Largest manufacturers in Massachusetts
Ranked by number of local employees as of March, 2019
Name Local employees Annual revenue Products Head of company Founded
1 Dell Technologies (EMC Corp.)
176 South St., Hopkinton 01748
508-435-1000
www.emc.com8,800
statewide$90,600,000,000 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.com1,750 $1,460,000,000 Fiber lasers Valentin Gapontsev CEO & founder 1990
3 Boston Scientific Corp.
300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough 01752
508-683-5670
www.bostonscientific.com1,700(a) $9,823,000,000 Medical devices Michael F. Mahoney president & CEO 1979
4 Waters Corp.
34 Maple St., Milford 01757
508-482-2000
www.waters.com1,506 $2,419,929,000 Analytical science technologies Christopher J. O'Connell chairman, president & CEO 1958
5 Saint-Gobain
1 New Bond St., Worcester 01606
508-795-5000
www.saint-gobain.com1,500 $49,400,000 (b) Abrasives, industrial ceramics and plastics manufacturing Pierre-Andre de Chalendar president & CEO 1885 (c)
6 Hologic Inc.
250 Campus Drive, Marlborough 01752
508-263-2900
www.hologic.com1,245(a) $3,217,900,000 Medical devices Stephen P. MacMillan president & CEO 1985
7 Metso Automation USA Inc.
44 Bowditch Drive, Shrewsbury 01545
508-852-0200
www.metso.com1,200(d) DND Manufacturing for mining, aggregates, recycling, oil, gas, pulp, paper and process industries John Quinlivan
president, Metso Flow Control1950
8 Bose Corp.
The Mountain, Framingham 01701
508-879-7330
www.bose.com~1,000(3) DND Audio technology Phil Hess CEO 1964
9 Raytheon Co.
1001 Boston Post Road East, Marlborough
01752
508-490-1000
www.raytheon.com~1,000(3) $27,058,000,000 Aerospace and defense Thomas A. Kennedy CEO 1922
10 KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America Inc. (d)
91 Carpenter Hill Road, Charlton 01507
508-248-9011
www.karlstorz.com850 DND Endoscopes, medical instruments and devices Bruce Watkins
general manager1989
11 Nypro, a Jabil Co.
101 Union St., Clinton 01510
978-365-9721
www.nypro.com850 DND Medical devices Steve Borges
executive vice president & CEO Nypro Healthcare1955
12 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
38 Jackson Road, Devens 01434
978-784-6001
www.bms.com798 $22,500,000,000 Diversified specialty biopharmaceuticals for oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis Giovanni Caforio CEO 1858
13 Polar Beverages
1001 Southbridge St., Worcester 01610
508-753-4300
www.polarbev.com725 $470,000,000 Soft drinks Ralph D. Crowley
CEO & president1882
14 Johnson Controls (f)
50 Technology Drive, Westminster 01441
978-731-2500 • www.jci.com700 $31,000,000,000 Intelligent building technologies, systems and controls George R. Oliver
chairman & CEO1894 (g)
15 The L.S. Starrett Co.
121 Crescent St., Athol 01331
978-249-3551
www.starrett.com600 $216,328,000 Precision tools Francis J. O'Brien treasurer & CFO 1880
Source: Each manufacturer via survey, Massachusetts Manufacturers Register, annual reports and company websites. Notes: Unable to confirm data for Boxborough’s Cisco Systems Inc. DND = Did not disclose. For the full list of more than 70 manufacturers, see WBJ’s Book of Lists, digital edition.
(a) Local employee figure from 2018 survey
(b) North American revenue was $6.4 billion.
(c) Year Worcester-based Norton Co. was acquired by Saint-Gobain; founding year for parent is 1665.
(d) Local employee figure from 2017 survey and the range confirmed by more recent data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.
(e) 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.
(f) Cork, Ireland-based Johnson Controls acquired Tyco SimplexGrinnell in September 2016.
(g) Founding year for Gardner’s original Simplex Time Recorder Co.
Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com
