F. A. Maker Pty. Ltd.

What F. A. Maker Pty. Ltd. does

F.A. Maker Pty. Ltd. is a privately held, family-owned Australian industrial equipment dealer founded in 1929 and headquartered in Laverton North, Victoria. The company specializes in buying, professionally refurbishing, and reselling used industrial process equipment, and self-describes as the largest used process equipment dealer in the southern hemisphere with over eight decades of accumulated operational knowledge. Its catalog spans more than 40 equipment categories, including centrifuges and separators, agitators and mixers, pumps, tanks, silos and hoppers, conveyors and elevators, heat exchangers and pasteurisers, dairy equipment, brewery equipment, food processing equipment, packaging and filling equipment, mills, crushers and shredders, dust collectors, filters, gearboxes, motors, valves, recycling equipment, and complete plant lines.

The core operating model is asset refurbishment: equipment is sourced from industrial sites (including full plant removals and relocations), inspected and serviced in the company's workshop facilities, and resold in working condition with compliance support for Australian industry requirements. Supplementary revenue comes from new machinery sales, equipment hire and leasing, try-before-you-buy programs, and removal/relocation services. The company also handles international shipping and export permits, enabling cross-border transactions such as documented sales to Indonesia. Go-to-market is sales-led and primarily direct: an online catalog with quote-based pricing, phone-based consultative selling, and a newsletter channel. Customer segments are diversified across food processing, dairy, chemical and pharmaceutical, mining and waste management, manufacturing and logistics, and adjacent verticals.

Commercially, F.A. Maker is a bootstrapped, family-controlled enterprise with 1-10 employees, no disclosed external capital, no parent or subsidiary structure, and no patents or formal certifications on file. The competitive positioning rests on inventory breadth, refurbishment workshop capability, brand longevity, and ability to underwrite the logistics of cross-border used-asset transactions rather than on technology, AI, or proprietary intellectual property.

Name

F. A. Maker Pty. Ltd.

Legal name

F.A. Maker Pty. Ltd.

Website

https://famaker.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1929

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

F.A. Maker Pty. Ltd. is a family-owned Australian dealer founded in 1929 that buys, refurbishes, and resells used industrial process equipment across food, dairy, chemical, mining, and manufacturing sectors, serving customers in Australia and internationally via in-house workshop facilities and export shipping.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Used Industrial Process Equipment

NAICS

Machinery Manufacturing (333), Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339), Food Product Machinery Manufacturing (333241)

SIC

Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment (5084), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)

akta.pro primary industry

Repair, Refurbishment & Remanufacturing Services (EUAIANAB)

Keywords

• Used industrial equipment
• Process machinery
• Equipment refurbishment
• Food processing equipment
• Dairy processing equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Laverton North, Victoria

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Used Industrial Equipment Sales: Primary revenue stream from buying, refurbishing, and selling second-hand industrial process equipment. Equipment includes centrifuges, separators, mixers, pumps, heat exchangers, conveyors, tanks, and other process machinery across multiple industries.
2. New Machinery Sales: Secondary revenue stream from selling new industrial process equipment alongside used inventory.
3. Equipment Servicing and Refurbishment: Revenue from servicing, inspecting, refurbishing, and testing industrial equipment in their workshop facilities before resale.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

F.A. Maker buys second-hand industrial process equipment, professionally services and refurbishes it in its workshop facilities, and resells it in working condition, alongside a secondary line of new industrial process equipment. The company also offers machinery removals, relocations, equipment hire and leasing, and workshop refurbishment services.

Product overview

F.A. Maker Pty. Ltd. is the largest used process equipment dealer in the southern hemisphere, offering an extensive inventory of both used and new industrial process machinery across 40+ product categories. The core offering comprises used industrial equipment (the primary business), supplemented by new machinery sales. The product portfolio spans critical processing equipment categories including agitators/mixers, centrifuges/separators, heat exchangers, pumps, conveyors, mills/crushers/shredders, tanks/silos, food processing equipment, dairy equipment, brewery equipment, packaging/filling equipment, and motors/gearboxes. The company also provides associated services including machinery removals, relocations, equipment testing, hire, leasing, and workshop refurbishment. Equipment serves industries including food processing, dairy, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, breweries, mining, and general manufacturing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Used Industrial Process Equipment Second-hand industrial process equipment spanning mixers, pumps, conveyors, centrifuges, heat exchangers, gearboxes, motors, tanks, and other processing machinery, refurbished and resold to food, dairy, chemical, pharmaceutical, mining, and manufacturing operators.
• New Industrial Process Equipment New industrial process equipment available alongside used inventory for businesses requiring brand-new machinery.
• Equipment Refurbishment, Removals, Hire, and Leasing Services Machinery removals and relocations, equipment testing and try-before-you-buy programs, equipment hire and leasing, and in-house workshop refurbishment services.

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• EquipNet: Global marketplace and services provider for used industrial equipment with auction, liquidation, and resale offerings that compete with traditional dealers like F.A. Maker.
• Heritage Equipment Company: Used process equipment dealer serving dairy, food, beverage, and pharmaceutical customers with similar categories of stainless-steel processing machinery.
• Loeb Equipment & Appraisal Company: Used process equipment dealer and appraiser serving chemical, food, pharmaceutical, and plastics industries with comparable buy/sell/refurbish capabilities.
• Federal Equipment Company: US-based used process equipment dealer offering equipment buyouts, appraisals, and refurbishment services — closely overlapping F.A. Maker's full-service reseller positioning.
• Phoenix Equipment Corporation: US used process equipment dealer specializing in chemical, plastic, and food processing equipment — direct overlap on agitators, centrifuges, heat exchangers, and tanks.
• Aaron Equipment Company: Long-established US dealer of used process equipment across similar categories (agitators, dryers, filters, mills, tanks). Direct competitor in the used industrial machinery resale market.
• Machinery & Equipment Corporation (M&E): Used process equipment dealer with a wide inventory of chemical, food, and pharmaceutical machinery and similar buy-sell-refurbish capabilities.
• Perry Videx LLC: One of the largest global dealers of used process equipment with a comparable inventory of centrifuges, mixers, reactors, heat exchangers, and packaging lines. Operates a similar wholesale/refurbishment model serving food, chemical, and pharmaceutical buyers.

Regional players

• IPM Machinery (Italian Process Machinery): Italy-based used process equipment dealer with overlapping dairy, food, and chemical machinery categories serving primarily European customers.

Broad incumbents

• Thomasnet: Broad industrial sourcing platform and online directory where many buyers also discover used industrial equipment dealers — adjacent ecosystem player to F.A. Maker's website-led go-to-market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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