46 Worcester Business Journal • Book Of Lists 2015 www.wbjournal.com
Top manufacturers
Ranked by number of local employees as of May 2015
Name
Local
Employees Revenues Description Head of Company
Year
Founded
1
EMC Corp.
176 South St., Hopkinton 01748
508-435-1000 • www.emc.com
9,400 $24.4 billion
Information infrastructure products such as
data storage and protection, cloud, security and
content management
Joseph M. Tucci,
Chairman & CEO
1979
2
Bose Corp.
The Mountain, Framingham 01701
508-879-7330 • www.bose.com
2,547
1
$3 billion
2
Audio technology
Bob Maresca,
President
1964
3
Genzyme Corp.
200 Staples Dr., Framingham 01702
508-271-2080 • www.genzyme.com
2,000 $2.9 billion
3
Biotechnology company
David Meeker,
President & CEO, Genzyme Corp.
1981
4
Saint-Gobain
1 New Bond St., Worcester 01606
508-795-5000 • www.saint-gobain.com
1,724 $6.2 billion Abrasives, industrial ceramics, plastics
Pierre-Andre de Chalendar,
President & CEO
1885
4
5
Boston Scientific Corp.
300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough 01752
508-683-5670 • www.bostonscientific.com
1,483 $7.4 billion (net sales) Medical devices
Michael F. Mahoney,
President & CEO
1979
6
Raytheon Co.
1001 Boston Post Rd. East, Marlborough 01752
508-490-1000 • www.raytheon.com
1,400 1 $22.8 billion Aerospace/defense
Thomas A. Kennedy,
CEO
1922
6
Waters Corp.
34 Maple St., Milford 01757
508-482-2000 • www.waters.com
1,400 $2 billion Instrument systems
Douglas A. Berthiaume,
Chairman, president & CEO
1958
8
Cisco Systems Inc.
500 Beaver Brook Rd., Boxborough 01719
978-936-0000 • www.cisco.com
1,065
5
$47.1 billion Networking equipment
John Chambers,
Chairman & CEO
1984
9
Nypro, a Jabil Company
101 Union St., Clinton 01510
978-365-9721 • www.nypro.com
1,000 $15.8 billion
6
Plastics
Courtney Ryan,
CEO, Nypro
1955
10
IPG Photonics Corp.
50 Old Webster Rd., Oxford 01540
508-373-1100 • www.ipgphotonics.com
981 $769.8 million Fiber lasers
Valentin Gapontsev,
CEO & Founder
1990
11
SimplexGrinnell LP
16 Brooks St., Worcester 01606
800-444-2168 • www.simplexgrinnell.com
700 $10.3 billion
7
Fire alarm, sprinkler, and suppression;
integrated security; emergency
communications; sound and nurse call systems
and services.
Robert Chauvin,
President
1894
12
FLEXcon
1 FLEXcon Industrial Pk., Spencer 01562
508-885-8200 • www.flexcon.com
641 $300 million
8
Films, adhesives
Neil McDonough,
President & CEO
1956
13
Polar Beverages
1001 Southbridge St., Worcester 01610
508-753-4300 • www.polarbev.com
600 $455 million Soft drink maker
Ralph D. Crowley,
CEO & President
1882
13
The L.S. Starrett Co.
121 Crescent St., Athol 01331
978-249-3551 • www.starrett.com
600 $247.1 million Tools
Douglas A. Starrett,
President, CEO & director
1880
15
Wyman-Gordon Co.
244 Worcester Rd., North Grafton 01536
508-839-4441 • www.wymangordon-grafton.com
555 $9.6 billion Forgings
Mark Donegan,
Chairman & CEO
1883
16
Garelick Farms Inc.
1199 W. Central St., Franklin 02038
508-528-9000 • www.garelickfarms.com
547 $9.5 billion
9
Dairy products
Gregg Tanner,
CEO
1931
17
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
38 Jackson Rd., Devens 01434
978-784-6001 • www.bms.com
530 $15.9 billion Diversified specialty biopharmaceuticals
Giovanni Caforio,
CEO
1858
Source: Each company via surveys. Note: Revenues are for the most recently completed fiscal year
1
Data from 2012; company did not provide more current data.
2
Revenue from Forbes
3
Dollar figure as of June 17, 2015. Company reported 2014 revenues as 2.6 billion Euros.
4
This is the founding year of Norton Co., which Saint-Gobain acquired in 1990. Saint-Gobain was founded in 1665.
5
Approximate
6
Net revenues for parent Jabil Circuit Inc.
7
For parent Tyco
8
From company website
9
Net sales for parent company Dean Foods.
- Compiled by: Roger Magnus and Heide Martin, rmagnus@nebusinessmedia.com
