18 industries
What we buy
Production machinery, in the industries we have worked in since 1975. Single machines, complete lines and whole plants. If your machine is not on this page, it is still worth asking. Lists like this are never complete.
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- Textiles & Nonwovens
- Foam & Bedding
- Printing & Converting
- Power Generation & Energy
- Process Plants & Miscellaneous
- Plastics & Recycling
- Construction & Heavy Equipment
- Packaging & Bottling
- Food Processing
- Carpet & Flooring
- Laboratory & Testing
- Medical, Hygiene & PPE
- Paper & Tissue
- Metalworking
- Pumps & Compressors
- Wire Forming & Drawing
- Oil & Gas
- Marine & Offshore
Textiles & Nonwovens
Our largest category, and the one we know best. Spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing, finishing, and the nonwoven lines that grew out of all of it.
- Cards, drawframes, combers, roving and ring spinning frames
- Open end and air jet spinning, winders and twisters
- Warpers, sizing machines, re-beaming machines and creels
- Air jet, rapier and projectile weaving looms, dobby and jacquard
- Circular and flat knitting machines, warp knitting
- Jet dyeing, jigger, beam and package dyeing machines
- Stenters, compactors, sanforizers, calenders and coating lines
- Needle punch, spunbond, meltblown and thermobond nonwoven lines
- Slitters, inspection frames, folding and packing machines
Foam & Bedding
Foam production and conversion, and the mattress and furniture machinery that runs alongside it.
- Continuous and box foam production lines
- Horizontal and vertical foam saws, contour and profile cutters
- Loop slitters, peelers and CNC foam routers
- Quilting machines, single needle and multi needle
- Tape edge machines, border machines and panel cutters
- Innerspring coilers, assembly and pocket spring lines
- Roll packers, compression and bagging equipment
- Glue lines, laminators and flame bonding equipment
Printing & Converting
Web and sheet printing, and everything that turns a printed web into a finished product.
- Flexo, rotogravure and offset printing presses
- Digital and laser printing, engraving and marking systems
- Laminators, coaters and extrusion coating lines
- Slitter rewinders, sheeters and doctoring machines
- Die cutters, rotary and flatbed, and folder gluers
- Bag making machines and pouch lines
- Label lines, inspection and rewind equipment
- Anilox rolls, sleeves and press ancillaries
Power Generation & Energy
Prime power, standby power and cogeneration, from single sets to containerised plant.
- Gas, diesel and heavy fuel oil generator sets
- Combined heat and power packages, containerised or open
- Steam turbines, gas turbines and turbo alternators
- Boilers: water tube, fire tube, waste heat and biomass
- Transformers, switchgear, control panels and synchronising gear
- Radiators, heat exchangers, cooling towers and chillers
- Balance of plant: pumps, fuel treatment, exhaust and silencers
Process Plants & Miscellaneous
Complete process plants and the general equipment that does not sit neatly in one industry.
- Skid mounted and modular process plants
- Reactors, pressure vessels, columns and mixing tanks
- Dryers, evaporators, crystallisers and filtration
- Air compressors, dryers, receivers and nitrogen plant
- Water treatment, reverse osmosis and effluent plant
- Material handling: conveyors, elevators, silos and hoppers
- Workshop, laboratory and general plant equipment
Looking to buy process plants & miscellaneous machinery instead
Plastics & Recycling
Extrusion, molding and the recycling lines that feed them.
- Single and twin screw extruders, and complete extrusion lines
- Blown film, cast film and sheet lines
- Injection molding machines, with robots and ancillaries
- Blow molding, extrusion and stretch blow
- Thermoforming machines and trim presses
- Granulators, shredders, washing lines and pelletisers
- Compounding lines, mixers and gravimetric dosing
- Chillers, dryers, loaders and mold temperature controllers
Construction & Heavy Equipment
Earthmoving, quarrying and the fixed plant that goes with them.
- Excavators, loaders, dozers and articulated haulers
- Rigid frame haul trucks and mining support equipment
- Crushers, screens and washing plant, mobile and static
- Concrete batching plants, mixers and block machines
- Asphalt plants and paving equipment
- Cranes, telehandlers and lifting equipment
Looking to buy construction & heavy equipment machinery instead
Packaging & Bottling
Filling, sealing and end of line, for bottles, cans, cartons and cases.
- Rinsers, fillers and cappers, monobloc and inline
- Stretch blow molding machines and preform handling
- Labellers: wet glue, hot melt, self adhesive and sleeve
- Cartoners, case packers, wrap around and shrink wrappers
- Palletisers, depalletisers and stretch wrappers
- Conveyors, accumulation tables and air conveyors
- Coders, checkweighers, metal detection and inspection
Food Processing
Bakery, confectionery, dairy, meat and general food plant.
- Mixers, kneaders, dividers, molders and provers
- Ovens: rack, tunnel, deck and rotary
- Chocolate and confectionery lines, depositors and enrobers
- Cookers, kettles, fryers, blanchers and retorts
- Homogenisers, pasteurisers, separators and CIP sets
- Slicers, dicers, mincers and portioning equipment
- Freezers, spiral and tunnel, and cold store plant
- Stainless tanks, pumps, valves and process pipework
Carpet & Flooring
Carpet, rug and resilient flooring production, from yarn preparation to backing.
- Tufting machines, cut pile, loop pile and patterned
- Axminster and Wilton weaving looms
- Yarn heat setting, twisting and space dyeing
- Backing lines, latex, hot melt and secondary backing
- Shearing, brushing and finishing machines
- Printing lines and dye injection systems
- Cutting, rolling, wrapping and inspection equipment
Laboratory & Testing
Quality control and research equipment, from production laboratories and closed test houses.
- Universal testing machines and tensile testers
- Environmental chambers, ovens and furnaces
- Microscopes, spectrometers and chromatography
- Balances, viscometers, color and gloss measurement
- Pilot and laboratory scale process equipment
- Sample preparation, cutting and mounting equipment
Medical, Hygiene & PPE
Disposable hygiene and medical product lines, and the converting equipment behind them.
- Diaper, sanitary pad and incontinence product lines
- Wet wipe converting and packaging lines
- Face mask, gown and cap production lines
- Glove dipping and finishing lines
- Sterilisation, packaging and cartoning equipment
- Ultrasonic welding and sealing equipment
Paper & Tissue
Paper and tissue making and the converting lines downstream of the machine.
- Paper machines, tissue machines and complete lines
- Stock preparation: pulpers, refiners, screens and cleaners
- Winders, rewinders, slitters and roll handling
- Tissue converting: log saws, rewinders and wrappers
- Corrugators, flexo folder gluers and case makers
- Coating, laminating and calendering equipment
Metalworking
Machine shops, fabrication shops and press shops, whole or in part.
- CNC and manual lathes, including long bed and vertical
- Machining centers, vertical and horizontal, and boring mills
- Grinders: surface, cylindrical and centreless
- Presses: mechanical, hydraulic and press brakes
- Guillotines, plasma, laser and waterjet cutting
- Welding equipment, positioners and robotic cells
- Saws, drills, and general workshop plant
Pumps & Compressors
Rotating equipment, single units or a whole pump house.
- Centrifugal pumps, process, slurry and multistage
- Positive displacement pumps, gear, lobe, screw and diaphragm
- Vacuum pumps and vacuum systems
- Rotary screw, reciprocating and centrifugal compressors
- Blowers, fans and vacuum blowers
- Motors, gearboxes, couplings and drive packages
Wire Forming & Drawing
Wire, cable and spring production equipment.
- Wire drawing machines, wet and dry
- Annealing, galvanising and coating lines
- Spring coilers and wire forming machines
- Mesh welding and fence making lines
- Cable extrusion, stranding and bunching machines
- Spoolers, coilers and packaging equipment
Oil & Gas
Upstream, midstream and gas processing equipment, including complete skids.
- Gas processing plants, cryogenic and amine
- Separators, scrubbers, knockout drums and coalescers
- Compressor packages and gas lift equipment
- Heaters, dehydration and glycol units
- Storage tanks, vessels and pipework skids
- Wellhead, drilling and workover equipment
Marine & Offshore
Shipboard and offshore machinery, and the equipment that supports it ashore.
- Marine main engines, auxiliary engines and generator sets
- Deck machinery: winches, windlasses and cranes
- Pumps, separators, purifiers and heat exchangers
- Boilers, incinerators and water makers
- Shipyard equipment, plate rolls, presses and blasting plant
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If what you need is not listed there, that is normal. Most of what we sell is bought to order out of plants that are closing. Tell us what you are hunting for and we will look for it. That is the form on the right, and it goes to the same desk.
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