www.wbjournal.com Book Of Lists 2015 • Worcester Business Journal 47
Top plastics companies
Ranked by number of local employees
Name Employees Description Head of company Year founded
1
Nypro, a Jabil Company
101 Union St., Clinton 01510
978-365-9721 • www.nypro.com
1,000 Plastics
Courtney Ryan
CEO, Nypro
1955
2
FLEXcon
1 FLEXcon Industrial Park, Spencer 01562
508-885-8200 • www.flexcon.com
641 Films, adhesives
Neil McDonough
President & CEO
1956
3
Bemis Associates Inc.
1 Bemis Way, Shirley 01464
978-425-6761 • www.bemisworldwide.com
230 Thermoplastic adhesive films, coatings and tapes
Stephen Howard
CEO
1923
4
Georgia-Pacific Corp.
149 Hamilton St., Leominster 01453
978-537-4701 • www.gp.com
210 Plastic flatware
James Hannan
President & CEO
1987 *
5
AlphaGary Corp. **
170 Pioneer Dr., Leominster 01453
978-537-8071 • www.alphagary.com
180 Specialty PVC and TPE compounds and other plastics components
Daniel J. DeLisle
General manager
1979
6
Pexco LLC
P.O. Box 659, 764 South Athol Rd., Athol 01331
978-249-5343 • www.pexco.com
160
Plastic profile and tubing extrusions; servicing medical, fence and
custom markets
Neil Shillingford
CEO
1948
7
A. Schulman Custom Compounding NE ***
53 Millbrook St., Worcester 01606
508-756-0002 • www.aschulman.com
140
Plastic compounds, colorants and masterbatch additives for
plastics
Bernard Rzepka
CEO, global operations
1996
8
Injectronics Corp.
1 Union St., Clinton 01510
978-365-1200 • www.injectronics.com
110
Design and contract manufacturing for medical device, diagnostic
disposables and biotech markets
Paul Nazzaro
President & CEO
1942
9
Advanced Cable Ties Inc.
245 Suffolk Ln., Gardner 01440
800-861-7228 • www.advancedcableties.com
100 Plastic cable ties and cable tie removal tools
Ken Tomasetti
President
1994
9
First Plastics Corp.
22 Jytek Rd., Leominster 01453
978-537-0367 • www.firstplastics.com
100 Plastic injection molding
Edward Mazzaferro
President
1988
11
Leaktite Corp.
40 Francis St., Leominster 01453
978-537-8000 • www.leaktite.com
95 Injection molded containers
Rodney G. Sparrow
President
1945
12
G & F Industries Inc.
P.O. Box 515, Rte. 20, Sturbridge 01566
508-347-9132 • www.gandf.us
90 Injection molded plastics and molds
John J. Argitis
President
1965
13
Fosta-Tek Optics Inc.
320 Hamilton St., Leominster 01453
978-534-6511 • www.fosta-tek.com
85
Optical molding and coating for military, automotive and safety
products
John Morrison
President
1991
14
Mar-Lee Cos. Inc.
180 Authority Dr., Fitchburg 01420
978-343-9600 • www.mar-leecompanies.com
80 **** Plastic injection molding
Alain Mutschler
President
1972
15
BWAY Corp.
196 Industrial Rd., Leominster 01453
978-537-4911 • www.bwaycorp.com
79 Rigid plastic packaging
Ken Roessler
CEO
1970
16
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
717 Plantation St., Worcester 01605
508-852-3072 • www.plastics.saint-gobain.com
75 Plastic film laminations and coatings
Tom Kinisky
President, , Saint-Gobain
Performance Plastics
1665
17
EasyPak LLC
24 Jytek Dr., Leominster 01453
978-516-9155 • www.easypak.net
64 ***** Plastic packaging products
Hector Echaniz
Marco Barbier
Managing partners & co-founders
2004
18
Rocheleau Tool & Die Co.
117 Industrial Rd., Fitchburg 01420
978-345-1723 • www.rocheleautool.com
61 Blow-molding machinery, blow molds and trimming equipment
Steven R. Rocheleau
President
1938
19
Modern Dispersions Inc.
78 Marguerite Ave., Leominster 01453
978-534-3370 • www.moderndispersions.com
60 Thermoplastic compounds and color concentrates
John Kozma
CEO
1967
Source: Each company
* Has been in operation since 1960s; acquired by Georgia-Pacific/predecessor company in 1987
** Subsidiary of Mexichem Corp. of Tlalnepantla, Mexico
*** Formerly ECM Plastics Inc.
**** Plus an additional 25 FTE temporary employees
***** Company did not respond to survey; data are from 2013.
- Compiled by: Roger Magnus, rmagnus@nebusinessmedia.com
