On Dec. 15, 2008, our guest speaker was project manager Gerald Pearson of Vic Progressive Drilling. Victor Fournier started working in Sussex area some 25 years ago and formed this company in 1987, starting very small with a single old drilling machine. In the 1990’s they started manufacturing there own drills and high-pressure grout pumps...
In 1998 the company got involved with Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS), also known as PotashCorp.
They build there own drilling rigs and pumps right here in Sussex at their plant. In 2007 they constructed an above-ground grout plant at PotashCorp. They continued to expand, operating in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, in addition to New Brunswick and also became international in scope working in projects in the USA, Ireland and Chile. They now operate 14 drilling rigs, have multi-million dollar annual sales with approximately 150 employees.
They are good corporate citizens supporting our local schools and sporting teams in numerous events.
An exciting presentation about local success.