Sheldon Equipment Partners
Sheldon Equipment Partners trades across the complete spectrum of plastics processing and metalworking machinery — with extruders, Swiss turning centers, and thermoforming lines as our deepest disciplines and the entire production floor inside our scope.
Tell us what you have or what you needSheldon Equipment Partners is a category dealer — which means the business model is built around covering the entire production floor rather than camping inside a comfortable niche. Extrusion is where the desk runs deepest: single-screw extruders, twin-screw compounding lines, sheet and profile extrusion systems, and the downstream auxiliary equipment that keeps a line running. Swiss machining is the second lead discipline, covering sliding-headstock turning centers from every major builder, along with the bar feed systems, parts catchers, and coolant units that surround them. Thermoforming rounds out the primary three — cut-sheet and roll-fed thermoform presses, forming molds, trim stations, and complete inline systems. Those three categories represent the densest part of the inventory and the sharpest part of the pricing, but they are a fraction of what moves through this operation every year. Beyond the primary three, Sheldon Equipment Partners handles the full range of production machinery without qualification. Injection molding presses of every tonnage class — horizontal, vertical, two-shot, and insert-capable — move alongside the robot, chiller, and material-handling auxiliaries that support them. Blow mold machinery, including extrusion blow, injection blow, and stretch blow equipment, trades here regularly. Rotational mold carousels, rock-and-roll machines, and open-flame rotomold systems are part of the standing inventory. Die cast machines — both hot-chamber and cold-chamber — along with trim presses and die temperature controllers, are bought and sold outright. Metal stamping presses, progressive dies, coil lines, and straightener-feeders are handled with the same depth. Precision grinding assets — surface grinders, cylindrical grinders, and centerless grinding machines — are sourced and sold across a wide range of builders and vintages. EDM equipment, including wire EDM and ram EDM sinker units, is a regular part of the deal flow. Tool and die shop assets, from die spotting presses to surface plates and die storage systems, are covered in full. CNC machining centers, vertical and horizontal, along with multi-axis turning cells, are sourced and sold for manufacturers who need a specific capability rather than whatever happens to be listed. Fabrication equipment — press brakes, laser cutting systems, plasma tables, ironworkers, and welding cells — trades here as well. Mold assets, including production injection molds, blow molds, and proprietary product lines with customer lists attached, are handled with the confidentiality and market knowledge those transactions demand. Rubber and silicone processing equipment — compression presses, transfer presses, liquid silicone injection units, and rubber extruders — rounds out the category coverage. Automation and auxiliary systems of every kind, from robots and conveyors to chillers, dryers, granulators, and material handling lines, are part of the picture from day one. The transaction menu is equally complete. Sheldon Equipment Partners buys equipment outright — committed capital, no contingencies, a timeline that matches how manufacturing decisions actually get made. Consignment is available when the asset mix or the seller's timeline calls for a managed sale rather than an immediate exit; we place machinery with qualified buyers across North America and into a live global buyer network. Documented appraisals — fair market value, orderly liquidation value, and distressed sale value — are produced for lenders, legal counsel, ownership transitions, insurance purposes, and sellers who want a defensible number before any conversation about price begins. Auction and liquidation services are structured for plant closures, bankruptcy proceedings, and estate situations where a defined settlement date matters more than holding out for a ceiling. We also handle complete business sales and turnkey facility exits. The contracts, real estate, and M&E move together as one coordinated transaction — a single point of accountability rather than three separate advisors pulling toward different outcomes.
Sheldon Equipment Partners was built on a straightforward conviction: a category dealer earns its position by knowing the equipment well enough to price it honestly, move it efficiently, and stand behind both sides of every transaction. The name on the domain is the name behind the work — no parent company, no franchise model, no desk that hands off to a generalist when the category gets specific. The breadth of the platform is real, not aspirational. Extrusion, Swiss machining, and thermoforming represent the categories where the market knowledge runs deepest and the inventory positions are most active — but the coverage of injection, blow molding, die casting, stamping, grinding, EDM, fabrication, rotational molding, tool and die shops, rubber and silicone processing, CNC cells, mold assets, and automation systems is not a sideline. Those categories are worked the same way the primaries are: with committed capital, genuine pricing discipline, and a buyer network that extends well beyond North America. The clients who come back are the ones who tested that depth and found it genuine.
Active across North America with a global network of qualified buyers