COLUMBIA, S.C. - A Japanese textile company plans to create 130 jobs and invest $30 million when it locates its first American automotive subsidiary in Gaffney, state commerce officials said Wednesday.

Suminoe Textile Co. Ltd., a maker of interior textile products, will make seat covers, headliners and carpeting at its Gaffney facility.

The agreement was announced in Osaka, Japan, where Gov. Mark Sanford and Commerce Secretary Bob Faith are on a two-week trade mission.

The company chose Gaffney over sites in Georgia and North Carolina because of the area's manufacturing climate and "considerable Japanese presence," according to a Commerce Department statement.

Suminoe received a $500,000 grant from the Commerce Department to upgrade infrastructure.

"It is a great honor on the part of Suminoe to have the privilege to invest in South Carolina, a state that has enjoyed a long history in the field of textiles in the U.S.," President Sadahiko Kondo said in a prepared statement.