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54 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2025 | wbjournal.com F O C U S M A N U F A C T U R I N G 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 (2) Michael S. Dell chairman & CEO 1984 2 Boston Scientific Corp. 300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough 01752 508-683-5670 • bostonscientific.com 2,800 (3) 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 (4) N/A 6,000 (4) 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 & handheld lasers and laser systems for materials processing, micro-processing, additive manufacturing, medical procedures & device manufacturing and more $977.1 million Mark Gitin CEO 1990 7 Amazon Robotics & Amazon Delivery Center 50 & 64 Otis St., Westborough 01581 781-221-4640 • amazon.com 1,350 (5) 20,000 1,560,000 Robotics manufacturing and distribution $638 billion Scott Dresser vice president, Robotics Center 1994 8 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 Ashley McEvoy president & CEO 2000 9 RTX Corp. (6) 1001 Boston Post Road East, Marlborough 01752 781-522-3000 • rtx.com 1,000 (7) N/A 186,000 National defense and commercial aerospace technologies $80.7 billion Chris T. Calio president & CEO 2020 9 Saint-Gobain 1 New Bond St., Worcester 01606 508-795-5000 • saint-gobain- northamerica.com 1,000 N/A 170,000 (8) Norton abrasives, industrial ceramics and plastics $50.8 billion Benoit Bazin CEO 1885 11 Polar Beverages 1001 Southbridge St., Worcester 01610 508-753-4300 • polarbev.com 900 1,300 2,300 Soft drinks $1 billion (9) Ralph D. Crowley Jr. president & CEO 1882 12 Global Life Sciences Solutions U.S. LLC dba Cytiva 100 Results Way, Marlborough 01752 508-475-2000 • cytiva.com 800 (10) N/A 15,000 (10) Biotherapeutics N/A Chris Riley CEO, Cytiva Emmanuel Abate president, genomic medicine (11) 1733 13 Hologic Inc. 250 Campus Drive, Marlborough 01752 508-263-2900 • hologic.com 766 (12) N/A 7,063 (12) Medical devices $4 billion (13) Stephen P. MacMillan chairman, president & CEO 1985 14 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 15 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 16 KARL STORZ Endovision Inc. 91 Carpenter Hill Road, Charlton 01507 508-248-9011 • karlstorz.com 600 600 600 Endoscopes, medical instruments and devices N/A Richard Santora executive director, production operations 1989 17 Olympus Corp. of the Americas 800 West Park Drive, Westborough 01581 508-804-2600 • olympusamerica.com 581 N/A 28,838 Endoscopes, laparoscopes, video imaging systems, surgical energy devices, system integration solutions, medical services and endotherapy instruments $6.3 billion Julien Sauvagnargues president & CEO, Olympus Corp. of the Americas Mike Noyes president, Olympus Surgical Technologies America (14) 1968 18 Cognex Corp. 1 Vision Drive, Natick 01760 508-650-3000 • cognex.com 556 N/A 2,914 Machine vision systems and ID readers for industrial automation and logistics $914.5 million Robert Willett CEO 1981 19 DuPont Electronics and Imaging 455 Forest St., Marlborough 01752 508-481-7950 • dupont.com 500 (15) N/A 24,000 Advanced materials for electronics industry $12.4 billion Lori D. Koch CEO & director Ellen Jansen Mager manufacturing & technology site leader, New England 1897 19 Garelick Farms Inc., a Dairy Farmers of America brand 1199 W. Central St., Franklin 02038 508-528-9000 • garelickfarms.com 500 (16) N/A N/A Dairy products $24 billion (17) Dennis Rodenbaugh president & CEO, Dairy Farmers of America 1931 19 Jabil 101 Union St., Clinton 01510 978-365-9721 • jabil.com 500 (18) N/A 140,000 Medical devices for diabetes care, drug delivery and injectables $28.9 billion (19) Michael Dastoor CEO 1966 19 The L.S. Starrett Co. (20) 121 Crescent St., Athol 01331 978-249-3551 • starrett.com 500 N/A 1,200 Precision tools N/A Roger N. Amrol Jr. president & CEO 1880 19 Philips Lifeline (21) 200 Donald Lynch Blvd., Suite 200, Marlborough 01752 800-451-0525 • lifeline.philips.com 500 (15) N/A N/A Monitoring systems N/A Janet Dillione CEO, ConnectAmerica Kathy Silvestri senior director, Lifeline operations 1974 Following its 2016 merger with EMC, Dell has downsized its presence in MetroWest, including its January sale of a 166,000-square-foot office building in Southborough. IPG sold its assets in Russia for $51 million due to the fallout of the country's invasion of Ukraine, ending its 34-year presence in the country where it was founded. The Worcester Business Development Corp. is work- ing to redevelop 41 acres of land formerly occupied by Saint-Gobain in Worcester into a modern manufacturing campus called GreenTech Park. Coghlin Cos. graduated its largest class of co-op students yet in 2024, providing college students with a look at how its subsidiaries like Columbia Tech operate. Amazon's robots are used at its new $300-million Charlton distribution facility, which opened in November. In April, AIS hired Brian Trego, a 25-year industry veteran with experience at Texas-based office furniture firm Vari, to be its senior vice president of product line management.