Goff's Curtain Walls was born in 1985 when Bob Goff, Tony’s father, expanded his autobody shop to 14,000 square feet. “He was having a difficult time separating parts of the paint shop” says Tony. “People were priming in the open. There was wet sanding in adjacent areas. Guys were buffing cars. All of these contaminants were flying around and conflicting with each other.” Bob realized that if he could put up a flexible curtain to separate different shop tasks, he’d be more productive than ever before.

“My Dad told me about his curtain wall idea and told me if I liked it, I could market it to the body shop industry” said Tony. Armed with features/benefits literature as well as black and white photographs, Tony and Bob visited the Society of Collision Repair Specialist Trade Show held in Toronto. “We walked around without a booth. We would hand out the flyers to the people at the show. We came back with our first order. A shop in Texas said they had an immediate need for our product,” recalls Tony.

Between 1987 and 1990, Goff’s Curtain Walls was managed from a card table in the corner of Bob’s autobody facility, then out of Tony’s childhood home, located next to the autobody shop. In 1995, they built their first manufacturing facility. Between 1995 – 2006 grew 600% in sales. In 2012, after ranking on Inc. Magazine’s list of fastest growing private companies in America 2 years in a row, Goff’s moved from their 20,000 square foot facility, down the street to a 67,000 square foot facility. With the increase in production capabilities the company released 3 new products that year.