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www.wbjournal.com Book of Lists 2016 • Worcester Business Journal 63 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 and plastics Pierre-Andre de Chalendar president & CEO 1885 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 and 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. 244 Worcester Road, North Grafton 01536 508-839-4441 • www.wymangordon-grafton.com 555 $10,005,000,000 Forgings Mark Donegan chairman & CEO 1883 12 Columbia Tech, a Coghlin Co. 2 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 3 13 Cognex Corp. 1 Vision Drive, Natick 01760 508-650-3000 • www.cognex.com 385 4 $450,560,000 Barcode readers and machine system readers manufacturer Robert Willett president & CEO 1981 14 Primetals Technologies USA LLC 5 50 Prescott St., Worcester 01605 508-755-6111 • www.primetals.com 360 DND Metals manufacturer Satoru Iijima president & CEO 2015 15 Allegro MicroSystems LLC 115 Northeast Cutoff, Worcester 01606 508-853-5000 • www.allegromicro.com 336 DND Semiconductors Ravi Vig 6 president & COO 1990 16 PerkinElmer Inc. 68 Elm St., Hopkinton 01748 781-663-6900 • www.perkinelmer.com 300 $2,300,000,000 Instruments, software and services to improve human and environmental health Robert Friel chairman & CEO 1937 16 Quabaug Vibram Innovation LLC (VibramUSA) 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 18 Cybex International Inc. 10 Trotter Drive, Medway 02053 508-533-4300 • www.cybexintl.com 250 DND Commercial fitness equipment and products designed and built in the U.S. and distributed to over 90 countries globally Kristopher Neff president 1953 18 Mexichem Specialty Compounds, Inc. 7 170 Pioneer Drive, Leominster 01453 978-537-8071 • mexichemspecialtycompounds.com 250 $250,000,000 Specialty compounds based in PVC, TPO, TPU and TPE compounds Daniel J. DeLisle general manager 1979 18 Schott North America Inc. 122 Charlton St., Southbridge 01550 508-765-9744 • www.us.schott.com 250 DND Lighting, imaging and electronic packaging divisions of Elmsford, New York-based Schott Marcus Knoebel VP & general manager 1884 21 Cogmedix, a Coghlin Co. 17 Briden St., Worcester 01605 800-640-3760 • www.cogmedix.com 100 DND Turnkey manufacturing services to medical and dental OEM's Chris Coghlin president & CEO Matt Giza executive VP & GM 1885 22 Protonex Technology Corp. 153 Northboro Road, Southborough 01772 508-490-9960 • www.protonex.com 56 DND Supplier of alternative energy and power management products for military and commercial needs Paul Osenar president & CEO Christopher R. Schuster CFO 2000 23 Lampin Corp. Precision machining, mechanical assembly Bill DiBenedetto Hopkinton-based tech giant EMC Corp. is in the process of being bought by Dell Inc. of Texas for $67 billion, marking what could be the most expensive technology merger in history. Here is a timeline of the merger. n October 2015: Dell announces the merger. n Jan. 26, 2016: EMC subsidiary VMware announces it will lay off 800 employees and the transition of EMC Chief Financial Officer Zane Rowe to CFO of VMware. n Feb. 22, 2016: The merger gets the go-ahead from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. n February 2016: The European Commission clears the merger. n March 2016: VMware President and Chief Operating Officer Carl Eschenbach leaves company for California- based Sequoia Capital. n June 2016: EMC announced its shareholders will vote on the merger in July. EMC/Dell merger is underway Joseph M. Tucci, president, CEO and chairman of EMC