When a plant closes, we close it right.

Boswell Machinery Exchange specializes in the complete decommissioning of plastics and metalworking facilities — buying outright, running managed sales, and clearing floors that other buyers walk away from.

How Boswell works

Decommissioning is a specialty that most machinery dealers claim and few actually practice. Boswell Machinery Exchange was built from the ground up to do exactly that work — not as a sideline to trading clean used equipment, but as the core of the business. The company exists because plant closures, consolidations, and forced exits create a category of transaction that requires a different kind of operator: someone who can absorb complexity, move quickly on valuation, and execute across every asset class on the floor without farming pieces out to other parties. That means Boswell carries real capital to make outright purchases when the situation calls for it, maintains a live buyer network to move assets privately when time permits, and has the operational infrastructure to stage and run auctions and liquidations when the mix demands it. Sellers are not steered toward any single channel because Boswell has a preference — they are advised toward the path that the valuation and the timeline actually support. The same candor applies on the buy side. Buyers who source through Boswell get accurate condition reporting and honest descriptions because the company's standing depends on repeat relationships, not one-time transactions. Boswell serves manufacturers, private equity groups, lenders, receivers, and estates across North America, with buyer reach that extends to international markets for the right assets. The company does not have a geographic footprint that defines what it will touch — if a facility is being decommissioned and the assets are real, Boswell will be there.

Decommissioning & disposition services

Boswell Machinery Exchange was built around one moment in a manufacturer's life that most brokers would rather avoid: the shutdown. When a facility is being decommissioned — whether the driver is a consolidation, an ownership transition, a capacity reduction, or a full plant closure — we step in as the operating party responsible for turning capital assets back into capital. That work begins the moment we walk the floor. We assess every line, every cell, and every ancillary system and return a documented valuation that owners, lenders, and estate counsel can actually use. No ballpark ranges, no cocktail-napkin estimates — a defensible, written number for each asset class, from thermoforming sheet lines and blow mold systems down to the rubber and silicone processing equipment running in the back corner. From that valuation, we choose the disposition path that recovers the most value on the timeline available. For assets with strong individual demand we negotiate private sales directly, drawing on an active buyer network that spans North America and reaches well beyond it. Where a seller's timeline allows, we structure consignment arrangements that keep the equipment moving without forcing a distressed number. When the asset mix is broad and the clock is running, we stage and execute on-site or online auctions and liquidations, managing everything from catalog photography through buyer removal. And when certainty matters more than ceiling — when a plant needs to be cleared and the shutdown schedule cannot slip — we make outright purchases, taking the whole lot or targeted portions of it off the seller's hands in a single transaction. The same discipline extends to situations where the exit is not just the equipment but the operating business itself. We handle complete business sales and turnkey facility sales, where the transaction encompasses the full enterprise. The contracts, real estate, and M&E transfer as one coordinated transaction, and our role is to make sure the machinery and tooling values are properly established before any number goes into a purchase agreement. Buyers also engage us on the front end — sourcing specific equipment, vetting condition before a wire goes out, or assembling a production-ready cell from decommissioned inventory. The equipment categories we handle are as broad as North American manufacturing itself. Plastics processing is the core: thermoform equipment of every configuration, blow mold machinery from extrusion blow to injection stretch, injection presses across tonnage ranges, extrusion lines and downstream systems, rotational mold carousels, rubber and silicone processing lines, and the mold inventory and active product lines that travel with them. On the metalworking side we are equally at home with CNC machining centers, Swiss turning equipment, stamping lines and coil-fed presses, die cast machines, tool and die inventories, cylindrical and surface grinding machines, fabrication and welding equipment, wire and sinker EDM machines, and the automation and auxiliary systems that tie a modern shop floor together. No category gets handed off. Every asset on a decommissioned floor is our responsibility until it moves.

1. Thermoforming Lines & Sheet Equipment
2. Rubber & Silicone Processing Machinery
3. Blow Molding Systems
4. Injection Molding Presses & Clamping Units
5. Mold Inventory, Tooling & Active Product Lines
6. Swiss Turning & Screw Machine Assets
7. Metal Stamping Presses & Progressive Die Equipment
8. CNC Machining Centers & Turning Cells
9. Extrusion Lines, Compounders & Downstream Auxiliaries
10. Cylindrical & Surface Grinding Machines
11. Structural Fabrication & Welding Equipment
12. Rotational Molding Carousels & Ovens
13. Die Casting Machines & Trim Presses
14. Tool & Die Sets, Fixtures & Shop Assets
15. Automation Systems & Auxiliary Plant Equipment
16. Wire & Sinker EDM Machines

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