Louis P. Batson, Sr. started Louis P. Batson Company in 1948 upstairs in the garage behind the family home on Augusta Street in Greenville, South Carolina. Batson began with only one product -- a 100 percent wool vibration pad called ShuR-CusH. It was designed to go under machinery to reduce machinery vibration.

One year after its founding, a crisis faced the company and family, when Louis P. Batson, Sr. died unexpectedly at Christmas. Sons, Louis P. Batson, Jr., known as "Biggie" to countless friends from childhood on, and Elliott, were in the service and college respectively and not available to run the business. Batson's wife, Joanna, and daughter Joanna, stepped in to run the business until the sons could return home.

Since 1948, the company has grown and expanded to provide accessories, parts, service, supplies, and capital equipment to textile, plastic, film, foil, rubber and converting manufacturers in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

With the retirement of Louis P. Batson, Jr., Elliott Batson, and Joanna Batson Stone in December of 2002, the family-owned and operated business, which employs twenty-one (21) people, was led by a third-generation family member, Caroline Batson Stewart. Caroline is Elliott's daughter.

In January of 2018, Batson's 70th year in operation, Mike May was chosen to lead the company as Chief Executive Officer.

The staff includes sales, customer service and warehouse, technical support and service, administrative, marketing and advertising personnel. Salesmen cover the Southeast working from their homes.

In addition, independent manufacturer's representatives, who serve as sales agents in areas not covered directly by Batson personnel, augment the Company's sales force. The Company has foreign associates serving Mexico, Latin America and the Far East.