May 3, 2009 – Fiberguide Industries announced the appointment of Jack Kelly as President.Kelly will be based at Fiberguide’s Stirling, New Jersey head office, and will oversee day-to-day operations at that location as well as Fiberguide’s fiber optic assembly manufacturing plant in Caldwell, Idaho.Kelly comes to Fiberguide from Emerson Electric, where he was President of the Remote Automation Solutions division. He joined Emerson through the acquisition of FKI Inc., where he was also President.
Prior to FKI, Kelly started a fiber optic and fiber assembly test equipment development company, which he built up to generate $20m in revenue.
Kelly holds a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pa.) and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).Fiberguide Industries, Inc. manufactures a comprehensive line of standard and custom high optical transmission fibers and ultra precision arrays.
The company is a part of the global Halma technology group, which also includes photonics specialists Ocean Optics, a leader in spectroscopy and optical thin films; and Labsphere, a recognized expert in the light metrology field. FDA registered as a Contract Manufacturer and Custom Device Manufacturer, Fiberguide’s corporate and optical fiber manufacturing facilities are located in Stirling, New Jersey, with a manufacturing/assembly facility in Caldwell, Idaho.
