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Top manufacturers
Ranked by number of local employees as of March 2016
Name
Local
Employees Revenue Description Head of Company
Year
Founded
1
EMC Corp.
1
176 South St., Hopkinton 01748
508-435-1000 • www.emc.com
9,000 $24,000,000,000 Network storage hardware, software and services
Joseph M. Tucci,
chairman & CEO
1979
2
Saint-Gobain
1 New Bond St., Worcester 01606
508-795-5000 • www.saint-gobain.com
1,599 DND Abrasives, industrial ceramics, plastics
Pierre-Andre de Chalendar,
president & CEO
1885
2
3
IPG Photonics Corp.
50 Old Webster Road, Oxford 01540
508-373-1100 • www.ipgphotonics.com
1,400 $901,265,000 Fiber lasers
Valentin Gapontsev,
CEO & founder
1990
3
Waters Corp.
34 Maple St., Milford 01757
508-482-2000 • www.waters.com
1,400 $2,040,000,000 Analytical science technologies
Christopher J. O'Connell,
president & CEO
1958
5
Boston Scientific Corp.
300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough 01752
508-683-5670 • www.bostonscientific.com
1,150 $7,477,000,000 Medical devices
Michael F. Mahoney,
president & CEO
1979
6
SimplexGrinnell LP
16 Brooks St., Worcester 01606
800-444-2168 • www.simplexgrinnell.com
700 $9,902,000,000
Fire alarm, sprinkler and suppression; integrated
security; emergency communications; sound and
nurse call systems and services
Robert Chauvin,
president
1894
7
Polar Beverages
1001 Southbridge St., Worcester 01610
508-753-4300 • www.polarbev.com
675 $465,000,000 Soft drink maker
Ralph D. Crowley,
CEO & president
1882
8
FLEXcon
1 FLEXcon Industrial Park, Spencer 01562
508-885-8200 • www.flexcon.com
629 $300,000,000 Films, adhesives
Neil McDonough,
president & CEO
1956
9
The L.S. Starrett Co.
121 Crescent St., Athol 01331
978-249-3551 • www.starrett.com
570 $241,550,000 Tools
Douglas A. Starrett,
president, CEO & director
1880
10
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
38 Jackson Road, Devens 01434
978-784-6001 • www.bms.com
565 $16,560,000,000 Diversified specialty biopharmaceuticals
Giovanni Caforio,
CEO
1858
11
Wyman-Gordon Co.
3
244 Worcester Road, North Grafton 01536
508-839-4441 • www.wymangordon-grafton.com
555 $10,005,000,000
4
Forgings
Mark Donegan,
chairman & CEO
1883
12
Columbia Tech, a Coghlin Co.
5
27 Otis St., Westborough 01581
508-753-2354 • www.columbiatech.com
400 DND
Contract manufacturer to bioscience, energy,
defense, digital and molecular imaging,
semiconductor and data storage industries
Christopher Coghlin,
president & CEO
1885
6
13
Allegro MicroSystems LLC
115 Northeast Cutoff, Worcester 01606
508-853-5000 • www.allegromicro.com
336 DND Semiconductors
Dennis Fitzgerald,
president & CEO
1990
14
PerkinElmer Inc.
68 Elm St., Hopkinton 01748
781-663-6900 • www.perkinelmer.com
300 $2,300,000,000
Laboratory instruments and solutions, imaging
components and diagnostic lab services
Robert Friel,
chairman & CEO
1937
14
Quabaug Vibram Innovation LLC (VibramUSA)
7
18 School St., North Brookfield 01535
508-867-7731 • www.vibram.com
300 DND World's leading supplier of Vibram soles
Mike Gionfriddo,
president & CEO
1937
Source: Each company via survey. Note: DND = Did not disclose. Bose Corp., Genzyme Corp., Cisco Systems Inc. and Nypro did not respond to the survey.
1
The acquisition by Texas-based Dell Inc. received Federal Trade Commission approval on Feb. 22, 2016. The transaction remains subject to approval by EMC's shareholders, with a vote expected in the spring. The combined company would be
private and led by current chairman and CEO of Dell Inc., Michael Dell.
2
This is the founding year of Norton Co., which Saint-Gobain acquired in 1990. Saint-Gobain was founded in 1665.
3
Precision Castparts Corp., the parent of Wyman-Gordon Co., was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on January 29, 2016 for $37.2 billion.
4
Figure for Precision Castparts Corp.
5
Subsidiary of Coghlin Cos. Inc.
6
Columbia Tech's parent corporation, Coghlin Cos., was founded in 1885.
7
Quabaug Corp. was acquired by Vibram in June 2015.
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