Furniture company expanding in Pennsylvania

Knoll, a designer and manufacturer of workplace and residential furniture, plans to expand in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Knoll has committed at least $6.8 million for the project, and the company’s expansion will occur in three stages.

The first stage began last year when the company relocated its textile team from East Greenville to a new 57,000-square-foot facility in Quakertown. Knoll next plans to relocate a manufacturing line from its Michigan facility to the old East Greenville facility.

Within the next three years, Knoll plans to relocate its Allentown mixing center facility to a site close to the East Greenville location. The move will expand its mixing center from 300,000 square feet to 500,000 square feet.

Expansion is expected to create at least 138 new, full-time jobs and retain 920 positions over the next three years.

“Since our founders established our first manufacturing operations in East Greenville during the 1940s, Knoll has been committed to this area and the skilled workforce it offers,” Knoll Workplace COO and President Chris Baldwin said.

The Department of Community and Economic Development submitted a funding proposal for $82,800 in funding for job training, a $425,000 Pennsylvania First grant, and $276,000 in Job Creation Tax Credits to be distributed upon creation of the new jobs.