Machinery & Equipment

What Machinery & Equipment does

Machinery & Equipment Co., Inc. is a privately held industrial asset intermediary founded in 1938 and headquartered in Brisbane, California. The company operates a global marketplace for used process and packaging machinery, maintaining one of the most extensive used equipment inventories in the world across three California sites (Brisbane, San Dimas, and Chowchilla) totaling 50 combined acres of storage. Inventory spans 150+ equipment categories including tanks, pumps, mixers, mills, conveyors, filters, kettles, reactors, and packaging machinery, serving six primary verticals: food and beverage processing, chemical processing, mining and minerals, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and biotech, and packaging.

The company monetizes across five streams: (1) purchasing surplus and idle equipment from corporates undergoing facility transitions or liquidations; (2) reselling used equipment to industrial buyers on a quote-based, transactional spread model; (3) certified USPAP-compliant machinery and equipment appraisals for banks, lenders, CPAs, attorneys, courts, and business owners; (4) full-service auctions for complete and partial processing and packaging facilities, including set-up, marketing, inspection escorts, online and onsite bidding, dismantling, and site demolition; and (5) asset recovery and logistics services. Equipment pricing is universally quote-based with no public list prices.

Go-to-market is sales-led and multi-channel: a self-serve equipment listing website drives inbound inquiries with 'Request a Quote' CTAs, supplemented by a phone-based inside sales team and field sales for enterprise liquidations and complete plant sales. Named customers include DuPont, Dow, Pepsi, Budweiser, Genentech, Constellation Brands, General Mills, Kraft, Conagra, Lonza, FLSmidth, Nutrien, and Sierra Nevada, among others. The company is bootstrapped, with no disclosed institutional investment, parent company, subsidiaries, or public listing.

Name

Machinery & Equipment

Legal name

Machinery & Equipment Co., Inc.

Website

https://machineryandequipment.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1938

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Machinery & Equipment Co. is a privately held, Brisbane, California-based reseller of used process and packaging machinery founded in 1938. It operates one of the world's largest used industrial equipment inventories across three California sites totaling 50 acres, serving food, pharmaceutical, chemical, mining, and packaging customers through equipment sales, auctions, appraisals, and asset recovery services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Used Industrial Equipment Resale

NAICS

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (33331)

SIC

Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment (5084)

akta.pro primary industry

Workshop Tools, Equipment & Lift Systems Distribution (TLAKAOAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Vehicle & Machinery Salvage (Heavy Equipment, Rail, Marine, Agricultural) (EUAIAJAL)

Keywords

• Used industrial equipment
• Surplus machinery sales
• Equipment auction services
• Machinery appraisals
• Asset recovery services

Headquarters

HQ city

Brisbane

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Equipment Sales (Buying): Purchasing surplus and idle industrial equipment from businesses undergoing facility transitions, liquidations, or upgrades.
2. Equipment Sales (Selling): Listing and selling used process and packaging machinery to buyers. Revenue earned on successful transactions.
3. Machinery Appraisals: Certified machinery and equipment appraisals (CMEA) for processing facilities, banks, lenders, CPAs, attorneys, courts, and business owners. Reports comply with USPAP Standards Rule 8.
4. Auction Services: Auction services for complete and partial processing and packaging facilities including set-up, marketing, inspection escorts, online and onsite bidding, dismantling, and site demolition.
5. Asset Recovery & Logistics: Asset recovery and logistics services for industrial machinery. Includes valuation, marketing, and asset sales.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Machinery & Equipment Co. buys, sells, appraises, and auctions used process and packaging industrial machinery for the food & beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, mining, nutraceutical, and packaging industries. The company sources surplus and idle equipment from businesses undergoing facility transitions, refurbishes and lists it through a global inventory of thousands of items, and resells it alongside complementary services including equipment auctions, certified appraisals (CMEA), asset recovery, logistics, and industrial real estate support.

Product overview

Machinery & Equipment Co. operates as a global full-service industrial asset partner specializing in buying, selling, appraising, and auctioning used process and packaging machinery. The company maintains three California locations with 50 combined acres of storage housing one of the world's most extensive used equipment inventories. The core product offering is their equipment marketplace complemented by auction services for complete facility liquidations, asset recovery, logistics, equipment valuations (with certified appraisers), and industrial real estate services. Equipment spans numerous categories including tanks (1,782+ listings), pumps (416+), mills (172+), mixers (220+), conveyors (154+), filters (158+), kettles (109+), reactors (74+), and specialized equipment for food, pharmaceutical, chemical, mining, nutraceutical, and packaging industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Used Processing & Packaging Equipment Sales Global marketplace for buying and selling used industrial processing and packaging machinery, featuring thousands of listings across categories including tanks, mixers, conveyors, crushers, dryers, filters, heat exchangers, kettles, labelers, mills, presses, pumps, and reactors, serving food & beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, mining, nutraceutical, and packaging industries.
• Equipment Auctions Full-service auction service for complete and partial processing and packaging facilities, including auction set-up, marketing, inspection escorts, online and onsite bidding, dismantling services, and site demolition.
• Asset Recovery Services Professional asset recovery service that helps clients liquidate surplus or decommissioned industrial equipment, converting idle assets into recovered value.
• Logistics Services Comprehensive logistics support for transporting industrial equipment, including planning and coordination for equipment moves.
• Equipment Valuations Certified machinery and equipment appraisals (CMEAs) for processing facilities, banks, lenders, CPAs, attorneys, courts, and business owners, with reports compliant with USPAP Standards Rule 8.
• Industrial Real Estate Services Industrial real estate consultation supporting facility transitions, including clients relocating or liquidating processing plants.

Named customers18 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• EquipNet: Operates an online marketplace for buying and selling used, surplus, and pre-owned industrial processing and packaging equipment — directly overlapping M&E's core offering across similar customer verticals.
• Perry Videx (Perry Process Equipment): Long-standing global dealer of used process equipment (reactors, tanks, mixers, filters, dryers); competes head-to-head with M&E on pharma, chemical, and food processing equipment resale.
• Federal Equipment Company: US-based used process equipment dealer with similar categories (mills, kettles, mixers, reactors) and appraisal/auction services — a like-for-like competitor in the same verticals.
• Aaron Equipment Company: Buys, sells, and appraises used process and packaging equipment across food, pharma, and chemical — directly comparable asset recovery and brokerage model.
• Loeb Equipment & Appraisal: Provides used industrial equipment sales, appraisals, and auction services — competing on the same appraisal and brokerage value proposition as M&E.
• Ex-Factory: Global online marketplace for pre-owned industrial machinery including processing and packaging equipment — competes directly with M&E for SMB and mid-market equipment buyers.

Emerging players

• Heritage Global Partners: Industrial auction and asset disposition specialist with online and onsite bidding capabilities — overlaps M&E's auction service line for plant closures and bankruptcies.
• Biditup Auctions: Industrial asset auction and appraisal firm serving manufacturing, food processing, and pharma — a focused competitor in M&E's auction service line.

Broad incumbents

• Hilco Industrial: Larger industrial asset disposition, valuation, and auction platform with a broader portfolio including commercial and industrial machinery — competes with M&E on enterprise-scale liquidations.
• Gordon Brothers (DoveBid Industrial): Global asset advisory and valuation firm with industrial machinery and equipment disposition services — comparable USPAP-style appraisal and auction offering at higher scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/used_equip
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/MachineryEquipment?sub_confirmation=1
• Facebookfacebook.com/machineryandequipment
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/machinery-&-equipment-co-inc-

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Investors

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