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wbjournal.com | April 7, 2025 | Worcester Business Journal 21 Largest manufacturers Ranked by number of local employees Manufacturer Local employees/ statewide/ worldwide Products/ 2024 revenue Chief executive(s)/ year founded 1 Dell Technologies 176 South St., Hopkinton 01748 508-435-1000 • delltechnologies.com 5,000 (1) N/A 108,000 IT hardware, software, solutions and services $95.6 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) 2,800 53,000 Medical devices $16.7 billion Michael F. Mahoney chairman & CEO 1979 3 Bristol Myers Squibb 38 Jackson Road, Devens 01434 978-784-6001 • bms.com 1,680 N/A 34,000 Medicines for oncology, hematology, immunology, cardiovascular, fibrosis and neuroscience $48.3 billion Christopher Boerner CEO 1887 4 Bose Corp. The Mountain, Framingham 01701 508-879-7330 • bose.com 1,500 (3) N/A 6,000 (3) Audio solutions for the home, on-the-go and in the car N/A Lila Snyder CEO 1964 5 Waters Corp. 34 Maple St., Milford 01757 508-482-2000 • waters.com 1,450 1,600 7,600 Chromatography, mass spectrometry, thermal analysis instruments and software $3 billion Udit Batra president & CEO 1958 6 IPG Photonics Corp. 377 Simarano Drive, Marlborough 01752 508-373-1100 • ipgphotonics.com 1,365 N/A 4,400 Fiber and handheld lasers and laser systems for materials processing, micro-processing, additive manufacturing, medical procedures, medical device manufacturing, e- mobility, scientific research $977.1 million Mark Gitin CEO 1990 7 Insulet Corp. 100 Nagog Park, Acton 01720 978-600-7000 • insulet.com 1,108 1,357 4,066 Medical devices for insulin delivery systems $2.1 billion Jim Hollingshead president & CEO 2000 8 RTX Corp. (4) 1001 Boston Post Road East, Marlborough 01752 781-522-3000 • rtx.com 1,000 (5) N/A 186,000 National defense and commercial aerospace technologies $80.7 billion Chris T. Calio president & CEO 2020 8 Saint-Gobain 1 New Bond St., Worcester 01606 508-795-5000 • saint-gobain-northamerica.com 1,000 N/A 170,000 Norton abrasives, industrial ceramics and plastics $50.8 billion Benoit Bazin CEO 1885 10 Polar Beverages 1001 Southbridge St., Worcester 01610 508-753-4300 • polarbev.com 900 1,300 2,300 Soft drinks $1 billion (6) Ralph D. Crowley Jr. president & CEO 1882 11 Global Life Sciences Solutions U.S. LLC dba Cytiva (7) 100 Results Way, Marlborough 01752 508-475-2000 • cytiva.com 800 (8) N/A 15,000 (3) Biotherapeutics N/A Chris Riley CEO, Cytiva Emmanuel Abate president, genomic medicine (9) 1733 12 Hologic Inc. 250 Campus Drive, Marlborough 01752 508-263-2900 • hologic.com 766 (10) N/A 7,063 Medical devices $4 billion (11) Stephen P. MacMillan chairman, president & CEO 1985 13 Columbia Tech, a Coghlin Co. 27 Otis St., Westborough 01581 508-753-2354 • columbiatech.com 740 N/A 900 Product development, manufacturing, global fulfillment and aftermarket services N/A Chris Coghlin president & CEO 1992 14 AIS 25 Tucker Drive, Leominster 01453 978-567-5122 • ais-inc.com 632 718 908 Interior office furniture for all areas of an organization N/A Nick Haritos president & CEO 1989 Source: Each manufacturer via survey as of Q1 2025. 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's survey was in 2022 with 6,500 local and 123,000 worldwide employees; unable to confirm local impact of 5% global workforce reduction in 2023 or 10% global workforce reduction in 2024, by press time. Revenue for fiscal year end Jan. 31, 2025 (2) Local employee count includes customer fulfillment center in Quincy. (3) Data from WBJ's 2024 survey (4) Formerly Raytheon Technologies (5) Local employee count falls within a range of 1,000 to 4,999, according to Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. (6) Approximation (7) 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. (8) Data from WBJ's 2024 survey; in March 2025, Cytiva announced plans to reduce its Westborough workforce by 85 employees. (9) Formerly GE Healthcare (10) Data from WBJ's 2023 survey (11) Revenue for fiscal year end Sept. 30, 2024 -Compiled by: Stephanie R.Meagher, research@nebusinessmedia.com Proud supporters of Amy's first steps M A N U F A C T U R I N G F O C U S