# HomTex expands to Selma, Alabama with CARES Act funds to produce PPE

HomTex Inc. received $10.6 million in CARES Act funds to expand operations to Selma, Alabama, to manufacture surgical masks and N95 masks, creating 300-325 new jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-11-24
- Where: Selma, Alabama, United States
- Value: $10.6M
- Jobs: 325
- Status: announced
- Products: surgical masks, N95 masks
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [HomTex](https://endata.com/companies/51435.md)

## Sources

- [alreporter.com](https://www.alreporter.com/2020/11/24/governor-announces-homtex-expansion-to-create-300-plus-jobs-in-the-black-belt), 2020-11-24: "HomTex has made Alabama proud by stepping up during the COVID-19 pandemic to shift their production to create critical PPE supplies."

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