GapVax Expansion Opens Opportunity

GapVax started because owners Gary and Rose Poborsky had difficulty finding the type of reliable equipment they needed to support their growing environmental services business. Nearly three decades later, the Pennsylvania-based vacuum truck manufacturer has grown well beyond those humble beginnings and is on the cusp of a significant expansion.GapVax is currently wrapping up the first phase of what will ultimately be a 160,000-square-foot addition to its manufacturing facility in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.“The first phase is going to address our biggest bottleneck, which is blasting, painting and the finishing of the product,” says Gary Poborsky.The first phase encompasses about 100,000 square