Manufacturing in Georgia
Georgia manufactures at scale. Gulfstream builds business jets at Savannah, Kia assembles vehicles at West Point, and Dalton remains the center of the American flooring industry. Poultry processing runs across the state.
What we buy and sell in Georgia
That mix puts aerospace machining next to high volume automotive work and heavy processing equipment, so here we trade machining centers and lathes, stamping and press equipment, extruders and injection molding machines, and the stainless fabrication food plants require. 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 Georgia: common questions
We supply an automotive assembly plant and the program is ending. What happens to the machines?
Program end is one of the most common reasons good equipment reaches this market, and it is nothing like a distressed sale. The machines are usually low hour, well maintained and dedicated to parts nobody else makes, which means the fixtures and tooling are worth separating from the machine itself. Give us the list while the program is still running rather than after the line stops, because a machine that can be demonstrated cutting is a much easier sale than one already palletized.
A flooring plant near Dalton is closing. Is any of that equipment worth selling?
Usually more than people expect. Extruders, tufting and backing equipment are specialized, but the maintenance shop behind them rarely is: lathes, mills, presses, welding sets and material handling that any manufacturer can use. Chillers, dryers, granulators and conveying gear also carry real value and are frequently scrapped by mistake. Send an inventory covering the whole site rather than just the production line and we will tell you what we would buy and what is better brokered.
Does the Port of Savannah make any difference if we are selling?
It helps, though not in the way sellers usually assume. It does not raise what a machine is worth, but it widens who can practically buy it, because export buyers can move equipment out without a long inland haul first. That matters most on larger machines where freight is a real share of the deal. If your equipment is anywhere in the Savannah corridor, say so, since it is a genuine convenience for part of the buyer pool.
Our plant runs hot and humid most of the year. Does that affect what the machines are worth?
It affects condition rather than value directly, and condition is what gets priced. Humidity shows up as surface rust on ways and tables, corrosion in coolant systems and moisture in air lines, none of which is fatal and all of which a buyer notices immediately. A machine that has been kept dry and run regularly looks obviously different from one that sat through two summers in an unconditioned building. Clean it and run it before anyone comes to look.
Buying or selling machinery in Georgia? Call KD Machinery at 480-922-1674 or tell us what you have.
We also buy and sell machinery in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida.