Who We Are

HAYNES makes delighting customers our top priority. Headquartered in beautiful Asheville, NC, MB HAYNES leads the way in providing skilled expertise to industrial, institutional, commercial and residential customers.

What We Do

We provide the best industrial, institutional, commercial, and residential services to our customers and limitless opportunities to our employees.

What We Offer

Traditionally, we have been regarded as only commercial constructors, but we are much more! Starting out as solely an electrical contracting company, we hold the oldest active electrical contractor’s license in North Carolina (#3U). Now electrical work is only one of our diverse offerings. Plumbing, security systems, solar systems, heating & cooling, storm response, traffic signal installation, industrial construction and general contracting are all covered under the HAYNES umbrella. We also offer residential installations and repair services for plumbing, electrical, HVAC and solar/energy solutions.

Our divisions include:

• H & M Constructors – General Contracting
• H & M Constructors – Industrial
• HAYNES Controls 
• HAYNES Electric
• HAYNES Electric Utility
• HAYNES Firestop
• HAYNES Heating & Cooling
• HAYNES Plumbing 
• HAYNES Solar
• HAYNES Technologies

What We Value

Our focus is on completing all jobs with the best quality workmanship, whether it is a turnkey project or an individual service. Quality, commitment and character are our foundational values and they are well ingrained into our culture. We believe that excellence begins with our employees, and that is why we provide the very best training and safety programs. At HAYNES, our employees are not just numbers – they are part of a team that takes great pride in providing the best services to our valued customers.

Our History

We are very proud of our rich heritage and the strong, stable leadership we have enjoyed from the Cannady family. In great part, this is due to Mr. Nathaniel Ellis Cannady, Jr. (Ellis). In 1951, Ellis, an Eastern NC native, was working for Underwriters Laboratory, in New York. While on business, in Asheville, he met Marion B. Haynes, Jr.  Mr. Haynes offered young Cannady a job as licensed electrical engineer for MB HAYNES, and also extended an offer to buy into the company. Thinking this might be a good move for his growing family, Ellis and his wife, Fran, moved to Asheville, where they raised a daughter, Lynne, and sons, N.E. Cannady III (Buzzy) and Brett.

Ellis purchased the company in 1966 and embarked on a journey to expand the 25 employee business. He said, “I wanted to do well enough to take good care of the employees, because I knew if I could do that, the employees would take good care of the company.” He was right. An employee of 43 years recently said, “This is where I started and where I have chosen to stay. The Cannadys are fair and honest with employees and with customers, and that isn’t easy to find.”

Over the years, Ellis became widely recognized for his philanthropic contributions and he won several awards for his contributions to public safety. He followed in the footsteps of his father, N.E. Cannady, Sr., by serving 22 years in the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and on the National Electrical Code (NEC) Committee. His father was a pioneer in the implementation of electrical codes. In fact, the NC Chapter of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors is named the NC Ellis Cannady, Sr. Chapter, an honor bestowed in 1956. Cannady, Sr. organized the Chapter in 1930 and served as chairman, from 1930 to 1967.

In April 2012, the Cannadys formed an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) and, as a result, close to 700 employees are now partial share owners. We are excited about the future, and we look forward to serving you with Quality, Commitment and Character, for many years to come!  Call us at 828-254-6141.

For more information, contact:

Katy Wyatt, Director of Marketing
MB HAYNES Corporation
187 Deaverview Rd.
Asheville, NC 28806
kwyatt@mbhaynes.com