Manufacturing in Illinois
Illinois manufacturing runs on three distinct bases: the Rockford and Loves Park aerospace and fastener shops around Woodward's aircraft fuel control campus, Caterpillar's track type tractors at East Peoria and mining trucks, wheel loaders and motor graders at Decatur, and the dense job shop belt around Elk Grove Village.
What we buy and sell in Illinois
Rockford tolerance work turns over horizontal and vertical machining centers, multi axis turning and precision grinders. Downstate, in ag and construction country, we see large capacity lathes, boring mills, press brakes and shears. Two routes are open: a cash offer the same day, paid in full prior to removal after inspection, or brokerage, free to list, where we only make money if we perform.
Selling and buying machinery in Illinois: common questions
Can you buy a CNC machining center out of a Rockford shop that is still in production?
Yes. Most Rockford and Loves Park work we see is aerospace tolerance equipment, horizontal machining centers, multi axis mills and precision grinders, and it is usually still cutting when we first look at it. On the cash route we inspect, make a same day offer, and pay in full before anything is unbolted, so you keep running until the money has cleared. If the machine is holding a contract, brokerage is often the better fit, because it stays in place and productive while we market it.
We are consolidating two plants in the Quad Cities. Do you handle a full line at once?
Yes. A plant closure or consolidation is a different job from a single machine, and around Moline, East Moline and Rock Island we usually see a mix: combine and implement fabrication kit, press brakes, shears, large lathes and boring mills, plus support equipment nobody lists. We will value the whole line rather than cherry picking the two best machines. Some of it will fit a same day cash number, paid in full prior to removal after inspection. The rest we take to brokerage so the slower moving items still find buyers.
How does brokerage work if I do not want to sell below a number I have in mind?
Brokerage exists for exactly that. You set the number you will accept, the listing costs you nothing, and we do not earn anything unless the machine sells at or above it. That means the risk of a slow market sits with us, not with you. Our working target is to move a listed machine inside sixty days, and that is a commitment we hold ourselves to rather than an average we are quoting. If you need certainty and speed instead, the cash route is there, with a same day offer after inspection.
Do you sell into Illinois, or only buy here?
Both. Buyers across the state come to us for the categories Illinois builds with: vertical and horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes, press brakes and shears, EDMs, waterjets, surface and cylindrical grinders and toolroom equipment. Our inventory is national rather than regional, so a shop in Rockford, Peoria or the northwest suburbs sees the same pool as any other buyer, and a machine ships from wherever it currently stands rather than from a yard inside the state. We are a dealer and not an auction house, so there is a price to negotiate against instead of a closing bell.
Buying or selling machinery in Illinois? Call KD Machinery at 480-922-1674 or tell us what you have.
We also buy and sell machinery in Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri.