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62 S T U F F • F a l l 2 0 1 6 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 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 38 Riverdale Mills Corp. 130 Riverdale St., Northbridge 01534 508-234-8715 •www.riverdale.com 185 DND Welded wire mesh and PVC-coated wire mesh products James Knott Jr. CEO & co-founder 1980 39 Quad/Graphics Inc., Commercial & Specialty Group 27 Nashua St., Leominster 01453 978-534-8351 •www.qg.com 175 $4,677,700,000 Web and sheetfed offset printing, finishing capabilities including foil stamping, embossing, specialty coatings, film lamination and UV, aqueous and varnish coatings Joel Quadracci president & CEO John Kant plant manager 1971 40 Unlimited Aero Engines Fitchburg Municipal Airport, 537 Crawford St., Fitchburg 01420 978-348-1234 •unlimitedaeroengines.com 172 DND Aircraft engines and parts Tim Hess founder 1980 41 L-3 Communications, ESSCO Inc. 90 Nemco Way, Ayer 01432 978-568-5100 •www2.l-3com.com/essco 170 DND Ground-based radomes, reflectors and RF composite structures Tom Casale president 1961 10 42 Pexco 764 South Athol Road, Athol 01331 978-249-5343 •www.pexco.com 160 DND Plastic profile and tubing extrusions for medical, fence and custom markets Neil Shillingford CEO 1948 42 Worcester Envelope Co. 22 Millbury St., Auburn 01501 508-832-5394 •worcesterenvelope.com 160 DND Environmentally sustainable envelope printing Eldon D. Pond III president 1893 44 Incom Inc. 294 Southbridge Road, Charlton 01507 508-765-9151 •www.incomusa.com 150 DND Fused fiber optic solutions for the medical, scientific, display and defense industries Michael A. Detarando president & CEO 1971 44 Sealed Air Corp. 100 Westford Road, Ayer 01432 978-772-3500 •shrink-pkg.com 150 DND Manufacturer of shrink-packaging machinery Jerome Peribere, president & CEO Walter Drew, operations director 1961 46 Ranor Inc. a division of TechPrecision Corp. 1 Bella Drive, Westminster 01473 978-874-0591 •ranor.com 148 $16,850,000 11 Steel fabrication for defense, solar, nuclear, medical, aerospace and industrial applications Alexander Shen president 1956 47 Boutwell, Owens & Co. Inc. 251 Authority Drive, Fitchburg 01420 978-343-3067 •boutwellowens.com 140 DND Printing and packaging Ward McLaughlin president 1887 47 Dunn & Co. Inc. 75 Green St., Clinton 01510 978-368-8505 •booktrauma.com 140 DND Bookbinding, conversion and repair Peter Heelan president 1976 47 Kopin Corp. 125 North Drive, Westborough 01581 508-870-5959 •kopin.com 140 $32,050,000 CyberDisplay products with transmissive LCD's that use single- crystal silicon transistors for the world's highest pixel density John Fan president & CEO 1985 47 New England Wooden Ware 205 School St., Gardner 01440 978-632-3600 •newoodenware.com 140 DND Corrugated containers and displays and litho-laminated packaging David Urquhart president 1834 47 Parker Hannifin Corp. 14 Robbins Pond Road, Devens 01434 978-784-1200 •parker.com 140 $13,000,000,000 12 Motion and control technologies and systems; precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of mobile, industrial and aerospace markets Lea Collazzo general manager of fluid systems 1917 Source: Each company via survey, 2017 Massachusetts Manufacturers Register, North Central Massachusetts Economic Development Council, Thomasnet.com and company websites. Note: DND = Did not disclose. 1 Texas-based Dell closed its acquisition of EMC Corp. in September 2016. 2 Bloomberg reported in September 2016 that 2,000 to 3,000 formerly EMC jobs will be cut over the next year. 3 Year EMC Corp. founded 4 Subsidiary of Coghlin Cos. Inc. 5 Columbia Tech's parent corporation, Coghlin Cos., was founded in 1885. 6 Joint venture of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Siemens 7 Formerly AlphaGary Corp. a subsidiary of Mexichem Corp. of Tlalnepantla, Mexico 8 Includes Dixie Consumer Products 9 Has been in operation since 1960's; acquired by Georgia-Pacific/predecessor company in 1987. 10 ESSCO Inc. acquired by L-3 Communications in 1998 11 Figure for TechPrecision Corp. Source: Each company via survey, 2017 Massachusetts Manufacturers Register, North Central Massachusetts Economic Development Council, Thomasnet.com and company websites. Note: DND = Did not disclose. 1 Texas-based Dell closed its acquisition of EMC Corp. in September 2016. 2 Bloomberg reported in September 2016 that 2,000 to 3,000 formerly EMC jobs will be cut over the next year. 3 Year EMC Corp. founded 4 Subsidiary of Coghlin Cos. Inc. 5 Columbia Tech's parent corporation, Coghlin Cos., was founded in 1885. 6 Joint venture of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Siemens 7 Formerly AlphaGary Corp. a subsidiary of Mexichem Corp. of Tlalnepantla, Mexico 8 Includes Dixie Consumer Products 9 Has been in operation since 1960's; acquired by Georgia-Pacific/predecessor company in 1987. 10 ESSCO Inc. acquired by L-3 Communications in 1998 11 Figure for TechPrecision Corp. 12 Figure for company worldwide - Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, smeagher@nebsuinessmedia.com