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26 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | OCTOBER 14, 2024 The Lists Largest manufacturing companies in Greater Hartford Ranked by number of local employees Manufacturer Local employees/ statewide/ total Description Ownership type/ ticker symbol/ year founded Top local executive(s) 1 RTX Corp. (1) 10 Farm Springs Road, Farmington 06032 860-728-7000; rtx.com 16,500 16,500 185,000 Products and services in the aerospace, fire, security, air conditioning, building-automation as well as heating and cooling industries Public NYSE: RTX 1929 Chris T. Calio (2) President & CEO 2 Stanley Black & Decker Inc. 1000 Stanley Drive, New Britain 06053 860-225-5111; stanleyblackanddecker.com 1,200 1,500 50,000 Tools, innovative solutions and engineered fastening systems Public NYSE:SWK 1843 Donald Allan Jr. CEO 3 Otis Elevator Co. 1 Carrier Place, Farmington 06032 860-676-6000; otis.com 1,000 (3) 1,000 71,000 Elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation and service Public NYSE: OTIS 1853 Judy F. Marks Chair, CEO & president 4 Kaman Corp. (4) 1332 Blue Hills Ave., Bloomfield 06002 860-243-7100; kaman.com 990 (5) N/A N/A Manufacturer of aerospace parts and components and distributor of industrial products Private 1945 Ian K. Walsh President & CEO 5 CooperSurgical Inc. (6) 75 Corporate Drive, Trumbull 06611 203-601-5200; coopersurgical.com 752 752 3,285 Manufacturer of products for fertility and women's health Public NASDAQ: COO (7) 1990 Holly Sheffield President 6 LEGO Systems Inc. (8) 100 Print Shop Road, Enfield 06082 860-749-2291; lego.com 615 N/A 3,750 (9) Toy manufacturer Private 1932 Skip Kodak President, LEGO Group Americas 7 TRUMPF Inc. 111 Hyde Road, Farmington 06032 860-255-6000; trumpf.com 526 861 1,713 Manufacturer of industrial lasers and fabricating machinery for processing sheet metal Private 1969 Lutz Labisch President & CEO 8 Legrand 60 Woodlawn St., West Hartford 06110 877-295-3472; legrand.us 430 N/A 38,000 Global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures Public LR.PA; OTC: LGRDY (10) 1900 Brian DiBella President & CEO, Legrand North & Central America 9 Broadridge Output Solutions Inc. (11) 125 Ellington Road, South Windsor 06074 860-290-7000; broadridge.com 420 420 13,000 Manufacturer of transactional documents Public NYSE: BR 2007 Al Tebbetts VP of operations 10 Corbin Russwin, an ASSA ABLOY Co. 225 Episcopal Road, Berlin 06037 800-543-3658; corbinrusswin.com 400 (12) 400 (12) 450 (12) Commercial grade mechanical and electro-mechanical locks and door hardware Public ASSA-B.ST (13) 1839 Dave DeLacey General manager 10 Cummins (14) 22 E. Dudley Town Road, Bloomfield 06002 860-243-1441; cummins.tech/jacobs 400 N/A 74,873 Designer and manufacturer of engine brakes, Jake Brakes, and valve actuation technologies for medium- and heavy-duty engine manufacturers worldwide Public NYSE: CMI 1919 Arun Ramachandran General manager 10 Henkel Corp. North America (15) One Henkel Way, Rocky Hill 06067 860-571-5100; henkel-northamerica.com 400 (16) 1,000 (16) 48,000 (16) Manufacturer of consumer goods and industrial adhesives, sealants and surface treatments Public DAX: HNK.DE 1876 Pernille Lind Olsen President, Henkel North America (17) 10 Hobson & Motzer Inc. 30 Airline Drive, Durham 06422 860-349-1756; hobsonmotzer.com 400 (18) N/A N/A Precision metal stamping and advanced machining including medical device market Private 1912 Bruce Dworak President 14 Paragon Medical, an Ametek business (19) 1146 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport 06610 203-336-0121; paragonmedical.com 390 (20) 615 (20) 2,700 (20) Medical device manufacturing and components Public NYSE: AME 1991 David A. Zapico President & CEO, Ametek Inc. Wil Boren CEO, Paragon Medical 15 Connecticut Spring & Stamping Corp. 48 Spring Lane, Farmington 06032 860-677-1341; ctspring.com 380 380 380 Manufacturer of metal springs, progressive stampings, machined stampings, tooling, fineblanking, fourslide parts and value-added assemblies for the medical, aerospace, consumer products, defense & firearms industries and more Private 1939 Peter Youmans CEO 16 Zygo Corp., a division of Ametek Laurel Brook Road, Middlefield 06455 860-347-8506; zygo.com 375 (12) N/A N/A Surface metrology microscopes & laser interferometers, plano & spherical optics, extreme precision optics, electro-optic components & assemblies, displacement & distance sensor systems Public NYSE: AME 1970 Jennifer Hellberg Division VP & business unit manager 17 Avna Inc. (21) 200 Ellis St., New Britain 06051 860-225-8707; avna.com 340 340 425 Manufacturer of components and sub-assemblies for global medical device original equipment manufacturers (OEM) Private 1911 Jason M. Howey President & CEO 18 PCX Aerosystems (22) 300 Fenn Road, Newington 06111 860-666-2471; pcxaero.com 339 N/A 625 Proprietary & life-limited parts with rotorhead assemblies, transmissions, control systems, landing gear, external fuel tank systems, engine & structural airframe components and extendable refueling probes Private 1900 Thomas Holzthum CEO Aris Fotos President, Conn. operations 19 Barnes (23) 123 Main St., Bristol 06010 860-583-7070; onebarnes.com 300 525 5,700 Highly engineered products, differentiated industrial technologies, and innovative solutions, serving a wide range of end markets and customers Public NYSE:B 1857 Thomas J. Hook President & CEO 19 Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals Inc. 1 Dudley Ave., Wallingford 06492 203-239-4481; ulbrich.com 300 350 700 Manufacturing of stainless steel and specialty metal products Private 1924 Chris Ulbrich CEO Source: Each manufacturer via survey as of Q3 2024. Unable to confirm data by press time for Meriden's 3M; 2021 survey reported 395 local employees. N/A = Not available. (1) Raytheon Technologies, established in 2020 with the merger of Raytheon Co., based in Waltham, Mass., and Farmington's United Technologies Corp., announced a name change to RTX Corp. in July 2023. Its presence in Connecticut includes Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney. (2) Succeeded Gregory J. Hayes in May. (3) Includes employees in Shelton; Otis Worldwide does not disclose employee counts at the local level. According to the Connecticut Department of Labor market research data as of March 2024, more than 90% of the statewide workforce is in Greater Hartford. (4) In April, Arcline Investment Management LP acquired Kaman Corp. for $1.8 billion, shares ceased trading on the New York Stock Exchange. (5) Employed just below 1,000 employees in May, according to a July HBJ article; further cuts were anticipated as part of the restructuring. (6) A wholly owned subsidiary of The Cooper Cos. with an additional location in Guilford. (7) For parent company, The Cooper Cos. (8) In January 2023, announced plans to consolidate North American headquarters in Boston; the move will begin in 2025 and is expected to be completed in 2026. The LEGO Group is privately held and based in Billund, Denmark. (9) U.S. employees; 28,000 total employees worldwide. (10) Traded on Paris Stock Exchange and Legrand S.A. American Depository Receipts (ADR). (11) Broadridge Output Solutions is a subsidiary of Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. Revenue and company-wide employee counts are based on Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (12) Data from Q3 2023. (13) Parent company Assa Abloy is traded on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. (14) Acquired Jacobs Vehicle Systems in April 2022. (15) North American affiliate of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA based in Germany. (16) Approximation. (17) Also corporate senior vice president, Adhesive Technologies Packaging & Consumer Goods and Regional head, Adhesive Technologies North America. (18) Data from hobstonmotzer.com. (19) Additional locations at 75 Aircraft Road in Southington and 6 Northrop Industrial Park Road West in Wallingford. (20) Data from Q3 2023 survey, prior to acquisition by Ametek in January 2024. (21) Formerly Okay Industries. (22) Formerly SPX Precision Components. (23) On Oct. 7, private equity firm Apollo Global Management announced plans to acquire Barnes in a $3.6 billion deal. The deal is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2025, subject to shareholder approval. -Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher, research@nebusinessmedia.com LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN GREATER HARTFORD Ranked by number of local employees