AKG, a manufacturer of heating and cooling systems, said today that it is expanding its facility in Mebane and adding 76 jobs over the next three years.

The $3.3 million project will add 42,000 square feet to AKG's Mebane plant, which currently employs 311 people and serves as the German company's North American headquarters.

AKG received a $100,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund.

Earlier this month Orange County officials approved giving AKG $100,000 in five annual installments of $20,000.

Mebane has also pledged to provide the company $60,000.

The average annual wage for the new jobs will be $42,710 plus benefits. The Orange County average is $33,852.

The Mebane plant, which opened in 1981, is one of 11 manufacturing facilities AKG has around the world.

The company's heating systems are used in a variety of industries, including construction, forestry, agriculture and mining.