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A North
Brookfield
shoemaker's
legacy
Now part of the Vibram international company,
the production facility formerly known as
Quabaug Corp. has supplied soles for generations
B Y S L OA N E M . P E R R O N
30%
Increase in the average annual salary of a
Worcester County manufacturing employee
from 2008 to 2020
P H O T O | C O U RT E S Y O F V I B R A M
The Quabaug Corp. supplied boots for the
U.S. military for more than two decades.
229,741
Massachusetts manufacturing employees
in 2020, the year with the lowest
employment level since at least 2008
