Updated December 19, 2018

A Japanese auto supplier plans to invest $40 million and create more than 100 jobs in Lincoln County over the next three years, officials said Monday.

Hirotec America Inc. plans to build a plant in the Runway Centre Industrial Park in Park City, located just south of Fayetteville on Highway 431, according to a release from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.

Construction is scheduled to begin next year, and the company anticipates the plant going online in the third quarter of 2020, officials said.

The company will have a metal stamping operation in Lincoln County to make door panels. It is a Tier 1 supplier, and the average wage will be $21 per hour.