Manufacturing in Michigan
Michigan's machine base is tooling. Die and mold shops feed the Tier 1 and Tier 2 stamping and molding plants across metro Detroit, while Holland, Zeeland and Grand Rapids run injection molding around MillerKnoll, Haworth and Steelcase furniture work. Warren adds Army ground vehicle programs.
What we buy and sell in Michigan
Tooling states sell tooling equipment. We move die sinker and wire EDMs, bridge and gantry mills, jig borers, surface grinders and large capacity horizontals out of Michigan shops, along with molding presses and auxiliary plastics gear. Sell outright for a cash offer the same day, paid in full prior to removal once we have inspected, or list on brokerage at no cost and we earn only if we perform.
Selling and buying machinery in Michigan: common questions
My die shop is closing. What is an EDM and jig bore package actually worth to a buyer today?
Value on that package turns on a short list of things, and none of them is age on its own. Buyers look at the control generation, hours on the wire feed or ram, tank and table capacity, whether the tooling, electrodes, filters and manuals are complete, and how the machine has been cared for in a shop that ran it hard. A jig bore with its original scales and a documented calibration history moves differently to one that has been sitting. We inspect on site, then give you a same day cash number, or list it and let the market answer the question directly.
Do you take injection molding presses and the auxiliaries with them?
Yes, and taking the auxiliaries matters more than sellers expect. A press separated from its dryer, loader, chiller, temperature controllers, robot and mold clamps is a harder sell, so we would rather value the cell as it stands in your Holland or Zeeland plant than strip it. Tonnage, shot size, tie bar spacing, the control and whether it is hydraulic, hybrid or all electric drive the interest. Both routes are open on a cell: an outright same day cash offer following inspection, with payment in full before anything comes off the floor, or a free brokerage listing.
We supply a Tier 1 automotive customer. Can we sell a machine before the program actually ends?
This is the most common timing problem in the state, and brokerage is built for it. Listing costs nothing, so you can put the machine in front of buyers while it is still running the last of the program, agree terms, and set removal for after your final shipment. Nothing is committed until it sells and we are paid only when it does. If the program end date slips, the listing simply follows it. Where the schedule is fixed and you would rather be done, we will inspect and quote a cash figure the same day instead.
Are you based in Michigan?
No. We are headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, and we have no yard, office or premises anywhere in Michigan. What we do have is buyers for Michigan equipment and long standing trade in these categories, so a mold shop in Sterling Heights or a stamper in Grand Rapids is dealing with a dealer that comes to the machine rather than one that expects the machine to come to a lot. Inspection happens where the equipment sits, and on the cash route payment clears in full before anything is removed.
Buying or selling machinery in Michigan? Call KD Machinery at 480-922-1674 or tell us what you have.
We also buy and sell machinery in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin.