Services

Most of what we do is visible in the catalogue: machines we have bought, inspected and are selling. Around that there are a few things worth asking us about, and none of them begin with a machine that is already in stock.

Looking for something we do not have

If what you need is not in the catalogue, tell us and we will look for it. We buy directly from pharmaceutical and cosmetics manufacturers across Europe — from plant closures, line replacements and capacity changes — and a good part of what passes through us is spoken for before it is ever listed.

The more precise you are, the better this works. What helps most: the type of machine and the output you need, the format range it has to cover, whether you need GMP documentation and how complete it has to be, when you need it standing in your plant, and which country it is going to.

We will tell you honestly whether it is something we see regularly or something that comes up once a year. If it is the second, we would rather say so than leave you waiting on us.

What it is worth, and what condition it is really in

If you have equipment standing idle and want to know what it would fetch, send us photographs and the nameplate and we will tell you. What you get back is a range and the reasoning behind it: what comparable machines have actually been selling for, what raises the figure and what lowers it. It is an indication of a sale price, not a certified appraisal — if you need a signed valuation for your accounts, for insurance or for a bank, that is a different document and we do not issue it.

One thing is worth saying plainly, because it affects how you should read our number: we may want to buy the machine ourselves. Where that is so, we tell you, and you are free to take our figure to somebody else and check it. A valuation nobody can check is worth nothing, which is why we tell you what ours is based on and not only what it is.

It works the other way round too. If you are looking at a machine somewhere else and want a second pair of eyes on it, we can go and assess it: what condition it is genuinely in, what is missing, what the documentation actually covers, and what it will take to get it running in your plant.

And where a plant is closing, we go through the whole list — what is worth selling, what is worth only its scrap value, and in what order to release it so that the good items do not have to wait for the rest. That conversation is usually worth having earlier than people expect: once a site is being emptied to a deadline, it is the deadline that sets the price.

For any of it we need photographs, the nameplate, the year of manufacture and a rough idea of how much use the machine has had. Tell us what it is for, and we will tell you what is involved and what, if anything, it costs.

Selling equipment through us

If you have equipment to sell, you do not have to sell it to us. We also sell on behalf of owners: the machine stays where it is and remains yours until it is sold.

What we take on is the work of selling it — inspecting and photographing the machine, writing the technical description, putting it in front of buyers in English, German and Spanish and on the trade portals we list on, and handling the enquiries and the negotiation that follow.

What we need from you is access to inspect and photograph the machine, whatever documentation exists for it, and a realistic view of what it should fetch. The commercial terms — the commission, who carries which cost, and what happens if it does not sell — are agreed in writing before anything is published.

[KITÖLTENDŐ — ha van szokásos jutaléksávod vagy minimum gépértéked, amit vállalsz, ide érdemes kiírni: az eladó első kérdése mindig ez, és aki nem találja meg, az ír egy levelet, amire neked kell válaszolnod. Ha nem akarsz számot kiírni, töröld ezt a bekezdést — attól az oldal még működik.]

Dismantling and transport

Machines are sold ex works. Where one is still installed, dismantling, rigging, loading and shipping can be arranged through us, and are quoted separately from the machine itself.

What that costs depends less on the machine than on where it stands: which floor it is on, how it comes out of the building, whether a crane is needed, and how the utilities are disconnected. Send us photographs of what is around the machine, not only of the machine, and the quotation will be much closer to the final figure.

You are free to arrange your own transport instead, and many buyers do. Either way, tell us early: it changes how the machine is prepared for handover.

Seeing the machine before you decide

Photographs and video of the machine as it stands — the nameplate, the product contact parts, the wear, the things a written description does not show — on request, for any machine in the catalogue. Ask on the machine’s own page and say what you want to see; a specific question gets a much more useful answer than “send more photos”.

Viewing on site is by appointment. Where the machine is being sold on behalf of its owner, the time has to suit them as well, so allow a few days.

Seeing a machine actually running is a different matter, and it is worth being plain about why. A machine standing in a warehouse is connected to nothing. Putting it into service so that it can be demonstrated is days of work rather than an afternoon, and where the machine belongs to somebody else it depends on their site and their willingness as well. It can sometimes be arranged — normally once a purchase is seriously intended — and it is agreed separately. We would rather tell you that than promise a demonstration we cannot give you on the day you ask for it.

Where we sell

Our customers are pharmaceutical and cosmetics manufacturers, contract manufacturers, engineering companies and equipment dealers, mostly across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. We sell business to business only, and every enquiry is answered by a person — usually within one working day.