroscience $42,500,000,000 Giovanni Caforio chairman & CEO 1858 6 Raytheon Technologies 1001 Boston Post Road East, Marlborough 01752 508-490-1000 • www.rtx.com ~1,000 (b) DND 180,000 Aerospace and defense $57,100,000,000 (c) Gregory J. Hayes CEO 1922 10 Columbia Tech, a Coghlin Co. 27 Otis St., Westborough 01581 508-753-2354 • www.columbiatech.com 725 725 725 Product development, manufacturing, global fulfillment and aftermarket services DND Chris Coghlin president & CEO 1992 11 KARL STORZ Endovision Inc. 91 Carpenter Hill Road, Charlton 01507 508-248-9011 • www.karlstorz.com 700 DND 8,500 Endoscopes, medical instruments and devices DND Bruce Watkins president & general manager 1989 11 Polar Beverages 1001 Southbridge St., Worcester 01610 508-753-4300 • www.polarbev.com 700 1,000 1,800 Soft drinks DND Ralph D. Crowley Jr. CEO & president 1882 13 Cognex Corp. 1 Vision Drive, Natick 01760 508-650-3000 • www.cognex.com 621 DND 2,055 Machine vision systems and ID readers for industrial automation and logistics $811,020,000 Robert Willett president & CEO 1981 14 Hologic Inc. 250 Campus Drive, Marlborough 01752 508-263-2900 • www.hologic.com 600 780 6,091 Medical devices $3,776,400,000 Stephen P. MacMillan chairman, president & CEO 1985 15 AIS 25 Tucker Drive, Leominster 01453 978-562-7500 • www.ais-inc.com 553 583 753 Office furniture $212,000,000 Bruce Platzman (d) CEO 1989 16 FLEXcon 1 FLEXcon Industrial Park, Spencer 01562 508-885-8200 • www.flexcon.com 508 510 800 Films and adhesives $300,000,000 Lavon Winkler CEO, FLEXcon NA 1956 17 Garelick Farms Inc. (e) 1199 W. Central St., Franklin 02038 508-528-9000 • www.garelickfarms.com ~500 (f) DND 20,000 (g) Dairy products DND Rick Smith president & CEO, Dairy Farmers of America 1931 17 Neles (h) 44 Bowditch Drive, Shrewsbury 01545 508-852-0200 • www.metso.com ~500 (f) DND 2,850 Manufacturing for mining, aggregates, recycling, oil, gas, pulp, paper and process industries DND Patrick Dunn head, North America market area 1950 17 Philips Lifeline 111 Lawrence St., Framingham 01701 800-380-3111 • www.lifelinesys.com ~500 (f) DND 81,592 Monitoring systems DND Frans van Houten president & CEO, Phillips N.V. 1974 17 The L.S. Starrett Co. 121 Crescent St., Athol 01331 500 500 Precision tools Douglas A Starrett president & CEO Columbia Tech partnered with MVP Robotics in Lincoln to manufacture robotic tackling dummies for high school and youth football practices. Dell Technologies was among 310 businesses to sign a letter to President Joe Biden urging climate action and to cut greenhouse emissions. Waters Corp. developed a new coronavirus test for researchers to study the coronavirus for future pandemic preparedness studies. Boston Scientific received U.S. Food & Drug Administration approval for a new cancer treatment using glass beads. Pictured is Boston Scientific's Marlborough campus. Cognex reported a 241% increase in first-quarter profits in 2021, versus its 2020 results, which were impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Polar Beverages announced a long-term franchise agreement with Keurig Dr Pepper to nation- ally distribute Polar's selt- zers.