Guiding STG Holdings, LLC as CEO, Chris Jamroz has an extensive background in integrated container freight station services. Chris Jamroz also has board responsibilities with Emergent Cold, which offers temperature-controlled storage platform solutions in countries such as Australia and Vietnam. In May 2018, the global cold chain company announced the acquisition of the recently merged Scales Corporation coldstore operations. Operating under the Polarcold brand, the company was formed in January from a combination of Whakatu Coldstores, Ltd. and Polarcold Stores, Ltd.The managing director of Scales described his firm as having established a market-leading presence in New Zealand’s coldstorage sector. This made it an ideal strategic fit with Emergent Cold, which is rapidly building up global capacities. The acquisition expands the company’s ability to actively meet worldwide cold chain market demand.At the same time, Scales’ 700 employees now have the chance to integrate their capacities and agribusiness expertise with a well-established management team that offers ample corporate growth opportunities outside New Zealand.
An accomplished business executive with over two decades of experience, Chris Jamroz serves as CEO of STG Holdings, which oversees North America's largest network of independent container freight station facilities. In addition to his work at STG, Chris Jamroz serves on the board of directors for Emergent Cold, a leading company in the temperature-controlled storage industry. According to a 2017 report by Grand View Research, Inc., the global cold storage market is expected to reach $212.5 billion by 2025. This represents an unprecedented 12.4 percent compound annual growth rate over an eight-year forecast period. In 2016, the global cold storage market was valued at just under $74 billion. The Grand View Research report cites increasing market demand for refrigerated storage as one of the driving forces behind the growth in the industry. The increased market demand correlates with increasing trade of perishable products and growing organized retail sectors in emerging economies such as China and India. Industry leaders looking to expand in emerging markets in the coming years will be challenged by a lack of infrastructure and reliable power supply. However, government initiatives to develop infrastructure coupled with improvements in warehouse management and refrigerated transportation will help support market growth during the forecast period.
As CEO of STG Holdings, Chris Jamroz leads a container freight station (CFS) network with more than 4 million square feet of warehouse space across the United States. Outside of his professional life, Chris Jamroz supports civic, cultural, and charitable organizations such as the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), which he serves as a member of its board of governors.ROM began in 1914 as a joint venture between the University of Toronto, the government of Ontario, and several prominent local figures. Since that time, ROM has developed into one of the finest museums in the world. Among the museum’s many attractions is its entrance rotunda’s mosaic ceiling, which has garnered acclaim as an architectural masterpiece.Made from Venetian glass cut into more than 1 million squares, the mosaic ceiling took more than eight months to install back in 1933. The ceiling’s style evokes Byzantine mosaics from centuries past while displaying images that represent cultures from around the world and throughout history. The 16 pictorial depictions on the mosaic include a bison from a cave painting, Romulus and Remus, an Assyrian winged bull, and a classical Greek temple, among others.To learn more about the Royal Ontario Museum mosaic ceiling or to plan a visit, please go to www.rom.on.ca.
