About Northcoast Equipment Specialists

Northcoast Equipment Specialists has provided automotive equipment sales, installation, and service throughout Northeast Ohio since 1993.

We work with automotive dealerships, independent repair shops, tire stores, fleets, municipalities, schools, and home enthusiasts. From a single two-post lift to a complete service department, our team can help with equipment selection, layout, installation, ongoing maintenance, and repair.

More Than an Equipment Dealer

Selling the equipment is only the beginning.

Our installation and service teams work with the equipment every day. That hands-on experience helps us recommend products based on how they will actually perform in the field, not simply what looks good on a specification sheet.

We install automotive lifts, tire changers, wheel balancers, brake service equipment, air compressors, hose reels, and other shop equipment. We also provide service and repair for equipment already in operation, including many units we did not originally sell.

For larger projects, we can assist with shop layouts, equipment placement, site requirements, equipment removal, relocation, and coordination of installation work.

Automotive Lift Specialists

Automotive lifts are a major part of what we do.

Northcoast Equipment Specialists sells, installs, services, and inspects automotive lifts throughout Northeast Ohio. Our experience includes two-post lifts, four-post lifts, alignment lifts, scissor lifts, inground lifts, mobile column lifts, and specialty lifting equipment.

We work on everything from residential garages to large dealership service departments and fleet facilities.

Safety matters. We focus on properly selected, professionally installed lifting equipment and support ALI-certified products that meet recognized industry safety standards.

Tire and Brake Equipment Experience

Tire equipment is where Northcoast Equipment Specialists got its start.

We have decades of experience with Coats tire changers and wheel balancers and operate as a Factory Certified Coats Service Center. Our technicians provide equipment installation, troubleshooting, repair, and parts support throughout the region.

We also service Ammco brake lathes and other brake service equipment.

Local Service After the Sale

One of the biggest differences between buying shop equipment locally and buying it from an online seller is what happens after the installation.

Our service technicians operate stocked service vehicles and travel throughout Northeast Ohio to diagnose and repair equipment at the customer's location. When a lift, tire changer, balancer, or other critical piece of shop equipment goes down, our goal is to get it back into service as quickly as possible.

We intend to be the company our customers call years after the original purchase, not just the company that delivered the equipment.

Family Owned Since 1993

Northcoast Equipment Specialists is a family-owned Northeast Ohio company.

Since 1993, we have built the business around long-term relationships with customers, manufacturers, contractors, and employees. Many of the customers we work with today have been doing business with us for decades.

That history matters, but experience alone is not enough. We continue to invest in our people, equipment, service capabilities, and processes so we can support both the shops we have worked with for years and the next generation of facilities being built across Northeast Ohio.

From One Lift to an Entire Shop

Whether you need a replacement lift, a new tire changer, service on existing equipment, or help outfitting an entire facility, Northcoast Equipment Specialists can help from the initial planning through installation and future service.

Automotive equipment sales, installation, and service throughout Northeast Ohio since 1993.

Commitment to our Values

We are in business because of our customers. By giving our customers quality service, we will provide superior returns to them while creating an environment where employees will be valued, rewarded, and fulfilled.

Passion

Enjoying our work enables us to find creative solutions to challenging problems, welcomes new opportunities, and encourage and empower each other. We believe it is important to be skilled in our vocation and to be genuinely excited about it. Work is an important part of life that should be fun and rewarding. Passion nurtures both personal and professional growth; it doesn’t stop when we leave the building. Using our natural talents and gifts outside of work sharpens our skill and builds experience benefiting our families, communities, and our fellow employees.

Excellence

Individually and through team work we take initiative to overcome obstacles, seize opportunities, find solutions, and face challenges. We strive to exceed the expectations of our customers, suppliers, and each other. We view our responsibilities as a starting point, not a limitation. Striving to be the best helps to build a strong reputation and solidifies our businesses. Excellence leads to the shared success of our employees.

Integrity

Moral character, high ethical standards, and individual credibility are central to integrity. These traits serve to strengthen the bonds between all employees in a work environment built on a foundation of trust, honesty, loyalty, and mutual respect. This value guides our transactions from the most routine to the most critical as well as personal interaction between employees, customers, and suppliers. NES employees work in a proactive, positive environment that promotes a regard for the people with whom we work. Productivity and innovation are fostered and encouraged. Customer and supplier relationships are handled with integrity.

Accountability

NES embraces a culture of responsibility that emphasizes keeping personal and professional commitments. Accountability involves understanding our limitations and only accepting commitments we can keep. We assess circumstances and demonstrate the accountability necessary for achieving desired results: to see it, solve it, do it, and own it. When we assume full responsibility for our thoughts, feelings, actions, and results we direct our own destiny.

Agility

Agility is a value that has defined NES’s history. Change and flexibility are engrained in our culture allowing us to respond both proactively and reactively to a changing world. We embrace new opportunities and realities by reinventing ourselves, taking prudent risks, and having a tolerance for learning from our mistakes. Agility has contributed to our reputation for exceptional customer service and allows us to excel in numerous niche markets. It enables growth and increases competitiveness.