Plastics reprocessing equipment to be auctioned Sept. 30

An on-location and webcast auction to be held Sept. 30, 2015, will feature equipment used in a plastics reprocessing operation, including a Cumberland grinder and a Rapid granulator.

The auction, organized by The Branford Group, features equipment used by the former MicroGreen Polymers Inc., a maker of recycled-content beverage cups that had a plant in Arlington, Washington.

A Branford Group news release says there will be an equipment inspection and preview Tuesday, Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific time.

“The equipment offered at the auction will include ‘like new’ modern thermoforming and extrusion lines, printing and packaging, plastic support and facility and support equipment. Most of the equipment being offered was purchased new in 2014. There will be over 700 lots of modern machinery and equipment offered,” according to Branford Group.

Among the items being auctioned are:

• a 50-horsepower Cumberland grinder Model 7411;
• a Rapid granulator Model G200-48 KURF;
• two Lyle, Brown and Zed thermoforming lines and two Lyle horizontal high speed trim presses; and
• late-model Hyster and Caterpillar forklift trucks.
   

Those interested in more details about the items being auctioned can visit www.thebranfordgroup.com/DNN3/Auction/MICR0915.aspx.