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50 local makers of stuff
Ranked by number of local employees
Name
No. of local
employees Annual revenue Description Head of company
Year
founded
1
Dell Technologies
EMC Corp.
1
176 South St., Hopkinton 01748
508-435-1000 • www.emc.com
9,000
2
$24,000,000,000 Network storage hardware, software and services
Michael Dell
chairman & CEO
1979
3
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
Metso Automation USA Inc.
44 Bowditch Drive, Shrewsbury 01545
508-852-0200 • www.metso.com
1,200 DND
Manufacturer serving mining, aggregates, recycling, oil, gas, pulp,
paper and process industries
Matti Kahkonen
CEO
John Quinlivan
president, Metso Flow Control
1950
6
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
7
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
Tegra Medical
9 Forge Park, Franklin 02038
508-541-4200 • www.tegramedical.com
700 DND
Precision machining and contract manufacturer of components for
medical devices
J. Mark King
president & CEO
2007
9
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
10
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
11
Nypro, a Jabil Co.
101 Union St., Clinton 01510
978-365-9721 • www.nypro.com
575 DND Plastics
Courtney Ryan
CEO, Nypro
1955
12
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
13
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
14
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
15
Columbia Tech, a Coghlin Co.
4
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
5
16
Cognex Corp.
1 Vision Drive, Natick 01760
508-650-3000 • www.cognex.com
385 $450,560,000 Barcode readers and machine system readers manufacturer
Robert Willett
president & CEO
1981
17
Deluxe Corp.
500 Main St., Groton 01450
978-448-6111 • www.deluxe.com
364 DND
Business forms, marketing solutions and services to small
businesses and financial institutions
Lee Schram
CEO
1915
