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Top 10 Manufacturing Companies in Massachusetts

Posted by IndustrySelect on Monday, September 16, 2024

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Top Manufacturing Companies in Massachusetts

Home to MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts has its pick of innovators and the state’s manufacturing sector reflects that, with strongholds in medical and surgical instruments, electronics and pharmaceuticals. This article will explore the latest data on Massachusetts manufacturers and share some essential insights provided by the state’s top industrial companies.

Key Facts and Trends in Massachusetts’s Manufacturing Sector

According to MNI, compiler and publisher of the industrial data that powers IndustrySelect, there are currently 6,105 manufacturers in the state of Massachusetts that employ 325,000 workers.

Boston is Massachusetts’s largest city based on number of manufacturing jobs, with 13,843 workers, according to MNI.

Other top cities in Massachusetts include:

Cambridge (11,549 jobs)
Hopkinton (11,096 jobs)
Andover: (9,962 jobs)
Worcester (8,571 jobs)

The industrial machinery and equipment sector is Massachusetts’ largest in terms of employment, accounting for 15% of the state’s industrial workforce. This is followed by the electronic and other electrical equipment industry as well as instruments and related products, each accounting for 13%. Printing and publishing accounts for 10% of Massachusetts’ manufacturing employment, while fabricated metal products accounts for 8%.

MNI reports there are 23,915 executive contacts among Massachusetts’s manufacturing companies, including 4,035 presidents, 1,952 owners and partners; 2,385 vice-presidents and 2,023 sales, marketing and purchasing executives (information on all of these executives is available to IndustrySelect subscribers).

Other facts to know about Massachusetts manufacturers, based on IndustrySelect’s advanced criteria available to subscribers, include ownership, distribution and other trends. Let’s take a look:

• 2% of Massachusetts manufacturers are women-owned
• 1% are minority-owned
• 9% are publicly owned companies
• 13% import raw materials
• 33% distribute their products internationally.

Next, we’ll take a look at the state’s top companies.

Top 10 Manufacturing Companies in Massachusetts

CompanyEmployeesCityState
Dell EMC10,000HopkintonMA
Raytheon Technologies Corp.4,000AndoverMA
Bruker Corp.3,132BillericaMA
Biogen, Inc.3,000CambridgeMA
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2,500BostonMA
General Electric Co.2,500LynnMA
Polar Beverages2,500WorcesterMA
Dell EMC Corp.2,300FranklinMA
Bose Corp.2,000FraminghamMA
Philips Healthcare Informatics, Inc.2,000CambridgeMA

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About the Top 10 Manufacturing Companies in Massachusetts

1. Dell EMC (Hopkinton, MA)

Dell EMC builds information infrastructures and virtual infrastructures to help people and businesses worldwide to unleash the power of their digital information, offering backup and recovery solutions, enterprise content management, unified storage, big data, enterprise storage, data federation, archiving, security, and more. This location employs 10,000 in the town of Hopkinton, ranking first in the state for number of manufacturing jobs.

2. Raytheon Technologies (Andover, MA)

Raytheon Technologies manufactures aeronautical electronic detection systems, Circuit card assembly, metal fabrication, and radar testing & missile systems. This facility employs 4,000 in the city of Andover.

3. Bruker Corp. (Billerica, MA)

Bruker Corporation, headquartered in Billerica, MA, is a global leader in scientific instruments and analytical solutions. The company specializes in advanced X-ray systems, mass spectrometry, and molecular spectroscopy, serving a wide range of industries including life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and materials research.

4. Biogen Inc. (Cambridge, MA)

Biogen Inc., based in Cambridge, MA, is a multinational biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing, and delivering innovative therapies for neurological diseases.

5. Alexion Pharmaceuticals (Boston, MA)

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of AstraZeneca, is headquartered in Boston, MA. The company is dedicated to developing life-transforming therapies for patients with rare and severe diseases. Alexion focuses specifically in the fields of hematology, nephrology, neurology, and metabolic disorders.

6. General Electric Co. (Lynn, MA)

This GE location is a world leader in providing aircraft engines, systems, and avionics. The company’s Lynn, MA location employs 2,500.

7. Polar Beverages (Worcester, MA)

Polar Beverages is a soft drink company that manufactures and distributes sparkling fruit beverages, seltzer, ginger ale, drink mixers, and spring water to customers in the United States. The company’s Worcester facility encompasses 450,000 square feet and employs 2,500 workers.

8. Dell EMC Corp (Franklin, MA)

EMC Corporation is a supplier of computer storage and retrieval systems for the Mainframe, open systems and Midrange environments. They offer field and remote services and employ 2,300 in the town of Franklin.

9. Bose Crop. (Framingham, MA)

Bose Corporation, founded in 1964 and headquartered in Framingham, MA, is renowned for its high-quality audio equipment. The company produces a wide range of products including home audio systems, noise-canceling headphones, professional audio products, and automotive sound systems.

10. Philips Healthcare Informatics, Inc. (Cambridge, MA)

Philips Healthcare Informatics, located in Cambridge, MA, is a leader in medical imaging and patient monitoring systems. The company employs 2,000 at this location.

Ways to Contact Massachusetts Manufacturers

Looking to reach out to Massachusetts manufacturers? An IndustrySelect subscription can put you on a first-name basis with Massachusetts' 7,700 industrial companies and 19,000 executives. Subscribers can select up to 30 data points on any manufacturing company in the U.S. to help identify or pre-qualify leads. Company profiles also include the contact information for hard-to-find executive decision-makers. Try a free demo today!

 

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