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World Class Corporations are Succeeding in the Great Lakes Bay Region
Rank Manufacturer Name Type of Business Employees
1 The Dow Chemical Company Industrial chemicals/consumer products 5,800
2 Nexteer Automotive Automotive 3,644
3 Dow Corning Corporation Silicon/medical device products 3,343
4 Hemlock Semiconductor Group Polycrystalline silicon 1,700
5 Michigan Sugar Company Sugar beet processing 1,152
6 General Motors Powertrain Automotive 925
7 TRW Automotive Automotive 690
8 Means Industries Auto stampings 464
9 Duro-Last Roofing, Inc. (five facilities) Roofing materials (primary) 400
10 SC Johnson - A Family Company Household products (cleaning, storage) 398
11 Orchid Unique Advanced Machining Medical devices 350
12 Quebecor Printing - Pendell Inc. Commercial and publication printing 325
13 Merrill Technologies Group Machining 320
14 Hehr Companies Glass products 300
15 Glastender, Inc. Metal fabricator 270
16 Huhtamaki Plastics, Inc. Plastic containers manufacturer 260
17 Saginaw Control & Engineering Electronic Controls 237
18 Valley Publishing Co. Newspaper printing 192
19 Thomson Aerospace & Defense Aerospace and defense 185
    
 Rank  Non-Manufacturer Employer Name  Type of Business  Employees
 1 Area Public Schools Education  5,731
 2 Covenant HealthCare Medical  4,129
 3 MidMichigan Medical Center Complete hospital service  2,748
 4 Meijer Department store  2,373
 5 St. Mary’s of Michigan Medical  2,200
 6 Bay Regional Medical Center Health care services  1,748
 7 Morley Companies Display, interactive services, travel  1,600
 8 Wal-Mart Retail  1,173
 9 Saginaw Valley State University Higher education  1,100
 10 Delta College Higher education  1,000
 11 Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn Inc. Restaurant, hotel 1,000
 12 Consumers Energy Energy  941
 13 Aleda E. Lutz Veteran Affairs Medical Center Medical  750
 14 Zehnder's of Frankenmuth Restaurant  725
 15 County of Saginaw Government  712
 16 Fashion Square Mall Retail  650
 17 Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance Insurance  588
 18 United States Post Office Mail, shipping  580
 19 Bay County County government  525
 20 City of Saginaw Government  475
 21 Chemical Bank Financial services  460
 22 City of Midland City government  460
 23 HealthSource Saginaw Medical  430
 24 Birch Run Prime Outlets Retail  410
 25 Saginaw Correctional Facility Corrections  380
 26 MBS International Airport Travel, shipping  375
 27 City of Bay City City government  345
28 Northwood University Private university  340
29 County of Midland County government  330
30 Fabiano Brothers Wholesale distributor  325
31 XO Communications Internet provider  320
32 Bay Medical Care Facility Health care services  310
33 Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice Home health care  300
34 Three Rivers Corporation Engineering, construction, architecture  300
35 Bay–Arenac Behavioral Health Authority Social services  285
36 Carriage House Nursing home care  245
37 Synergy Medical Education Alliance Medical  240
38 Mobile Medical Response Emergency transportation  230
39 McLaren Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home health care  225
40 Saginaw Co. Community Mental Health 
Authority		 Medical  216
41 DLEG Unemployment Insurance Agency Unemployment services  200
42 Health Delivery Inc. Medical  200
43 Citizens Bank Banking, finance  197
Sources: Saginaw Future, Bay Future, Inc. and Midland Tomorrow (2011)

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