Manufacturing in New York
New York still makes precision goods. Corning draws specialty glass upstate, GlobalFoundries runs a semiconductor fab at Malta, General Motors builds engines at Tonawanda, and Lockheed Martin does avionics work at Owego.
What we buy and sell in New York
Precision and process work side by side means machining centers and grinders, cleanroom and semiconductor support equipment, and the stainless fabrication food and beverage plants depend on. Sell it to us for cash, offered the same day and paid in full ahead of removal after inspection, or list it on brokerage at no cost and pay us only if we perform.
Selling and buying machinery in New York: common questions
Our shop is in New York City and the building has a freight elevator and nothing else. Can equipment still be sold?
It can, and city removals are their own trade rather than a barrier. What decides the plan is the elevator capacity, the door dimensions, the loading dock hours the building allows and whether the street needs a permit for a truck. Those constraints do not change what a machine is worth, but they do change how it comes out and when. Send dimensions and building rules with the equipment list and the schedule can be built around them properly.
We supply the semiconductor plants upstate. Is that equipment sellable to ordinary shops?
Much of it is, and some of it is worth far more to a specialist. General machining, grinding and inspection equipment sells to anyone. Cleanroom rated, ultra high purity and vacuum equipment sells to a narrow group who will pay properly for it, so it wants marketing rather than a quick clearance. Tell us which category each item falls into and we will treat the two differently, because putting specialist equipment through a general sale is how value gets left behind.
A food plant in the Hudson Valley is closing. Which equipment actually has a market?
Stainless is the short answer. Tanks, kettles, mixers, fillers, pumps and conveying built to sanitary standard sell readily because food and beverage buyers cannot substitute mild steel for it. Refrigeration, packaging lines and the maintenance shop all carry value too. What tends to be worth less than owners expect is anything built specifically for one product. Give us the full inventory and we will separate the two honestly.
Winter upstate is long. Does it affect when we should sell?
It affects removal more than the sale, and it is worth planning around rather than ignoring. Lake effect snow closes roads at short notice, and a machine that has stood in an unheated building needs care over lubrication and coolant before it runs again at the other end. Marketing carries on through the winter regardless. If your building will be unheated after the plant stops, say so, because that changes how quickly equipment should move.
Buying or selling machinery in New York? Call KD Machinery at 480-922-1674 or tell us what you have.
We also buy and sell machinery in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Massachusetts.