Gov. Wolf announces 115 new jobs coming to Luzerne County

Luzerne County will get 115 new jobs, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday, now that HMTX Industries has chosen Pennsylvania as the location of its new vinyl tile manufacturing facility.

HMTX, an $800 million, fourth-generation, family-owned business specializing in building materials, will lease an existing 313,000-square-foot facility in Pittston. The company will make improvements to the facility, as well as upgrade electrical and parking capacity, purchase equipment and train its new employees.

“I am very pleased that a leading company like HMTX has chosen Pennsylvania as the home of its new manufacturing facility,” Wolf said. “We successfully competed with other states for this project, and the company’s decision to locate here is a testament to the commonwealth’s thriving and supportive environment for modern manufacturers. I welcome HMTX and the important contributions they will make to Pennsylvania and our economy.”

The new jobs will come over the course of three years, the company said.

Coordinated through the Governor’s Action Team, a group of economic development professionals that work with businesses interested in coming to Pennsylvania, the state was able to offer HMTX a funding proposal for a $325,000 Pennsylvania First grant from the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), and a $100,000 workforce development grant for worker training. HMTX was also encouraged to apply for the department’s Manufacturing Tax Credit (MTC) program. The company said it was committed to investing more than $25.2 million into the project.