WBJ names the 2018 Best of Business Award winners
If you're looking for good companies and organizations to help your business prosper, we recommend you take a look at this list.
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UMass Medical researchers conducting global researchTheir work may not yield patents worth billions, but UMass Medical School researchers are conducting ambitious work trying to solve problems on the other side of the planet. |
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Hudson's Rail Trail Flatbread Co. opens up its books to workersEvery employee at the restaurant – and soon two others across the street owned and operated by the same group – is taught the economics of running a restaurant, and to a greater extent,... |
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Worcester County becoming home-owning destinationThe median price of a single-family home in Worcester County was $257,700 in November, an increase of just over 11 percent from last November, a signal the county is becoming a desirable place in which to live. >> Continue Reading |
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Webster Five wants $1B the right wayDonald Doyle took over leadership of Webster Five in May 2016, looking to transition the community mutual bank into the future. This March, the company is set to celebrate its 150th anniversary while it prepares for a time when most of its assets will be from Millennials. >> Continue Reading |
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Movers & shakersPAUL MATHISEN is Worcester Polytechnic Institute's new sustainability director as of Jan. 1. Mathisen, a civil and environmental engineering professor, succeeds John Orr. Mathisen is a co-director of two WPI sustainability projects, the Boston Project Center and the Massachusetts Water Resource Outreach Center. He and Orr worked together on WPI's campus sustainability plans. >> Continue Reading |
Top manufacturers
Ranked by number of local employees as of March 2018
| Rank | Manufacturer | No. local employees | Year founded |
| 1 | Dell EMC Corp., Hopkinton | 8,000 | 1979 (EMC) |
| 2 | IPG Photonics Corp., Oxford | 1,753 | 1990 |
| 3 | Boston Scientific Corp., Marlborough | 1,700 | 1979 |
Source: Each manufacturer via survey, Massachusetts Manufacturers Register, annual reports
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