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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

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