The sixth annual Corporate Welcome Reception, held on April 16, 2014 at the Genzyme Center in Cambridge, was MassEcon’s way of saying thank you and welcome to 18 diverse companies that have recently chosen to locate in Massachusetts from across the country and across the globe. The event recognized companies from a variety of industries, including life sciences, technology, energy, healthcare, and manufacturing, who have put down roots in all regions of the state, creating more than 600 jobs in the process.

“We know that the world is a very flat place, filled with all kinds of innovative and entrepreneurial people, and when their businesses grow to a point that they’re becoming global businesses, we want them to think about Massachusetts as one of the places where they are going to be,” said EOHED Secretary Greg Bialecki, featured guest at the event.

The diverse group of companies recognized at this year’s event include: Attend.com of Boston; BAUM Retec of Methuen; CareCloud of Boston; Cryogenetics of Woburn; Cybereason of Cambridge; Emirates Airline of Boston; EthoSolar of Marlborough; Facebook of Cambridge; Great Wolf Resorts of Fitchburg; Jabil/Nypro of Clinton; Labminds of Boston; McGraw-Hill of Boston; Menck of Chicopee; RapidMiner of Cambridge; Synacor of Westford; Velesco Pharma of Quincy; WeWork of Boston; and Wisetek of Franklin. Each company considered a variety of factors when looking for its new location, and for one reason or another, all settled on Massachusetts.

“We looked at a few different options but Boston was quite unique,” said Joe Sawyer, VP of Marketing for Carecloud, which is headquartered in Miami and recently established an office in Boston. “Some cities have large healthcare industries and some cities have large technology industries, but really, only Boston has a large and thriving healthcare technology industry. So we felt that in terms of both the talent and the ecosystem, this was the place to be.”

“Our initial market focus was going to be the Northeast, and Western Massachusetts was just an ideal location because there’s so much within a few hundred miles of where we are in Chicopee in terms of both opportunities and population,” said Todd Bachelder of Menck Windows, a German-based company that recently established its US manufacturing facility in Chicopee. “In addition to that, in the greater Springfield area you’ve got a history of manufacturing and in the greater Pioneer Valley you have a wonderful educational infrastructure that really should help us to find the folks we’re looking to employ.”

A key goal of MassEcon’s annual event is to introduce new companies to the rich Massachusetts network, and that is something event-host Genzyme has experienced and benefited from first-hand.

“Genzyme has developed its success through its own strengths, but Genzyme would be nothing without all the collaborations that were developed over the past 30 years,” said the company’s CFO Marc Esteva.

“Just to learn what other people are doing and getting inspired by (it)….that’s worth being here already,” said Ingo Mierswa, CEO of RapidMiner.

Special thanks to host Genzyme and sponsor WinterWyman for their role in what was a very memorable evening. Please check out the photos and videos from the event, and contact us if you’d like to find out more about MassEcon.

Date posted: May 5, 2014 | Author: | Comments Off on MassEcon Welcomes 18 Companies to Massachusetts

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