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80 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2018 | wbjournal.com 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 French building materials manufacturer Saint-Gobain, already with a significant manu- facturing presence in Worcester, is now bringing its life sciences division to the city. The company's performance plastics division has opened a life sciences laboratory at the UMass Medical School campus to study the interface between materials and biology, the company announced in May. "Continuing to build this understanding is crucial to ensur - ing appropriate levels of material selection, modification and design in our products," said Anne Hardy, vice president of research and development for the compa - ny's high-performance materials sector. The facility will be used for application testing of single-use systems, with a focus on the cell and gene therapy market. The facility, designed to meet the highest quality and safety stan - dards in the life science industry, will enable the isolation, process- ing and culturing of primary and immortalized cells. Equipment in the facility will observe and eval- uate material, cell and protein interactions. The dedicated space for appli- cation development will support the creation of new products with specific capabilities in sterile welding, pumping and low-tem- perature testing, the company said. Steve Maddox, general man- ager of Saint-Gobain Life Sciences, said in a statement the new lab is a critical component to the company's cell and gene therapy work. "It allows us to more readily leverage our material science expertise to advance scalable, single-use solutions in biopro - cessing," he said. Saint-Gobain opens life science facility at UMMS 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 8,000 statewide $78,700,000,000 IT hardware, software, solutions and services Michael Dell chairman & CEO 1979 (EMC); 1984 (Dell) 2 IPG Photonics Corp. 50 Old Webster Road, Oxford 01540 508-373-1100 • www.ipgphotonics.com 1,753 $1,409,000,000 Fiber lasers Valentin Gapontsev CEO & founder 1990 3 Boston Scientific Corp. 300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough 01752 508-683-5670 • www.bostonscientific.com 1,700 $9,050,000,000 Medical devices Michael F. Mahoney president & CEO 1979 4 Saint-Gobain 1 New Bond St., Worcester 01606 508-795-5000 • www.saint-gobain.com 1,652 DND Abrasives, industrial ceramics and plastics manufacturing Pierre-Andre de Chalendar president & CEO 1885 5 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 chairman, president & CEO 1958 6 Hologic Inc. 250 Campus Drive, Marlborough 01752 508-263-2900 • www.hologic.com 1,245 $3,058,800,000 Medical devices Stephen P. MacMillan president & CEO 1985 7 Metso Automation USA Inc. 44 Bowditch Drive, Shrewsbury 01545 508-852-0200 • www.metso.com 1,200 (a) $2,497,638,000 (b) Manufacturing for mining, aggregates, recycling, oil, gas, pulp, paper and process industries John Quinlivan president, Metso Flow Control 1950 8 Bose Corp. The Mountain, Framingham 01701 508-879-7330 • www.bose.com ~1,000 (c) $3,800,000,000 Audio technology Phil Hess CEO 1964 8 Raytheon Co. 1001 Boston Post Road East, Marlborough 01752 508-490-1000 • www.raytheon.com ~1,000 (c) $27,700,000,000 Aerospace and defense Thomas A. Kennedy CEO 1922 10 Nypro, a Jabil Co. 101 Union St., Clinton 01510 978-365-9721 • www.nypro.com 850 DND Medical devices Steve Borges executive vice president & CEO Nypro Healthcare 1955 11 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 38 Jackson Road, Devens 01434 978-784-6001 • www.bms.com 715 $20,800,000,000 Diversified specialty biopharmaceuticals for oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis Giovanni Caforio CEO 1858 12 Johnson Controls (d) 50 Technology Drive, Westminster 01441 978-731-2500 • www.tycosimplexgrinnell.com 700 $30,000,000,000 Fire protection, security, HVAC and controls solutions and services George R. Oliver chairman & CEO 1894 (e) 12 KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America Inc. (f) 91 Carpenter Hill Road, Charlton 01507 508-248-9011 • www.karlstorz.com 700 DND Endoscopes, medical instruments and devices Charles Wilhelm president & COO 1989 12 Polar Beverages 1001 Southbridge St., Worcester 01610 508-753-4300 • www.polarbev.com 700 $465,000,000 Soft drinks Ralph D. Crowley CEO & president 1882 12 Tegra Medical 9 Forge Parkway, Franklin 02038 508-541-4200 • www.tegramedical.com 700 (f) DND Precision machining and contract manufacturing for medical device components J. Mark King president & CEO 2007 16 Affordable Interior Systems (AIS) (g) 25 Tucker Drive, Leominster 01453 978-562-7500 • www.ais-inc.com 600 $175,000,000 Manufacturer of high-end office furniture systems Bruce Platzman president & CEO 1989 978-632-1513 • www.seamanpaper.com 36 Bemis Associates Inc. 1 Bemis Way, Shirley 01464 978-425-6761 •bemisworldwide.com 250 (f) DND Bonding films and tapes Stephen W. Howard president 1910 36 Hutchinson Aerospace & Industry (q) 82 South St., Hopkinton 01748 508-417-7000 • www.hutchinsonai.com ~250 (r) DND Industrial and defense anti-vibration, -shock and -noise solutions John Kemp president & CEO 1943 36 Speedline Technologies, an ITW Co. (s) 16 Forge Park, Franklin 02038 508-541-4749 •www.smtnet.com ~250 (r) DND Assembly equipment and semiconductor packaging Wayne Platz vice president of finance and administration 1998 36 Wright Line LLC (t) 160 Gold Star Blvd., Worcester 01606 508-852-4300 • powerquality.eaton.com ~250 (r) DND Designer, manufacturer and distributor of professional furniture Joseph J. White senior vice president 1934 40 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 41 Pall Corp., Biotech Center of Excellence 20 Walkup Drive, Westborough 01581 508-871-5400 •www.pall.com 214 DND High-tech filtration, separation and purification for life sciences and industry Jennifer Honeycutt president, Pall 1946 42 Georgia-Pacific Corp. (u) 149 Hamilton St., Leominster 01453 978-537-4701 •www.gp.com 210 (v) DND Plastic flatware Christian Fischer president & CEO 1987 43 Acacia Communications Inc. 3 Mill and Main Place, Suite 400, Maynard 01754 978-938-4896 •acacia-inc.com 200 (f) $385,166,000 Provider of high-speed coherent optical interconnect products Murugesan Shanmugaraj president & CEO 2009 43 Table Talk Pies Inc. (w) 120 Washington St., Worcester 01610 508-798-8811 •tabletalkpie.com 200 DND Producer of desserts, snacks and pies in more than 16 varieties Harry Kokkinis president 1924 45 Riverdale Mills Corp. 130 Riverdale St., Northbridge 01534 508-234-8715 •www.riverdale.com 185 (f) DND Welded wire mesh and PVC-coated wire mesh products James Knott Jr. CEO 1980 46 Post Holdings Inc. (x) 20 Cameron St., Clinton 01510 978-368-0991 •weetabixusa.com, postconsumerbrands.com 180 DND Breakfast cereals Dave McBeain senior vice president, supply chain 1971 47 Laddawn Inc. 155 Jackson Road, Devens 01434 800-446-3639 •laddawn.com 176 DND Online manufacturer and supplier of packaging products Ladd Lavallee Dawn Seiple co-presidents 1976 48 Dexter-Russell Inc. 44 River St., Southbridge 01550 508-765-0201 •www.dexter1818.com 175 DND Manufacturer of professional cutlery Alan Peppel president & CEO 1818 48 Mexichem Specialty Compounds Inc. 170 Pioneer Drive, Leominster 01453 978-537-8071 • mexichemspecialtycompounds.com 175 DND Specialty compounds Daniel J. DeLisle general manager 1979 50 OFS Optics, a Furukawa Electric Co. 50 Hall Road, Sturbridge 01566 508-347-2261 •www.ofsoptics.com 170 DND Optical fiber Patrice Dubois president 1884 Furukawa 51 Incom Inc. 294 Southbridge Road, Charlton 01507 508-765-9151 •www.incomusa.com 163 DND Fused fiber optic solutions for the medical, scientific, display and defense industries Michael A. Detarando president & CEO 1971 52 Algonquin Industries/Hi-Tech Metals Inc. 139 Farm St., Bellingham 02019 508-966-4600 • www.algonquinindustries.com 160 DND Precision machining and sheet metal fabrication Kazmier Kasper founder 1974