Nypro Inc.

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Framingham-based social service organization United Way of Tri-County received a $200,000 donation on Tuesday from the Clinton-based Nypro Foundation to expand its food pantry and hot meals program in Clinton. 

Central Massachusetts is home to a wide range of manufacturing companies, including healthcare, industrial, and technology. Here are the five largest manufacturers in the region when ranked by number of local employees, according to surveys completed by the WBJ Research Department.

A 402,249-square-foot warehouse on Barnum Road in Devens, which houses several manufacturing companies, was sold for $85 million to multinational investment bank Morgan Stanley, according to the Worcester County Registry of Deeds.

Mount Wachusett Community College will hold an event Tuesday in Gardner to discuss new college programming aimed at helping the area's workforce.

Lankton could have kept his money all to himself when he was in charge of Nypro, a maker of plastic molded parts, but instead, he decided to share the wealth, a decision that reverberates today in Clinton.

A 2.3-percent tax doesn't sound like much, but taking it directly off the top of medical device companies' sales could have widespread impacts on businesses large and small, industry experts say.

Jabil Circuit Inc., the parent company of Clinton-based Nypro Inc., reported preliminary third-quarter net revenue of $4.4 billion on Wednesday. That is a 15 percent rise from the third quarter of fiscal 2014, when net revenue was $3.8 billion.

The owners of the former Evergreen Solar site in Devens have sold the fully-leased property for $36 million after initially purchasing the property for $8.3 million.

Jabil Circuit Inc., the parent company of Clinton-based Nypro Inc., reported net revenue of $4.3 billion for the quarter, a 20 percent jump from the second quarter of 2014.