The president of the quality assurance division of Enfield solar manufacturer STR Holdings abruptly announced his resignation today, after a year with the company.
Mark Duffy, who joined STR in August 2009, will leave his position as president of STR Quality Assurance on Dec. 31 “to seek other opportunities,” according to a release from the company. Dennis Jilot — STR chairman, president and CEO – will temporarily assume leadership of the division until a permanent replacement is found.
“We thank Mark for his commitment to STR Quality Assurance over the past year and wish him all the best in his future endeavors,” Jilot said in a statement. “I have worked closely with the senior leadership team of STR QA for the last thirteen years, and I am confident that we will continue to meet our clients’ needs with no disruption in service.”
Prior to joining STR, Duffy had 25 years experience in the consumer product and food ingredient business. For seven years, he was president of Griffith Laboratories USA, based in Illinois.
STR was founded as a plastics research and development firm but evolved over the years into two separate divisions: solar technology manufacturing and quality assurance provider. The company’s sales have boomed over the past year thanks to the growing solar market as the third quarter sales from the solar division were up 93 percent to $68.3 million over last year.
The quality assurance division has not performed as well as the solar division. It’s third quarter sales dropped from $32 million to $29.5 million in the third quarter compared to 2009.
In August, STR announced the expansion of its solar division, commencing an 18-month, $19-million move of its manufacturing operations to a 275,000 sq. ft. facility in East Windsor.
