CNC Die Manufacturing & Stamping Facility Offers Assets at Auction
Hilco Industrial and JV Partner Maynards will be conducting the public auction sale of the assets of Motors Liquidation Company Grand Rapids on Wednesday and Thursday, November 10 and 11, 2010 beginning at 10:00 AM ET each day. The auction will feature CNC vertical and horizontal machining centers, transfer press machines, fabricating equipment, massive quantities of tooling, industrial robots, cranes, kitchen equipment, and more.
Motors Liquidation Company Grand Rapids, formerly known as General Motors Grand Rapids, is a stamping plant in Western Michigan that was the American automotive giant's first facility designed exclusively as a metal fabricating operation. Built in 1936 and often referred to as Plant No. 1, General Motors Grand Rapids occupies over 2 million square feet on 92 acres. In recent years the facility was responsible for the production of tamped products on light-duty trucks and full-size SUVs.
Bidders can bid on-site or on the web at www.hilcoind.com. For more information on the Motors Liquidation Company Grand Rapids auction and to register for the event, visit
http://goo.gl/5B56 About Hilco Industrial
An international leader in webcast, on-site, and online machinery and equipment disposition services, Hilco Industrial [www.hilcoind.com] designs, implements and manages state-of-the-art sales and marketing programs to achieve maximum returns. Core competencies include understanding the true marketable value of industrial assets and the know-how to sell them at the maximum recoverable value, in the shortest possible timeframe with minimal expense. Hilco auctioneers, appraisers, liquidators and consultants have an average of 30 years experience. They have conducted well over 4,500 sales events in helping companies unlock the hidden value in their underutilized assets around the world. Hilco Industrial is a unit of The Hilco Organization [www.hilcotrading.com], a world leader in the valuation, acquisition, disposition and specialized debt and equity financing of business assets, and includes Hilco Industrial Online, Hilco Industrial Europe and Hilco Acetec Mexico.
About Maynards
Maynards Industries is a global expert in auction, liquidation and appraisal services, and managing projects of all sizes from permanent offices in Canada, the USA, Europe, Japan, and China. Since 1902, the company has specialized in the asset conversion of commercial inventories and industrial equipment, and provided comprehensive valuation services for collateral-based lending, asset disposition and acquisition. Industry sectors of particular expertise include automotive, metalworking, plastics, sawmill and pulp & paper. Detailed information is available at www.maynards.com.
Contact
Ken Planet
E-mail:
kplanet@hilcoind.com Telephone: 1-248-254-9999 x33
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