Lockhart Equipment Partners
Lockhart Equipment Partners runs a live, active market for industrial machinery — Swiss machining, extrusion, EDM, and everything else on the production floor — purchasing equipment outright, turning inventory fast, and placing motivated sellers in front of a global roster of vetted, ready buyers while competitors are still writing up their first draft.
Get a desk quote or listing proposalA trading desk is not a listing board — it is a live operation that holds positions, moves iron, and closes before the next shift starts. That is the model Lockhart Equipment Partners was built around, and it shapes every service we offer. The desk quotes fast on outright purchases: when a manufacturer needs equipment off the floor without contingencies, waiting periods, or a buyer who materializes three months from now, we commit capital and close the transaction. Speed is not a feature we advertise — it is the operating standard. When the situation calls for a different structure, Lockhart runs consignment programs that put your assets in front of qualified buyers across our North American reach and our active global network — managed end to end, with the same market intelligence the desk uses on every direct buy. The scope of equipment we work covers everything a production facility can hold: Swiss turning centers, extrusion systems and extruders, EDM machinery, injection molding presses, CNC machining assets, precision grinding cells, die cast equipment, metal stamping lines, thermoform equipment, blow mold systems, rotational mold machinery, rubber and silicone processing lines, fabrication equipment, automation and auxiliary systems, tool and die assets, and complete mold inventories and proprietary product lines. No category is handled as a one-off curiosity — every discipline on that list trades through the desk regularly. Appraisals and documented valuations anchor the transaction work. Whether the number is needed for a lender, an estate proceeding, a dispute, or simply to know where a negotiation should begin, Lockhart produces written fair market, orderly liquidation, and forced sale figures that hold weight outside this building. Auction and managed liquidation services are available when a plant closure, restructuring, or estate situation demands a defined end date and a settled account. And when the transaction extends beyond the equipment itself, Lockhart handles complete business sales and turnkey facility exits. We manage those engagements as one coordinated transaction — contracts, real estate, and M&E addressed together, under a single point of accountability, so sellers are not managing three separate parties pulling in different directions.
The name Lockhart Equipment Partners reflects how this desk actually operates: partners in a transaction, not spectators to one. The trading desk model means we are always in the market — not activated by an engagement, not waiting for a seller to appear before we start thinking about buyers. Positions are held, capital is committed, and the network is live every day of the year. That posture changes what a seller gets when they call us. There is no runway of activity before a real offer is made, no gap between the appraisal desk and the trading floor where advice becomes convenient rather than honest. Swiss turning, extrusion, and EDM are where the desk runs deepest, but the entire production floor is inside our scope because a trading operation that limits its coverage limits its usefulness. Lockhart was organized around one discipline: know what the iron is worth, hold a real position on it, and move it to the buyer who actually needs it — across North America and to every corner of the global market we serve.
Trading across North America with an active global buyer network