About Standard Tools and Equipment Co.

We’re a small business doing big things. When you picture us, think of a group of skilled and passionate people, working hard to deliver on excellence. We have a beautiful piece of North Carolina property where our 76,000 sq feet facility is located. From there, we design, make, and ship all of our paint booths and air makeup units. The vendors we do business with are all from North America …. and we try to go even more local when possible. We don’t use foreign parts or components in our booths.

We started out as a tool truck/cataloger that distributed tools and equipment to the automotive aftermarket. In 1997, we decided to give paint booths a shot and quickly found that we loved it. That transitioned into an early e-commerce site in 1999 and before we knew it, we were a full-fledged paint booth manufacturer. We got started by working with our customers to design specialty booths that would fit their unique needs. As investments in new equipment were made, we became more and more efficient in what we did and started to focus entirely on finishing equipment, adding our own line of air makeup units (The Sure-Cure) in 2013. From the get-go we decided that we were going to be a different kind of manufacturer. We wanted to build a relationship with our customers directly and not go to market through distributorships. No one knows our product better than we do and we knew our customers would receive better service and a more educated buying experience from us directly. The rest, as they say, is history.

From the get-go, we decided that we were going to be a different kind of manufacturer. We wanted to build a relationship with our customers directly and not go to market through distributorships.
Kat Mendenhall, CEO of Standard Tools and Equipment Co.

Large corporations, small mom-and-pops, and everything in between have trusted us with their paint booth purchase. We have booths in virtually every industry. When we think of all the ingenious things that are being developed in our booths, we ourselves are inspired. Violins, coolers, golf carts, lots (and lots) of signage, canoes, steel structures, agricultural equipment, firetrucks, Hollywood movie props and amusement park props, boats (and yachts!), vehicles, Military equipment (tanks, helicopters), furniture, cabinets, prosthetics (seriously) …. The list of unique industries goes on and on.

We’re thankful our customers put their trust in us and excited to be a part of it each and every day. So, what are you painting?

Call 888-312-7488 today to speak with an expert and get started!