Process Equipment Update
Facility at Macclesfield, 3Di was appointed as exclusive sales agents to dispose of the surplus assets. The plants were mainly used in the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Following an initial inspection it was clear that a number of the assets could be sold in the used process equipment market place and were of high resale value. Production ended towards the end of 2009 and since that time 3Di Equipment has been marketing the assets globally. In total five production buildings are being decommissioned and the surplus assets removed for resale. The assets include Hosokawa Milling plants, Hastelloy &
Stainless Steel filter dryers, Vacuum Tray Dryers, Hastelloy reactors, De Dietrich & Pfaudler Glass Lined Reactors, Matcon Discharge Systems, Hastelloy Containment Booths, Vacuum pumps, Tantalum & Hastelloy Heat Exchangers and much more. The vast majority of the equipment is relatively new and
requires no refurbishment prior to sale. All of the equipment has been maintained to an excellent standard and regularly inspected. All the documentation such as pressure testing, inspection reports and maintenance history are available with each item of equipment for sale. 3Di has also carried out pressure tests and glass inspections on all of the glass equipment for sale. The sale has attracted a great deal of interest due to
the high quality of the equipment at affordable prices in comparison with the cost of buying this type of equipment from new. The other advantage is that buying directly from site reduces significantly the timescale the client would normally have to wait for this type of new equipment to be manufactured. Presently the sales of the equipment have been to large
chemical and pharmaceutical companies in Europe and the Middle East. 3Di is hoping to conclude the sale in 2011. Projects like this have enabled 3Di to supply its clients with
Fig. 2. As well as operating as a dealership for used equipment, 3Di also disposes of assets on behalf of major blue chip manufacturers..
n Expertise: As well as selling equipment and plants 3Di also offers expertise and advice to clients. 3Di regularly advises start up companies as well as large blue chip corporations upon their process equipment requirements. Clients find this service very valuable in terms of saving time and money.
n Environment: Another advantage of purchasing used process equipment and plants is the environmental impact. By purchasing used process equipment customers are effectively recycling surplus equipment. Buy used, recycle.
As well as operating as a dealership for used process equipment, 3Di also disposes of assets on behalf of major blue chip manufacturers. In recent years companies have closed manufacturing facilities in favour of outsourcing. This has meant that a number of facilities with highly specified and exclusive equipment have become available to the market place. A recent project 3Di is currently involved with is that of AstraZeneca in Macclesfield. Following the announcement in 2009 by AstraZeneca PLC of the closure of its Bulk Drug
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Fig. 3. The vast majority of the equipment is relatively new and requires no refurbishment prior to sale.
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