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70 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 Top biomedical companies Ranked by number of local employees Company Local employees/ worldwide employees/ 2020 revenue Products Head of company/ year founded 1 Waters Corp. 34 Maple St., Milford 01757 508-482-2000 • www.waters.com 1,506 7,300 $2,365,000,000 Analytical science technologies Udit Batra president & CEO 1958 2 Jabil 101 Union St., Clinton 01510 978-365-9721 • www.jabil.com 1,270 260,000 $27,266,438,000 Medical devices such as diabetes care, drug delivery and injectables Mark Mondello CEO 1966 3 Boston Scientific Corp. 300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough 01752 508-683-5670 • www.bostonscientific.com 1,000 36,000 $9,913,000,000 (a) Medical devices Michael F. Mahoney chairman & CEO 1979 3 Bristol Myers Squibb Co. 38 Jackson Road, Devens 01434 978-784-6001 • www.bms.com 1,000 30,000 $42,500,000,000 Biopharma discovery, development and delivery of medicines for patients with serious diseases; including oncology, hematology, immunology, cardiovascular, fibrosis and neuroscience Giovanni Caforio chairman & CEO 1858 5 AbbVie Inc. 100 Research Drive, Worcester 01605 508-849-2500 • www.abbvie.com 951 47,000 $45,784,000,000 Biopharmaceuticals targeting immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women's health and gastroenterology; products for Allergan Aesthetics portfolio Richard A. Gonzalez chairman & CEO 2013 6 Cytiva 350 Campus Drive, Marlborough 01752 508-475-2000 • www.cytiva.com 785 (b) 7,000 N/A Contrast agents for diagnostic imaging, basic research of cells and proteins and the technologies that enable large-scale manufacturing of vaccines, biologics, cell and gene therapies Emmanuel Ligner president 2004 7 KARL STORZ Endovision Inc. 91 Carpenter Hill Road, Charlton 01507 508-248-9011 • www.karlstorz.com 700 8,500 N/A Endoscopes, medical instruments and devices Bruce Watkins president & general manager 1989 8 Hologic Inc. 250 Campus Drive, Marlborough 01752 508-263-2900 • www.hologic.com 600 6,091 $3,776,400,000 Medical devices Stephen P. MacMillan chairman, president & CEO 1985 8 Quest Diagnostics Inc. 200 Forest St., Marlborough 01752 866-697-8378 • www.questdiagnostics.com 600 50,000 $9,440,000,000 Diagnostic information services Steve Rusckowski chairman, president & CEO 1967 10 Integrated Genetics (Labcorp) 3400 Computer Drive, Westborough 01581 508-898-9001 • www.integratedgenetics.com 436 72,410 (c) N/A Healthcare diagnostics Adam Schechter president & CEO 1991 11 Tegra Medical 9 Forge Parkway, Franklin 02038 508-541-4200 • www.tegramedical.com 433 993 N/A Contract manufacturer of complex components and complete medical devices Walter Kobler CEO 2007 12 Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. 84 Waterford Drive, Marlborough 01752 508-481-6700 • www.sunovion.com 422 1,300 N/A Pharmaceuticals Antony Loebel president & CEO 2010 13 SMC Ltd. 18 Independence Drive, Devens 01434 978-422-6800 • www.smcltd.com 400 2,000 N/A Contract manufacturer for medical and drug delivery devices Brian Payson VP & general manager 1988 14 Olympus Surgical Technologies America & Olympus America Inc. 136 Turnpike Road, Southborough 01772 508-804-2600 • olympusamerica.com 350 35,200 $7,600,000,000 (d) Endoscopes, laparoscopes, video imaging systems, surgical energy devices, system integration solutions, medical services, and endotherapy instruments Nacho Abia CEO, Olympus Corp. of the Americas Tomohisa Sakurai president, OSTA 2008 15 PerkinElmer Inc. (e) 68 Elm St., Hopkinton 01748 781-663-6900 • www.perkinelmer.com 327 14,000 $3,800,000,000 Unique solutions to serve the diagnostics, life sciences, food and applied markets Prahlad Singh president & CEO 1937 16 Nitto Denko Avecia Inc. 125 Fortune Blvd., Milford 01757 508-532-2500 • www.avecia.com 305 (f) 580 N/A Drug development and manufacturing services for oligonucleotide therapeutics Seiji Fujioka president 1999 17 KARL STORZ Endoscopy America Inc. 28 Millbury St., Auburn 01501 508-248-9011 • www.karlstorz.com 225 8,500 N/A Endoscopes, medical instruments and devices John O'Keefe director of supply chain operations 1989 18 Cogmedix, a Coghlin Co. 127 Hartwell St., West Boylston 01583 800-640-3760 • www.cogmedix.com 210 210 N/A Medical device product development and manufacturing Chris Coghlin president & CEO 2008 19 Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine 9 Technology Drive, Westborough 01581 180 Regenerative medicine and cell therapy research in Masahide Goto (g) James Waters, a Framingham resident and the founder of the $19-billion Milford laboratory equipment manufacturer Waters Corp., died on May 17 at age 95. Waters was born in Nebraska, but moved at a young age to Framingham, where he would launch Waters Associates in 1958 in the basement of the Framingham Police Department. He and five employees built scien - tific instruments. The firm's big breakthrough came in 1965 when the company licensed a refractometer from Michigan multinational firm Dow Chemical for analyzing plastics, and the product Waters built from that led to a spike in sales. "While we mourn his passing, those who knew and worked alongside him remember Jim Waters as a brilliant and spirited scientist and businessman, who propelled the discipline of separa - tions science with his revolution- ary work in liquid chromatogra- phy," said Udit Batra, CEO and president of Waters Corp., in the press release. "Alongside his lov- ing family, our company and industry celebrate the legacy of this special man who always sought to 'deliver benefit' and whose work continues to catalyze innovation across the life, materi - als and food sciences, and today contributes to the fast-evolving science on COVID-19 vaccine development and disease research." Waters' biggest triumph for the company came in 1972, when he solved a problem for Harvard pro - fessor Robert Woodward, who was working on the synthesis of vita- min B12 and who had already won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1965 for being the first to synthe- size chlorophyll. At Woodward's request, Waters accompanied a team to Woodward's lab with a liquid chromatograph and solved the problem in a few weeks. Waters Corp. founder dies at age 95 James Waters