Greensboro equipment company plans $30M expansion and job creation

The James M. Pleasants Company, Inc. (JMP), a Greensboro company specializing in HVAC and plumbing services, is making a $30 million investment to expand its operations. According to a news release, the company provides energy-efficient supplies for HVAC and plumbing systems.

JMP currently employs over 100 workers, and company officials say the expansion project will create 40 new jobs with average annual salaries of about $64,000.

Marvin Price is an executive with the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce. He says that JMP sets an example as a homegrown company, founded in Greensboro in 1958.

"So for them to be headquartered here, to grow here, to pay property taxes here, and for us to get this expansion, I think it's a great thing, because it tells the story that companies can make it here, they can grow here," says Price. 

Price also praises the company for being employee-owned and for its local apprenticeship programs.

The expansion is being facilitated in part by a performance-based grant of $35,000 from the One North Carolina Fund, which was created to help local governments attract new economic opportunities.