(RALEIGH)--Baldor Electric Co., an international supplier of industrial electric motors, mechanical power transmission products, drives and generators, will expand its Weaverville operations. The company announced Tuesday plans to invest more than $4.8 million and create 32 jobs during the next three years. 

The announcement was made possible in part by a $64,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund.

Baldor Electric Co., headquartered in Arkansas, operates 26 manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Canada, England, Mexico and China, and provides products to more than 70 countries.

Three of the company’s plants are in North Carolina, in Weaverville, Kings Mountain and Marion, employing a combined workforce of nearly 700 people.