Ground was broken Tuesday afternoon for TeMa North America to celebrate the Italian-based manufacturing company’s first North American venture in the Burr Business Park. Tonj Ciotti, with TeMa, said when it opens, it will provide jobs for 30 employees in the manufacturing of insulation and drainage systems for residential, commercial and industrial customers.

“That means 30 families,” he said. Ciotti, who asked those gathered not to smile at “my Italian accent please,” said he has spent “many years of my life to open companies worldwide.""I understand that the first step to start an investment the right way is to have a good feeling, and this was a good feeling,” he said of Jefferson County, W.Va. “I felt myself in the right place in the right time.