KD Auctions

Industrial Equipment Auctions and Appraisals For Banks, Lenders, Trustees, And Business Owners.

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30 Years · Serving North America · Every Industry

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Current Auctions

Surplus Equipment for a Precision Metal Fabrication and Machining Company

North Charleston, SC
Lots start closing Aug 18, 2026

⚡ The KD Advantage

Two Markets. One Firm.

One consignment. Two buyer pools competing for your assets.

Named Results

We Handle the Hard Ones.

Complex facility closures, court-ordered liquidations, distressed collateral: this is where KD's experience shows.

Celestica Electronics Manufacturing: $5M+ Recovery

Electronics & Advanced Manufacturing

Celestica Electronics Manufacturing: $5M+ Recovery

A major Celestica electronics manufacturing facility closure (400,000+ sq ft of SMT lines, test equipment, and precision tooling) surpassed $5M in total recovery through KD's national bidder network.

Multiple Facilities, USA · 400,000+ sq ft

Surpassed $5M in total recovery

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State-of-the-Art Doosan Automated CNC Machine Shop: $5M+ Recovery

CNC & Precision Machining

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State-of-the-Art Doosan Automated CNC Machine Shop: $5M+ Recovery

A state-of-the-art Doosan automated CNC machine shop featuring 60+ Doosan CNC assets (turning centers, machining centers, and full metrology) achieved $5M+ through KD's targeted machining buyer network.

Pennsylvania · State-of-the-art facility, 60+ Doosan CNC assets

Surpassed $5M in total recovery

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ZEV X EV Battery Facility Liquidation: $1M+ Recovery

Energy, Battery & EV Manufacturing

ZEV X EV Battery Facility Liquidation: $1M+ Recovery

ZEV X's 150,000 sq ft Gilbert, AZ EV battery manufacturing facility (battery assembly systems, high-voltage test equipment, and precision CNC) surpassed $1M through KD's global EV industry buyer network.

Gilbert, AZ · 150,000 sq ft EV battery facility

Surpassed $1M in total recovery

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EnerDel Battery Asset Recovery: Court & Lender Accepted Valuation

Banking, Trustees & Legal

Court-Accepted Appraisal

EnerDel Battery Asset Recovery: Court & Lender Accepted Valuation

KD Auctions provided a court- and lender-accepted USPAP appraisal and managed liquidation for EnerDel battery assets, delivering $1M+ in recovery under a complex bank-directed debt restructuring.

Multiple Locations · 500,000 sq ft · Debt restructuring

$1M+ recovery · Court & lender accepted valuation

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⚡ In-House Marketing Engine

More bidders. Higher recovery.

Recovery comes down to one number: how many qualified buyers show up to bid. Most auction houses outsource that job: renting their audience and waiting on outside vendors. We don't. Our in-house team shoots the photography, writes the catalog, and builds the email, social, and video campaigns, then markets your sale directly to our 500,000+ buyer list. Your auction goes live in days, not weeks: one team accountable end to end, with no agency markup skimming your recovery.

See how we market a sale
KD auction flyer: surplus heavy-equipment replacement-parts company, Sacramento CA
KD auction flyer: complete closure of a Texas machining operation, Caldwell TX
KD auction flyer: complete machine shop with full support equipment, Hillsboro TX
KD auction flyer: Citizen CNC Swiss machines and barfeeders, Indiana and Florida
KD auction flyer: late-model Haas machines short-notice sale, Denver CO
KD auction flyer: complete CNC machine shop, Atoka OK
KD auction flyer: Southern California precision machining operation, Ontario CA
KD auction flyer: nationwide multi-facility surplus machinery
IN-HOUSE STUDIO500K+ BUYERS · EMAIL · SOCIAL · VIDEO · CATALOG

Companies that have transacted with KD Auctions & KD Machinery include

Boeing
SpaceX
Northrop Grumman
Honeywell
Collins Aerospace
Caterpillar
General Electric
General Motors
Parker Hannifin
Eaton
Whirlpool
General Mills
Halliburton
Baker Hughes
Meta
US Bank
ThyssenKrupp
DMG Mori
Kennametal
Flextronics
Virgin Hyperloop
Taylor Made Golf
Allison Transmission
BE Aerospace
and many more
MD HelicoptersSolar TurbinesCelesticaMitsubishi Chemical Advanced MaterialsSub-ZeroVikingEnerDelAvondale ShipyardHaas FactoryMazak CorpPing GolfBridgestone GolfCobra GolfWilson Golf Ball ManufacturingKimber FirearmsTaurus FirearmsJohns Hopkins University

And hundreds more, including dozens of regional and national banks, lenders, and trustees across manufacturing, aerospace, defense, energy, food & beverage, and pharmaceutical sectors.

Every Deal Is Different.
Let's Talk About Yours.

Tell us what you have and where you are. We'll tell you honestly what it's worth and the best way to move it.

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