Manufacturing in Indiana
Indiana runs on four clusters. Elkhart County builds most of the nation's recreational vehicles around Thor and Forest River, Warsaw makes orthopedic implants at Zimmer Biomet and DePuy Synthes, Kokomo and Columbus carry Stellantis and Cummins, and Lake Michigan holds the integrated steel mills.
What we buy and sell in Indiana
Different clusters, different iron. Warsaw wants Swiss lathes, 5 axis mills and grinders for implant work. Elkhart runs shears, press brakes, tube benders and routers. Kokomo and Columbus retire large machining centers and presses. We buy any of it for cash, offered the same day and paid in full before removal following inspection, or list it on brokerage free of charge, earning nothing unless we perform.
Selling and buying machinery in Indiana: common questions
Is there a market for machines coming out of the Elkhart RV supply base?
There is, and it is broader than the RV trade itself. Fabrication equipment built for trailer, chassis and coach work, meaning shears, press brakes, tube and pipe benders, CNC routers and welding positioners, sells straight into trailer, truck body, agricultural and sign work nationwide. Elkhart County volumes swing with the RV cycle, so suppliers add and shed capacity quickly. When you need the space back fast we will buy outright. When you would rather wait for the right buyer, brokerage costs you nothing to list.
How are medical machine tools from the Warsaw area valued when they come up for resale?
By capability and by evidence, not by badge. Implant work in Kosciusko County demands tight tolerance, so buyers look at ball bar and laser results, spindle hours, way and screw condition, whether the control is still supported and whether live tooling, sub spindle and high pressure coolant are present. Documentation matters as much as the machine. A Swiss lathe or 5 axis mill with a clean maintenance record and its original tooling package finds a buyer far more easily than the same model with an unknown history.
Our plant near Kokomo is consolidating lines. Can you take a full list rather than one machine?
Yes, and a whole list is easier for us than a single unit. Automotive consolidations in Howard County and along the corridor down to Columbus tend to release machining centers, transfer and stamping presses, gundrills, washers and inspection equipment together. We will go through the list with you and split it: the machines we will buy outright for cash, paid in full before removal once inspected, and the ones better placed on brokerage where a specific buyer is worth waiting for.
How long should a Hoosier shop expect a brokered machine to take to sell?
We work to a sixty day target, and we say that as a commitment rather than a track record. What actually moves the clock is the machine itself. A common size vertical center or a late model turning center with a supported control tends to go quickly. Something large, specialized or tied to one industry takes longer because the buyer pool is smaller. Meanwhile it stays on your floor and stays running, and listing it costs nothing, so there is no penalty for letting the market decide.
Buying or selling machinery in Indiana? Call KD Machinery at 480-922-1674 or tell us what you have.
We also buy and sell machinery in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky.