Manufacturing in California
Aerospace anchors the state, from Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works and Northrop Grumman at Palmdale to the space suppliers around Hawthorne and El Segundo. Inland, Central Valley food processors run canning, bottling and packaging lines, while Irvine and Carlsbad build medical devices.
What we buy and sell in California
California shops sell us the machines that follow the work: 5-axis machining centers, precision turning centers, EDMs and grinders from aerospace and medical suppliers, plus stainless fabrication and food processing plant equipment. Take a same day cash offer, paid in full after inspection and before the machine leaves the building, or list on brokerage at no cost. We are paid only if we perform.
Selling and buying machinery in California: common questions
Our Los Angeles County lease is ending and the machines have to go. How fast can this move?
Tell us what is on the floor, with model, year, control and hours if you have them, plus photos of the data plate. Where the equipment suits our book we can put a cash offer in front of you the same day. Payment is made in full after inspection and before anything leaves the building, so your landlord timeline is not exposed to a buyer's financing. If the machines are better sold to an end user, brokerage runs on a sixty day target, which is the standard we hold ourselves to.
Who handles rigging and permits for moving a heavy machine out of a California plant?
Rigging is arranged as part of the deal rather than left with you. Southern California work usually needs a licensed rigger, a crane or gantry for anything over the door height, and oversize permits from Caltrans once a load passes legal width or weight. Air quality and hazardous waste rules also mean coolant, way oil and hydraulic fluid have to be drained and disposed of properly before a machine ships. We plan removal around your production so the cell comes out without stopping the rest of the floor.
Do you buy 5-axis and multi-axis machines from aerospace suppliers?
Yes. Aerospace and defense work in the Antelope Valley and the South Bay leaves behind well maintained 5-axis machining centers, horizontals with pallet pools, mill turns and precision grinders, and these are among the strongest resale categories in the country. Titanium and Inconel work is hard on a machine, so the honest condition of the spindle, the way covers and the chip management matters. Machines that were run on high pressure through spindle coolant and kept on a service schedule move quickly. Tell us what alloys it cut and we can place it accurately.
Can I buy a used machine from out of state and have it delivered to California?
Machines we list are located across the country and ship in by flatbed or step deck. Plan for delivery to be quoted on the actual crated dimensions and weight rather than a guess, since Interstate 5 and Interstate 10 routes into the basin often need a permit. Check incoming power before you commit, because a lot of used equipment is wired for a voltage or phase your building does not have, and a transformer or phase converter is cheaper to arrange before the truck arrives than after.
Buying or selling machinery in California? Call KD Machinery at 480-922-1674 or tell us what you have.
We also buy and sell machinery in Arizona, Oregon, Washington.