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78 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2017 | wbjournal.com 77 OptiMA Inc. 220 Cherry St., Shrewsbury 01545 508-842-6200 • www.optimacompanies.com 27 DND Dry erase white boards Christine Klimavich president 1997 79 F&M Tool & Die Co. Inc. 25 Jytek Road, Leominster 01453 978-537-0290 • fmtoolanddie.com 20 DND Injection molded plastics Mike Gasbarro owner & president 1974 80 Banner Mold & Die 251 Florence St., Leominster 01453 978-534-6558 • bannermold.com 17 DND Manufacturer of injection and thermo-form molds for the plastics industry Brian DeFelice president 1946 81 Lancaster Packaging Inc. 560 Main St., Hudson 01749 978-562-0100 • www.lancasterpackaging.com 16 $17,000,000 Industrial packaging materials Marianne Lancaster president & CEO 1989 82 Phillips Precision 141 Shrewsbury St., Boylston 01505 508-869-3344 • www.phillipsprecision.cc 14 DND DND Steven E. Phillips president & co-owner Catherine M. Phillips business manager & co- owner 1997 83 J W Machining Inc. 17 Bonazzoli Ave., Hudson 01749 978-562-5611 • www.jwmachining.com 12 DND Precision machining, prototype and production Charlie Bourgeois general manager 1973 83 Wachusett Precision Tool 18 830 Westminster St., Fitchburg 01420 978-343-6443 • www.wachusettprecisiontool.com 12 DND Injection molds for plastics industry, specializing in medical products and components Michael Carignan president 1987 85 Fluorolite Plastics 2 Central St., Framingham 01701 508-788-1200 • www.fluorolite.com 8 DND Plastic diffusers and lens covers for fluorescent and LED light fixtures including original and custom replacements Diane Pink co-founder & CFO 1977 86 Berlyn ECM Inc. 330 Tacoma St., Worcester 01605 508-852-0040 • www.berlynecm.com 7 DND Plastic processing equipment manufacturer Timothy J. Michalowski president 2004 Source: Each company via survey, Massachusetts Manufacturers Register and company websites. Notes: Cains Foods, part of Illinois-based TreeHouse Foods since 2013, closed its Ayer facility in January. Cybex International Inc. was acquired by Illinois-based Brunswick Corp. in Jan. 2016; its Medway office is in the process of closing. Unable to confirm data for Boxborough's Cisco Systems Inc., Oxford's Technetics Group or Westborough's Pall Life Sciences/Danaher Corp. DND = Did not disclose. 1 2.6 billion EUR; conversion of revenue into dollars by the 2016 yearly average exchange rate of .94 used by the IRS. 2 Local employee figure falls within a range of 1,000-4,999 according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development; worldwide employees and revenue are from Forbes. 3 Local employee figure falls within a range of 1,000-4,999 according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 4 Data are from 2016 survey; revenue and worldwide employees are for Tyco. 5 24.5 billion EUR; conversion of revenue into dollars by the 2016 yearly average exchange rate of .94 used by the IRS. 6 Merger with DuPont pending 7 Columbia Tech's parent corporation, Coghlin Cos., was founded in 1885. 8 Data from 2016 survey 9 Joint venture of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Siemens 10 Data includes the paper mill in Otter River, Specialized Paper Converting facility in Gardner and the decorative crepe paper division of the former Dennecrepe Corp. 11 Expecting to open an additional facility at the South Worcester Industrial Park in July. 12 Includes Dixie Consumer Products, in operation since 1960s 13 Fomerly Pexco of Athol; merged with Alpharetta, Ga.-based PPC Industries, owned by Kohlberg & Co., effective May 9. 14 Corporate parent of Reliance Engineering and LSR Engineering 15 Separated from Simonds International in 2014 16 Includes Kinecoil, Kinespin and Kinepower divisions 17 Affiliate of Hamilton Co. 18 Formerly Bisson Tool & Die Co. Inc. - Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com 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 Road 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 F O C U S M A N U F A C T U R I N G & T E C H N O L O G Y