Old Car Parts Mean New Job Opportunities for Camden

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Mayor Frank Moran, touring the facility Monday along with U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross and Camden County Freeholder Bill Moen, called the plant "the best (Economic Opportunity Act) project" he's seen so far.

Moran said Council President Curtis Jenkins has been meeting with city residents who've asked about jobs. Jenkins helped connect them with EMR.

EMR, a metal recycling company with locations around the world, is investing $250 million to boost its presence in Camden, said Balzano.

By next summer, he hopes to have more than 400 employees at the auto parts recycling plant, adding a third shift and two more disassembly lines to the two already processing 3,000 automobiles annually.

Norcross, an electrician by trade and a longtime proponent of blue-collar jobs (and the training to get them), said that "I worked with my hands and I am proud of it."

"Don't let anyone tell you you have to go to college to get a good job," he said. EMR was offering city residents jobs that provide living wages, benefits for their families and "the opportunity to retire with dignity."

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