Ashford Equipment
Ashford Equipment deals in the full range of plastics processing and metalworking machinery — blow molding, die casting, thermoforming, and every category beyond them — connecting sellers and buyers across North America and a global network.
Tell us what you haveAshford Equipment operates as a full-category dealer, which means the service model is built around whichever transaction structure actually fits the situation. When a manufacturer is ready to move a single machine or an entire floor, we buy outright — clean, direct, no channel dependency. When timing or price sensitivity calls for a different structure, we manage consignment, running the listing, vetting buyers, and handling the transfer so the seller stays out of the process. Auctions and liquidations are part of the toolkit as well, deployed when the asset mix or the timeline makes a broad-market event the right answer. We also work the buyer side: sourcing specific equipment, negotiating on behalf of the purchaser, and vetting machines before capital moves. For owners whose exit is the business itself rather than individual assets, we handle complete business and turnkey facility sales. The contracts, real estate, and M&E transfer as one transaction, structured so nothing gets stranded and no piece of value gets left behind. Appraisals and formal valuations underpin all of it — whether the number is needed for a lender, an estate, an insurance file, or simply to make a better decision before committing to a path.
Ashford Equipment was built on a straightforward premise: a dealer who covers every category is more useful than one who covers a few. When a plant shuts down or a product line changes, the equipment list rarely sorts neatly into a single type. Blow mold machines sit next to die cast cells, thermoform lines share floor space with injection presses and CNC centers, and stamping presses stand alongside EDM equipment and Swiss turning centers. A dealer who can only handle part of that list forces the seller to manage multiple relationships, multiple timelines, and multiple negotiations. Ashford handles all of it under one roof. That breadth is not a marketing claim — it is the operational structure the business was designed around. The same discipline extends to how deals get structured. We are not committed to any single transaction channel, which means the recommendation a client gets is the one that fits the assets and the timeline, not the one that is easiest for us to execute. Buyers across North America and internationally know Ashford as a reliable source of inventory across the full spectrum of plastics and metalworking equipment. Sellers know us as a counterparty who can absorb what they have without asking them to sort it first.
Active across North America with an established international buyer network