Online industrial machinery marketplace launched to cut the number of failed deals

The online marketplace lists machinery for a variety of industries, including price and specification, while a support services directory gives buyers the opportunity to determine the overall cost of purchase, covering factors such as shipping, insurance, dismantling and assembly. It also provides a free library of best practice, which offers essential information and advice including purchasing guides, checklists, crib sheets, manufacturers’ brochures and equipment manuals. Listings will cover a range of paper-based packaging, printing, corrugated cardboard, and rubber and plastics manufacturing equipment on behalf of machinery agents, manufacturers and independent businesses. Current label printing machinery listings include equipment from Edale, Mark Andy, Codimag and Nilpeter, while Comexi, Uteco and F&K machines are also listed.

MachineCompare.com allows buyers and sellers to connect with one another directly in one online hub environment.

Eric Findlay, MachineCompare.com co-director, explained that the idea of the online marketplace is to provide buyers with all the information needed to make an informed purchasing decision and make them aware of full project costs before contacting the seller.

‘Through MachineCompare.com, we’re aiming to change the way the world trades industrial machinery. We believe the site plugs a clear gap that exists for an all-in-one trading platform, helping buyers to create a clearer picture of the available options when purchasing industrial machinery. This means buyers are more informed and that, in turn, helps to reduce the risk of sellers investing time and effort into deals that ultimately fall through.

MachineCompare.com is a start-up business conceived by brothers Benjamin and Eric Findlay, with almost a decade of sector experience gained through their time at the helm of machinery broker CMC International. Benjamin Findlay has worked for nine years as a broker of used machinery in the global corrugated sector. He has been a company director for five of those years, and has conducted and advised upon machine purchasing across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South America and Southeast Asia. Eric Findlay has worked as a new corrugated machinery broker for more than three years.

‘By drawing on our own sector expertise, we have been able to develop a service that meets a clear need by helping both buyers and sellers to overcome long-standing barriers to successful sales,’ added Eric Findlay.