Worcester Business Journal

Worcester Business Journal www.wbjournal.com 2 016 Economic Forecast 11 2016 List toppers Top ranked companies and projects across industry sectors Top ranked Location Ranking criteria Banking and Finance Banks Bank of America Worcester $4.3 billion in local deposits as of June 30, 2015 $4.1 billion in local deposits as of June 30, 2014 Credit unions Digital Federal Credit Union Marlborough $6.4 billion in assets as of June 2015 SBA lenders Eastern Bank Natick $46 million in loans for fiscal year 2015 $37 million in loans for fiscal year 2014 SBA loans IBS Commodities Inc Worcester $4 million loan received in fiscal year 2014 Venture capital deals Mevion Medical Systems Inc. Littleton $200 million invested in 2014 Education Colleges and universities Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester 4,967 full-time students, Fall 2015 Private schools St. John's High School Shrewsbury 975 students, Fall 2015 Energy Clean energy companies Conservation Services Group Westborough 148 local employees Green buildings Albert Sherman Center, UMass Medical School Worcester 512,580 square feet, gold-certified Health Care Health maintenance organizations Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts Inc. (including HMO Blue) Boston 613,938 members as of June 30, 2015 Hospitals UMass Memorial Medical Center Worcester 781 licensed beds and 69 bassinets as of Jan. 2015 Physician groups UMass Memorial Medical Group Worcester 1,019 physicians as of Jan. 2015 Skilled nursing facilities St. Patrick's Manor Framingham 333 certified beds as of May 2015 Manufacturing and Technology Biomedical companies Genzyme Corp. Framingham 2,000 local employees Manufacturers EMC Corp. * Hopkinton 9,400 local employees Plastics companies Nypro, a Jabil Company Clinton 1,000 local employees Software and hardware companies EMC Corp. * Hopkinton 9,400 local employees Real Estate Commercial leases 109-111 Constituion Blvd. Franklin 192,000 square feet Commercial sales 1, 7 and 25 Tobias Boland Way Worcester Sold for $48.98 million These organizations topped their respective lists as published in the Worcester Business Journal during calendar year 2015. * Texas-based Dell Inc. is set to acquire EMC Corp., most likely in 2016. The combined company would be private and led by current chairman and CEO of Dell Inc., Michael Dell. - Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, smeagher@nebsuinessmedia.com Did We Miss You? We want to publish the most complete and accurate lists possible. To correct an error or submit information, please contact Stephanie R. Meagher, Director of Research at smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com, or at 508-755-8004, ext. 262. List toppers

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