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M A N U F A C T U R I N G & T E C H N O L O G Y F O C U S
Largest local manufacturers
Ranked by number of local employees as of March
Name
No. of local
employees Annual revenue Products Head of company
Year
founded
1
Dell Technologies (EMC Corp.)
176 South St., Hopkinton 01748
508-435-1000 • www.emc.com
9,000 $72,000,000,000 Network storage hardware, software and services
Michael Dell
chairman & CEO
1979
2
Saint-Gobain
1 New Bond St., Worcester 01606
508-795-5000 • www.saint-gobain.com
1,572 DND Abrasives, industrial ceramics and plastics manufacturing
Pierre-Andre de Chalendar
president & CEO
1885
3
IPG Photonics Corp.
50 Old Webster Road, Oxford 01540
508-373-1100 • www.ipgphotonics.com
1,500 $1,006,170,000 Fiber lasers
Valentin Gapontsev
CEO & founder
1990
3
Waters Corp.
34 Maple St., Milford 01757
508-482-2000 • www.waters.com
1,500 $2,200,000,000 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
1,471 $8,386,000,000 Medical devices
Michael F. Mahoney
president & CEO
1979
6
Metso Automation USA Inc.
44 Bowditch Drive, Shrewsbury 01545
508-852-0200 • www.metso.com
1,200 $2,430,000,000
1
Manufacturing for mining, aggregates, recycling, oil, gas,
pulp, paper and process industries
John Quinlivan
president, Metso Flow
Control
1950
7
Bose Corp.
The Mountain, Framingham 01701
508-879-7330 • www.bose.com
~1,000
2
$3,500,000,000 Audio and video equipment
Bob Maresca
president
1964
7
Raytheon Co.
1001 Boston Post Rd. East, Marlborough
01752
508-490-1000 • www.raytheon.com
~1,000
3
$24,069,000,000 Aerospace and defense
Thomas A. Kennedy
CEO
1922
9
Hologic Inc.
250 Campus Drive, Marlborough 01752
508-263-2900 • www.hologic.com
854 $2,832,700,000 Medical devices
Stephen P. MacMillan
president & CEO
1987
10
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America
Inc.
91 Carpenter Hill Road, Charlton 01507
800-421-0837 • www.karlstorz.com
700 DND Endoscopes, medical instruments and devices
Charles Wilhelm
president & COO
1989
10
SimplexGrinnell LP
4
16 Brooks St., Worcester 01606
978-731-2500 •
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
10
Tegra Medical
9 Forge Parkway, Franklin 02038
508-541-4200 • www.tegramedical.com
700 DND
Precision machining and contract manufacturing for
medical device components
J. Mark King
president & CEO
2007
13
Polar Beverages
1001 Southbridge St., Worcester 01610
508-753-4300 • www.polarbev.com
675 $465,000,000 Soft drink manufacturing
Ralph D. Crowley
CEO & president
1882
14
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
38 Jackson Road, Devens 01434
978-784-6001 • www.bms.com
645 $19,427,000,000 Diversified specialty biopharmaceuticals
Giovanni Caforio
CEO
1858
15
FLEXcon
1 FLEXcon Industrial Park, Spencer
01562
508-885-8200 • www.flexcon.com
629 $300,000,000 Films and adhesives
Neil McDonough
CEO
Lavon Winkler
president
1956
16
The L.S. Starrett Co.
121 Crescent St., Athol 01331
978-249-3551 • www.starrett.com
600 $209,685,000 Precision tools
Douglas A. Starrett
president, CEO & director
1880
17
Nypro, a Jabil Co.
101 Union St., Clinton 01510
978-365-9721 • www.nypro.com
575 DND Plastics
Steve Borges
executive vice president &
CEO Nypro Healthcare
1955
18
Wyman-Gordon Co.
244 Worcester Road, North Grafton
01536
508-839-4441 •
www.pccforgedproducts.com
555 DND Forgings
Mark Donegan
chairman & CEO
1883
Acquired by SFS Group
AG of Switzerland late
last year for an undis-
closed amount
Rose from 359 to 327 on
the annual Fortune 500
list
Acquired two companies
over the course of a month
this summer
Awarded a $600-million
missile contract from an
undisclosed country in
late 2016
Company executive
Christopher Crowley
testified in opposition to a
proposed tax on sugary
drinks at the state house
in June.
Announced Lavon Winkler
as its new president in
February, after CEO Neil
McDonough rescinded his
president duties
