Swiss machining, blow mold, extrusion — the full shop roster, brokered by people who already know exactly where each piece lands.

Kilburn Equipment Co. connects North American manufacturers and a worldwide buyer network to the industrial equipment transactions that matter — with the market knowledge, deal structure, and follow-through that a true machinery broker brings to every engagement.

Who Kilburn Equipment Co. is

The name behind the domain is the name behind the work. Kilburn Equipment Co. was built on a straightforward conviction: a machinery broker who genuinely understands the equipment — how it was made, how it wears, what it produces at spec, and what the market will actually pay for it today — will close deals that listing services and generalist operators never finish. That knowledge does not come from a catalog. It comes from years of transactions across Swiss turning cells, blow mold systems, extrusion lines, and the full span of plastics processing and metalworking machinery, repeated until the pattern of what a machine is truly worth becomes second nature. That depth is what protects our clients on both sides of every deal. A seller who works with Kilburn does not walk into a negotiation underinformed. A buyer who sources through Kilburn does not commit capital to a machine that looks the part but cannot hold tolerance. The brokerage model only works when both parties trust the broker's read on the asset — and that trust is built transaction by transaction, number by number, never by inflating a value to win a listing or discounting one to force a close. Kilburn Equipment Co. operates across North America with a global buyer network that stays active, and the business is run with one operating standard: the same discipline on a single Swiss turning center that we bring to a complete facility wind-down.

How we work the deal

Kilburn Equipment Co. is a machinery broker in the clearest sense of the phrase — we sit between motivated sellers and qualified buyers, and we do not let the deal drift. Every engagement begins by understanding what the equipment is actually worth. That means documented appraisals: written, defensible valuations covering fair market value, orderly liquidation value, and distressed-sale figures that hold up in front of lenders, legal counsel, and ownership groups making real decisions. The asset scope is the entire production floor. Swiss turning centers, blow mold lines, extruders, and extrusion systems form the categories where Kilburn runs deepest — but the engagement never stops there. Injection molding presses, thermoforming equipment, rotational mold lines, die cast cells, metal stamping operations, CNC machining assets, precision grinding systems, rubber and silicone processing machinery, fabrication equipment, automation and auxiliary systems, wire and sinker EDM, tool and die toolroom assets, and complete mold inventories and proprietary product lines are all inside the scope of what we buy, sell, value, and move. Once the valuation is established, the disposition path follows from the numbers rather than from convenience. Kilburn buys equipment outright — committed capital, no contingencies, a straightforward transaction that puts the check in hand without waiting on a buyer to materialize. When the situation calls for a different approach, we structure and manage consignment programs, placing assets directly with vetted buyers across our North American network and our active global buyer reach. Auction events and structured liquidations are part of the toolkit as well, deployed when a defined endpoint and maximum recovery are the governing priorities — plant closures, restructurings, and estate situations where an open-ended consignment simply will not serve the stakeholder. On the acquisition side, Kilburn works the buy side on behalf of manufacturers who need a specific machine at the right number — not the nearest available one. We hunt, vet, and negotiate so the capital our clients commit lands exactly where the production floor requires it. When a transaction extends beyond individual assets to the enterprise itself, Kilburn manages complete business sales and turnkey facility sales. We handle those engagements as a single, coordinated transaction. The contracts, real estate, and M&E transfer together — one point of accountability, one brokerage relationship, rather than three separate parties pulling in different directions and leaving value on the table.

1. Swiss Precision Turning Centers
2. Blow Mold Equipment & Systems
3. Extrusion Lines & Extruder Assets
4. Injection Molding Presses & Systems
5. Thermoforming Machinery
6. Tool & Die Operations and Toolroom Assets
7. Wire & Sinker EDM Equipment
8. Metal Stamping Presses & Coil Lines
9. Rotational Mold Machinery
10. Precision Grinding Systems
11. CNC Machining Centers & Turning Cells
12. Rubber & Silicone Processing Equipment
13. Die Casting Cells & Lines
14. Structural Fabrication Equipment
15. Automation Systems & Auxiliary Equipment
16. Molds, Tooling & Proprietary Product Lines

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