ChamberLink Newsletter, a publication of the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County

Friday, August 19, 2011

Strata-G Solutions and Strata Form Grow in Huntsville

Strata-G Solutions and Strata Form recently held a ribbon cutting for the opening of the two companies’ Huntsville Manufacturing Operations in Cummings Research Park.

Strata-G Solutions is a Huntsville-based company founded by Devin Whitaker that provides rapid-response turn-key weapons systems engineering, design, prototype, production, integration, testing and logistics to both government and industry customers. In 2010, Whitaker founded a spin-off commercial company called Strata Form.

Strata From specializes in commercial products such as customer plastics, blow mold, injection mold, manufacturing, product improvements, and plastics mold/tooling design and fabrication. During its peak, the company has run three shifts, 7 days a week and employed more than 155 people from the local community, predominantly from HUB Zone areas.

Jim Bolte, Chair-elect of the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County Board of Directors, said the expansion of the companies is indicative of why the community continues to thrive.

“This announcement shows why this community is considered a smart place to live, work and play. The success of these organizations allows us to stand tall for our community and for our great state and show that we are, once again, adding jobs,” Bolte said.

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle lauded the companies for their continued growth and pointed out the importance of them both being home-grown companies.

"We can certainly tell this is a successful operation you have here and one of those special times in Cummings Research Park where we have home-grown companies expanding,” Battle said.

Founder and president/CEO Devin Whitaker said both companies plan to continue to grow.

“I can’t tell you have humbled and honored I am about this. We work in a community that is truly unique. We have strong roots in this community and we look back at how much we have grown together. I feel like we are going to have continued growth,” Whitaker said.

Marty Hirsch, vice president of Strata Form, said the company’s growth and success is based on the workers in Huntsville.

“When we started up in November 2010, I was amazed at the talent pool here and impressed with the dedication of this team.” Hirsch said.

Tony Brown, with Southern Patio, the global market leader of lawn, garden and patio innovation, said commercial plastic products manufactured in the Huntsville facility can be found in major retail stores such as Home Depot, Dollar General, Kmart and Lowes. Brown presented Strata Form an award in honor of outstanding production on behalf of Southern Patio.

“I’m extremely happy to be here and pleased with our partnership with Strata Form in Huntsville. We really went out on a limb with this company because it had no experience and didn’t even really exist at the time. But you all put together an amazing team and we were able to produce 2 million items last season. Not only are we happy with the past and present but we look forward to bringing more business and jobs to this beautiful city.”

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