Manufacturing in Arizona
Arizona is a semiconductor and aerospace state. TSMC is building fabs in north Phoenix, Intel runs a large campus in Chandler, Honeywell Aerospace is headquartered in Phoenix, Boeing builds Apache helicopters in Mesa and Freeport-McMoRan mines copper at Morenci.
What we buy and sell in Arizona
Arizona is our home state; K.D. Capital Equipment is based in Scottsdale. We buy and sell statewide: precision machining centers and turning centers from aerospace and defense suppliers, toolroom and inspection equipment, EDMs, and heavy fabrication used by mining and copper operations. Cash offers are made the same day, with payment in full following inspection and prior to removal. A brokerage listing costs nothing to place.
Selling and buying machinery in Arizona: common questions
You are based in Scottsdale. How quickly can someone actually look at our machines in the Phoenix area?
Scottsdale is home, so the Phoenix metro is the shortest trip we make. Send model, serial, year, control and photographs of the machine and its plate, and where it fits what we trade we will come back with a cash offer the same day. Physical inspection is scheduled around your shift pattern. Payment is made in full after that inspection and before the machine is removed, which means you are never waiting on a buyer to fund after your equipment has already left the building.
What kind of equipment comes out of the semiconductor build-out in Chandler and north Phoenix?
Fab construction and expansion pull in a large tier of precision suppliers, and the equipment that turns over is generally high accuracy: small envelope vertical machining centers, Swiss and precision turning centers, jig grinders, wire and sinker EDMs, and CMMs and other inspection gear. Cleanliness and thermal stability records matter to the next owner, so keep calibration certificates and any climate controlled history with the machine. Ancillary plant such as chillers, compressors and ultrasonic cleaning lines also has a real used market and should not be scrapped by default.
Do you handle equipment in Tucson and southern Arizona, not just the Phoenix valley?
Yes. Southern Arizona carries a different mix from the valley, weighted toward missile and defense suppliers around Tucson and toward mine maintenance shops serving the copper operations in Greenlee, Pinal and Gila counties. That means large capacity lathes, radial arm drills, horizontal boring mills, plate rolls and welding positioners alongside the smaller precision work. Distance from Scottsdale does not change the terms. The offer route is still a same day cash number with payment in full after inspection, and brokerage is still free to list.
Is a cash offer or a brokerage listing better for a machine that is still in production?
It depends on how much time you have and how much you want to control. A cash offer settles the question immediately and removes the risk of a machine sitting unsold while you pay to store and insure it. Brokerage costs nothing to start and aims at an end user rather than the trade, so it generally reaches a broader audience, and we only earn if the machine actually sells. If the machine is still cutting parts, brokerage lets you keep running it while it is marketed. Our target is to sell within sixty days.
Buying or selling machinery in Arizona? Call KD Machinery at 480-922-1674 or tell us what you have.
We also buy and sell machinery in California, Utah, Colorado.