About Jamer

JAMER is a locally managed joint venture between the Canadian subsidiary of Florida Rock Industries — www.flarock.com — a publicly traded company that does business mainly in the southeastern United States as a manufacturer of cement, specialized aggregates, and ready-mix concrete, and CCC L.L.C., a family-owned US company.

The Government of New Brunswick has long recognized that Port Bayside has the potential to be an economic hub and driver of prosperity if more industrial park space were available for growth. They also realized that industrial growth at Port Bayside and the industrial park would be indefinitely stalled unless an expanded ‘lay-down’ area could be created. The key to successful expansion was an experienced partner capable of extracting the high quality granite standing in the way of park expansion and using existing port facilities to ship it to accessible international markets. JAMER, through its affiliate, Charlotte County Ports, Ltd., was chosen as that partner.

Under an agreement with the New Brunswick government, Charlotte County Ports, Ltd. is helping to create a usable port-level industrial park space that is essential to the future growth of both the Port and the Champlain Industrial Park.

Improvements to Port Bayside berthing and lay-down area, as well as further development of the industrial park at port level, are pivotal to attracting new tenants or expanding existing operations in the Champlain Industrial Park.

While an expanded lay-down area is just one important by-product of JAMER manufacturing operations, it is a necessary first step for future growth of the Champlain Industrial Park. The result of completing the work on the west side of Route 127 will be approximately 91 acres of land, level with the current wharf, that will provide the much-needed materials handling and staging areas for the Champlain Industrial Park and Bayside Marine Terminal. With this expansion will come more jobs and increased economic activity for the Champlain Industrial Park and the entire area.

To promote successful development once the expanded lay-down area is in place, JAMER affiliates have committed to invest more than $2.5 million (CDN) for the necessary infrastructure normally associated with an industrial park. Business New Brunswick, Charlotte County Ports, Ltd., and other stakeholders will work together in the future to identify potential new clients for the park when the expanded area is declared ready.

JAMER is one of the major users of Port Bayside, which, along with the Champlain Industrial Park, provides a key component of strategic infrastructure vital to economic development in Charlotte County. JAMER is actually situated on land within the industrial park.

JAMER operations are currently focused on the west side of Route 127, directly adjacent to the marine terminal and industrial park.