A Texas-based company is moving into Carbon County, officials report.

On Thursday, Kathy Henderson, director of economic development for Carbon Chamber and Economic Development, told the county commissioners that a company has signed a five-year lease for CCEDC's 40,000-square-foot building at 600 Industrial Road, Nesquehoning.The company that is expanding its operations into Pennsylvania, which has its home base in Houston, has not yet been publicly announced because Henderson said they are waiting on DEP permitting to go through.Henderson pointed out that the company is well-established in its field and has been in business for two decades.She did say that the opportunity came about through aggressively marketing the building to possible new tenants earlier this year.Realtor Paula Fritzinger of Koehler Marvin Realty handled the listing, putting it on multiple syndicates for commercial real estate.Henderson said that the business will create a handful of jobs for Carbon County in the beginning, adding that the business is also a community-oriented company that likes to invest in the area it serves.The building that the company will utilize has been the site of numerous businesses over the past 18 years, most notably Liquid Fence. It has sat empty since September 2014, after American Chimney vacated the property.Henderson said that the company will need to retrofit the building, which is broken up into four 10,000-square-foot sites, to allow it to meet all its needs.The company also will have the option to purchase the building if it desires.Henderson hopes to be able to formally announce the new business in the spring.