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F a l l 2 0 1 6 • S T U F F 61 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 18 Primetals Technologies USA LLC 6 50 Prescott St., Worcester 01605 508-755-6111 •www.primetals.com 360 DND Metals manufacturer Satoru Iijima president & CEO 2015 19 Allegro MicroSystems LLC 115 Northeast Cutoff, Worcester 01606 508-853-5000 •www.allegromicro.com 336 DND Semiconductors Ravi Vig president & COO 1990 20 Laddawn Inc. 155 Jackson Road, Devens 01434 800-446-3639 •laddawn.com 304 DND Manufacturer of packaging products Ladd Lavallee Dawn Seiple co-presidents 1976 21 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 21 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 23 SMC Ltd. 16 Chocksett Road, Sterling 01564 978-422-6800 •smcltd.com 287 DND Supplier to medical device and pharmaceutical industries Art Kiritsis general manager 1988 24 Garlock Printing & Converting Corp. 164 Fredette St., Gardner 01440 978-630-1028 •garlockprinting.com 265 DND Flexographic printing Peter Garlock president 1987 25 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 25 Dexter-Russell Inc. 44 Green River St., Southbridge 01550 800-343-6042 •dexter-russell.com 250 DND Manufacturer of professional cutlery Alan Peppel president & CEO 1818 25 Hollingsworth & Vose Co. P.O. Box 168, West Groton 01472 978-448-3311 •hollingsworth-vose.com 250 DND Materials engineering and specialty paper Val Hollingsworth president & CEO 1881 25 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 25 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, N.Y.-based Schott Marcus Knoebel VP & general manager 1884 30 Weetabix Co Inc. 20 Cameron St., Clinton 01510 978-368-0991 •weetabixusa.com 240 DND Breakfast cereals Robert Grosskopf VP of operations 1971 31 Bemis Associates Inc. 1 Bemis Way, Shirley 01464 978-425-6761 •bemisworldwide.com 230 DND Bonding films and tapes Stephen W. Howard president 1910 32 David Clark Co. Inc. 360 Franklin St., Worcester 01615 508-751-5800 •www.davidclark.com 225 DND Headset communication systems for high noise environments, marine, military and general aviation markets Richard Urella president 1935 33 Table Talk Pies Inc. 120 Washington St., Worcester 01610 508-798-8811 •tabletalkpie.com 220 DND Producer of desserts, snacks and pies in more than 16 varieties Harry Kokkinis president 1924 34 Georgia-Pacific Corp. 8 149 Hamilton St , Leominster 01453 978-537-4701 •www.gp.com 210 DND Plastic flatware James Hannan president & CEO 1987 9 35 Avery Dennison Corp. 224 Industrial Road, Fitchburg 01420 978-345-8100 •fastener.averydennison.com 200 DND Plastic fastening solutions and high-efficiency product tagging Dean A. Scarborough CEO 1935 35 Cains Foods LP 114 E. Main St., Ayer 01432 978-772-0300 •cainsfoods.com 200 DND Food products including mayonnaise and dressings Dennis Keaveney president 1914 35 Johnson Matthey Pharma Services 25 Patton Road, Devens 01434 978-784-5000 •jmfinechemicals.com 200 DND Active pharmaceutical ingredients from pre-clinical through commercial production John B. Fowler fine chemicals division director 1972