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wbjournal.com | Book of Lists 2024 | Worcester Business Journal 49 M A N U F A C T U R I N G F O C U S SERVICES INCLUDE • Office Moving • Residential Moving • Long Distance Move • Corporate Relocation • Trash Removal • Flood & Fire Restoration • Senior Moving • Portable Storage • Warehouse Storage • Final Mile Delivery • Long-Term Storage • Short-Term Storage • Packing & Unpacking • International Moving Warehouse Storage For Rent Asset Management Program Office and Lab Moving WE KNOW STORAGE!!!! thestoragecompany.com Worcester County manufacturing employment Note: 2023 data is still preliminary and through June 2023 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 0 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K 30K 35K 40K '13 '23 '15 '17 '19 '21 Manufacturing employment Largest manufacturers Ranked by number of local employees Manufacturer Local employees/ statewide/ worldwide Products/ 2023 revenue Chief executive(s)/ year founded 1 Dell Technologies 176 South St., Hopkinton 01748 508-435-1000 • delltechnologies.com 5,000 (1) N/A N/A IT hardware, software, solutions and services $88.4 billion Michael S. Dell chairman & CEO 1984 2 Boston Scientific Corp. 300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough 01752 508-683-5670 • bostonscientific.com 2,800 2,800 48,000 Medical devices $14.2 billion Michael F. Mahoney chairman & CEO 1979 3 IPG Photonics Corp. 50 Old Webster Road, Oxford 01540 508-373-1100 • IPGPhotonics.com 1,840 1,840 6,480 Fiber lasers for materials processing, microprocessing, medical applications, scientific research and telecom $1.3 billion Eugene Scherbakov CEO 1990 4 Waters Corp. 34 Maple St., Milford 01757 508-482-2000 • waters.com 1,800 1,800 8,000 Chromatography, mass spectrometry, thermal analysis instruments and software $1.9 billion Udit Batra president & CEO 1958 5 Bose Corp. (2) The Mountain, Framingham 01701 508-879-7330 • bose.com 1,500 N/A 6,000 Audio solutions for the home, on-the-go and in the car N/A Lila Snyder CEO 1964 5 Bristol Myers Squibb 38 Jackson Road, Devens 01434 978-784-6001 • bms.com 1,500 N/A 34,000 Medicines for oncology, hematology, immunology, cardiovascular, fibrosis and neuroscience $45 billion Christopher Boerner CEO 1887 7 RTX Corp. (3) 1001 Boston Post Road East, Marlborough 01752 781-522-3000 • rtx.com 1,000 (4) N/A 185,000 National defense and commercial aerospace technologies $68.9 billion Gregory J. Hayes CEO 2020 7 Saint-Gobain 1 New Bond St., Worcester 01606 508-795-5000 • saint-gobain- northamerica.com 1,000 N/A 168,000 Abrasives, industrial ceramics and plastics $52.1 billion (5) Benoit Bazin CEO 1885 9 AIS 25 Tucker Drive, Leominster 01453 978-562-7500 • ais-inc.com 850 850 925 Interior office furniture for all areas of an organization N/A Nick Haritos president & CEO 1989 10 Global Life Sciences Solutions U.S. LLC dba Cytiva (6) 100 Results Way, Marlborough 01752 508-475-2000 • cytiva.com 800 N/A 15,000 Biotherapeutics N/A Chris Riley CEO, Cytiva Emmanuel Abate president, genomic medicine (7) 1733 11 Hologic Inc. (8) 250 Campus Drive, Marlborough 01752 508-263-2900 • hologic.com 766 N/A 6,944 Medical devices $4 billion Stephen P. MacMillan chairman, president & CEO 1985 12 Columbia Tech, a Coghlin Co. 27 Otis St., Westborough 01581 508-753-2354 • columbiatech.com 750 N/A 900 Product development, manufacturing, global fulfillment and aftermarket services N/A Chris Coghlin president & CEO 1992 12 Polar Beverages 1001 Southbridge St., Worcester 01610 508-753-4300 • polarbev.com 750 1,100 2,300 Soft drinks $1 billion Ralph D. Crowley Jr. president & CEO 1882 14 Flexcon Co. Inc. 1 Flexcon Industrial Park, Spencer 01562 508-885-8200 • flexcon.com 600 N/A 1,000 Coatings, film laminations & functional technologies for sustainable packaging, consumer durables, and industrial applications in multiple markets N/A Aimee Peacock president, North America 1956 15 Cognex Corp. 1 Vision Drive, Natick 01760 508-650-3000 • cognex.com 554 554 2,992 Machine vision systems and ID readers for industrial automation and logistics $838 million Robert Willett president & CEO 1981 16 KARL STORZ Endovision Inc. 91 Carpenter Hill Road, Charlton 01507 508-248-9011 • karlstorz.com 550 N/A 2,800 Endoscopes, medical instruments and devices N/A Bruce Watkins president & general manager 1989 17 Olympus Corp. of the Americas 800 West Park Drive, Westborough 01581 508-804-2600 • olympusamerica.com 514 580 22,756 Endoscopes, laparoscopes, video imaging systems, surgical energy devices, system integration solutions, medical services and endotherapy instruments $6.4 billion Jorge Lopes president, Olympus Surgical Technologies America Julien Sauvagnargues president, Olympus Corp. of the Americas 1968 18 Garelick Farms Inc., a Dairy Farmers of America brand 1199 W. Central St., Franklin 02038 508-528-9000 • garelickfarms.com 500 (9) N/A N/A Dairy products N/A Dennis Rodenbaugh president & CEO, Dairy Farmers of America 1931 18 Jabil 101 Union St., Clinton 01510 978-365-9721 • jabil.com 500 (10) N/A 140,000 Medical devices for diabetes care, drug delivery and injectables $34.7 billion (11) Kenny Wilson CEO 1966 18 Philips Lifeline (12) 200 Donald Lynch Blvd, Suite 200, Marlborough 01752 800-451-0525 • lifeline.philips.com 500 (9) N/A N/A Monitoring systems N/A Janet Dillione CEO, ConnectAmerica Kathy Silvestri senior director, Lifeline operations 1974 18 Sanofi Genzyme (13) 15 Pleasant St. Connector, Framingham 01701 508-872-8400 • sanofigenzyme.com 500 (14) N/A 86,000 Pharmaceuticals $46.4 billion Paul Hudson CEO Brian Foard head of speciality care, North America 1981 18 Sterilite Corp. 30 Scales Lane, Townsend 01469 978-597-1800 • sterilite.com 500 (14) N/A N/A Plastic containers for storage, kitchen, laundry, wastebaskets, office and more N/A David M. Stone president 1939 23 Seaman Paper Co. 35 Wilkins Road, Gardner 01440 978-632-1513 • seamanpaper.com 486 471 1,200 Custom print, automated, heavyweight & shred tissue paper; spiral void fill, Vela Paper transport bags and paper transport sleeves N/A Ken Winterhalter CEO 1946 24 Gentex Optics Inc., part of EssilorLuxottica 183 W. Main St., Dudley 01571 508-943-3860 • essilorusa.com 450 (15) N/A 180,000 Optical lenses and frames N/A Kevin Valliere production manager 1989 24 The L.S. Starrett Co. (16) 121 Crescent St., Athol 01331 978-249-3551 • starrett.com 450 N/A 1,200 Precision tools $256.2 million (17) Douglas A. Starrett president & CEO 1880 26 Insulet Corp. 100 Nagog Park, Acton 01720 978-600-7000 • insulet.com 427 1,150 3,180 Medical devices for insulin delivery systems $1.7 billion Jim Hollingshead president & CEO 2000 18 Philips Lifeline (12) 200 Donald Lynch Blvd, Suite 200, Marlborough 01752 800-451-0525 • lifeline.philips.com 500 (9) N/A N/A Monitoring systems N/A Janet Dillione CEO, ConnectAmerica Kathy Silvestri senior director, Lifeline operations 1974 18 Sanofi Genzyme (13) 15 Pleasant St. Connector, Framingham 01701 508-872-8400 • sanofigenzyme.com 500 (14) N/A 86,000 Pharmaceuticals $46.4 billion Paul Hudson CEO Brian Foard head of speciality care, North America 1981 18 Sterilite Corp. 30 Scales Lane, Townsend 01469 978-597-1800 • sterilite.com 500 (14) N/A N/A Plastic containers for storage, kitchen, laundry, wastebaskets, office and more N/A David M. Stone president 1939 23 Seaman Paper Co. 35 Wilkins Road, Gardner 01440 978-632-1513 • seamanpaper.com 486 471 1,200 Custom print, automated, heavyweight & shred tissue paper; spiral void fill, Vela Paper transport bags and paper transport sleeves N/A Ken Winterhalter CEO 1946 24 Gentex Optics Inc., part of EssilorLuxottica 183 W. Main St., Dudley 01571 508-943-3860 • essilorusa.com 450 (15) N/A 180,000 Optical lenses and frames N/A Kevin Valliere production manager 1989 24 The L.S. Starrett Co. (16) 121 Crescent St., Athol 01331 978-249-3551 • starrett.com 450 N/A 1,200 Precision tools $256.2 million (17) Douglas A. Starrett president & CEO 1880 26 Insulet Corp. 100 Nagog Park, Acton 01720 978-600-7000 • insulet.com 427 1,150 3,180 Medical devices for insulin delivery systems $1.7 billion Jim Hollingshead president & CEO 2000 27 Haartz Corp. 87 Hayward Road, Acton 01720 978-264-2600 • haartz.com 404 N/A 500 Technical laminates for automotive trim and industrial applications N/A Eric R. Haartz CEO 1922 Source: Each manufacturer via survey as of Q1 2024. Note: Unable to confirm data by press time for Worcester's Eaton Corp., which last reported 250 local employees on WBJ's 2022 survey. N/A=not available. (1) Local employee count falls within a range of 5,000 to 9,999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Last response to WBJ survey was in 2022 with 6,500 local and 123,000 worldwide employees; unable to confirm local impact of 5% global workforce reduction, announced in February 2023, by press time. Revenue for fiscal year end Jan. 31, 2024 (2) Data from WBJ's 2023 survey (3) Formerly Raytheon Technologies (4) Local employee count falls within a range of 1,000 to 4,999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. (5) Revenue converted from Euro (6) In January 2023, the life sciences business of Pall separated from Pall Corp. Pall's biotech portfolio is now a product family in Cytiva's bioprocess business. The Pall medical portfolio remains a market brand and part of Cytiva. Pall Corp. continues to operate as a Danaher company. (7) Formerly GE Healthcare (8) Data from WBJ's 2023 survey; revenue for fiscal year end Sept. 30, 2023 (9) Local employee count falls within a range of 500 to 999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. (10) Local employee count falls within a range of 500 to 999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Jabil did not provide local employee counts on WBJ's 2024 survey; 2023 survey reported 1,000 local and 250,000 worldwide employees. (11) From fiscal year end Aug. 31, 2023 (12) Acquired by Penn-based ConnectAmerica in May 2021 (13) Sanofi Genzyme is the specialty care global business unit of Sanofi; additional manufacturing facility at 8 New York Ave., Framingham. (14) Local employee count falls within a range of 500 to 999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. (15) Data from WBJ's 2022 survey; local employee count falls within a range of 250 to 499, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. (16) In March, entered a definitive merger agreement with MiddleGround Capital, a Kentucky-based private equity firm; the company will become privately held. (17) Net sales for fiscal year end June 30, 2023 -Compiled by: Stephanie R.Meagher, research@nebusinessmedia.com