A better way to sell surplus machinery
Find the right buyer for your machine.
Submit your surplus machinery once. Kretsa identifies the companies across Europe most likely to want it and brings competing purchase offers back to you.
Offers received
- Machinery dealer
- Manufacturer
- Producer expanding capacityBest
Illustrative example — buyer identities are never shown publicly
- Free to submit
- No obligation to sell
- European buyer network
Typically sold after a
- Line upgrade
- Closure or relocation
- Idle machine in storage
Fillers, packaging lines, ovens, mixers and labellers.
Don't list it. Find who wants it.
Traditional machinery marketplaces put your equipment online and wait for buyers to find it. Kretsa works the other way around.
We identify who is most likely to value your machine — from manufacturers operating similar equipment to specialist machinery dealers — and bring the opportunity directly to them. Then we let the market compete.
Traditional marketplace
- List
- Wait
- Enquiries
- Negotiate
Kretsa
- Submit
- Match
- Compete
- Sell
How it works.
- 01
Submit
Tell us about your machine.
Upload a few photos and the basic details. It takes only a few minutes.
- 02
Match
We find the right buyers.
Kretsa identifies relevant companies across Europe based on the machine, manufacturer, application, industry and buyer activity.
- 03
Compete
Buyers make offers.
Matched professional buyers are invited to submit direct purchase offers for your equipment.
- 04
Choose
You decide.
Compare the offers and choose the one that works for you. There is no obligation to sell.
The best buyer isn't always a machinery dealer.
A specialist dealer may want your machine. But so might a manufacturer running the same production process in Germany, Poland or Spain. Kretsa searches across the market to find the companies most likely to value your equipment.
Manufacturers
Companies operating similar machinery or production processes.
Capacity buyers
Companies looking to expand production without buying new equipment.
Specialist dealers
Professional machinery dealers actively buying equipment in your category.
International buyers
Qualified buyers elsewhere in Europe where your machine may command greater value.
One machine. Different buyers. Different values.
Anonymised example machine
Paper bag machine · 2016
- Specialist machinery dealer€42,000
- European machinery trader€48,500
- Paper bag manufacturer€61,000
- Packaging producer expanding capacity€68,000
You don't need to know who the best buyer is. That's our job.
A listing waits.
Kretsa searches.
Traditional marketplace
- Create listing
- Set asking price
- Wait for enquiries
- Answer multiple buyers
- Negotiate individually
- Hope the right buyer finds you
Kretsa
- Submit once
- We identify likely buyers
- We approach them directly
- Buyers compete
- Compare real offers
- Choose whether to sell
Free to submit, no obligation to sell, and your identity stays private until you accept an offer.
Your machine may be worth more to someone you don't know.
Used industrial machinery is a fragmented European market. The company willing to pay the most for your equipment may be hundreds or thousands of kilometres away — and may never see a traditional listing.
Kretsa connects surplus equipment with the companies most likely to put it back to work.
Your machine is assessed remotely.
We document what the machine is, its condition and how it comes out of the building, so buyers can price it without a site visit. A visit is arranged only if you agree to one.
A machine record, not a listing
Guided photography, nameplate data, condition notes and an access and removal survey are collected up front, so a buyer can price the machine from their desk.
Questions and evidence on request
Buyers can ask questions and request specific proof — the machine running under load, a close-up of product-contact surfaces, the exit route measured. We pass it on anonymously.
A viewing when it is warranted
Once a buyer has an offer on the table, we arrange a live video walkthrough, or a site visit where the seller agrees to one. Never before, and never unannounced.
- 01Remote machine record
- 02Questions
- 03Evidence
- 04Written offer
- 05Viewing
- 06Confirm
Sellers keep control throughout: no buyer arrives at your site without your approval, and your company is disclosed only once you accept an offer.
Equipment we sell for manufacturers.
Packaging
- Thermoformers
- Tray sealers
- Flow wrappers
- Vertical packaging
- Cartoners
- Case packers
- Palletisers
Food processing
- Mixers
- Cutters
- Slicers
- Formers
- Cooking equipment
- Freezers
- Processing lines
Weighing & inspection
- Multihead weighers
- Checkweighers
- Metal detectors
- X-ray systems
- Vision systems
Filling & beverage
- Fillers
- Cappers
- Labellers
- Bottling lines
- Dosing equipment
Complete lines
- Processing lines
- Packaging lines
- Bottling lines
- Turnkey production lines
Typical makes
MULTIVAC
GEA
Marel
Ishida
Syntegon
ULMA Packaging
Ilapak
Tetra Pak
Krones
Handtmann
Sealpac
Bizerba
Manufacturer names are shown as examples of equipment we handle. They do not imply any endorsement or affiliation.
Your identity stays private until you accept.
Kretsa shares your machine privately with selected professional buyers. Your company name and exact facility are never published.
What buyers see
Private opportunity- Company
- [hidden]
- Location
- Southern Finland
- Machine
- Thermoformer
- Year
- 2019
- Availability
- Q4 2026
- Seller
- Verified European food manufacturer
Example opportunity
Reviewed buyers
Buyer companies are reviewed before they join the network.
Private by default
Your company is not publicly advertised.
No obligation
Submitting a machine does not commit you to accepting an offer.
The loop
Where your machine goes next.
Your submission starts a full cycle: from an idle asset in your plant to a running line somewhere else in Europe.
- 1
A machine stands idle
Production stops after an upgrade, relocation or closure.
- 2
One private submission
Described once, never published under your company name.
- 3
Anonymous listing
Professional buyers see the machine, not the seller.
- 4
Competing offers
Buyers submit offers. You compare price and conditions.
- 5
Production restarts
Collected and put back to work in another European factory.
- …and the cycle begins again.
Reuse before recycling
A working machine that finds its next factory stays a machine — it does not become material.
Value retention
Resale keeps far more of the original investment than scrap value ever returns.
Longer asset lifetimes
Well-maintained food and packaging equipment often has decades of productive life left.
Reuse sits above recycling in the European circular-economy approach: keeping equipment in productive use for longer is the first step, long before materials are recovered.
Circular industry
Keep good machinery working.
Industrial machinery is built to last. When equipment is no longer needed at one factory, there is often another company that can put it back into productive use. Kretsa helps machinery move between businesses instead of sitting idle or being scrapped prematurely.
- 1Machine stands idle
- 2One private submission
- 3Matched buyers approached
- 4Competing offers
- 5Back in production elsewhere
Built to last
Industrial machinery is engineered for decades of production, not for a single owner.
Reuse before scrap
A machine that finds its next factory keeps working instead of being scrapped prematurely.
Value retained
Resale returns more of the original investment than scrap value.
Buying, not selling?
Get machinery opportunities that match your business.
Tell Kretsa what machinery you buy or operate. When relevant equipment becomes available, we'll bring the opportunity directly to you.
For manufacturers, machinery dealers, production companies and equipment traders.
Buying profile
Buyer types
- Manufacturers
- Machinery dealers
- Production companies
- Equipment traders
Categories
- Packaging
- Processing
- Weighing
Equipment
Food, beverage and packaging
Regions
Europe
Example opportunity
Private opportunityThermoformer · 2018
Northern Europe · Operational · Available now
Illustrative example
Pricing
Free for sellers. Buyers pay the commission.
Kretsa is paid by the buying side, so the seller's proceeds are the offer they accept.
Sellers
€0
Submitting a machine and receiving offers costs nothing.
- No listing fee and no success fee
- No obligation to accept any offer
- Photos, documents and offer handling included
Buyers
Buyers pay a commission on the accepted offer amount — stated before an offer is placed, charged only on concluded purchases.
- Under €20,000
- €1,000 minimum
- €20,000 – €100,000
- 5%
- €100,000 – €250,000
- 4%
- €250,000 – €500,000
- 3%
- €500,000 and above
- 2%
Percentage of the accepted offer amount, with a minimum of €1,000.00 per concluded purchase. Charged to the buyer only, exclusive of VAT.
Commission calculator
Move the slider or type a sale price to see the exact commission.
- Tier
- €20,000 – €100,000
- Rate applied
- 5%
- Commission
- €3,750.00
Charged to the buyer only, exclusive of VAT, on concluded purchases. Payment terms 14 days. Indicative — the exact rate is confirmed before an offer is placed.
Questions from sellers and buyers.
Surplus machinery
Have machinery you're no longer using?
Submit it once. We'll find the companies most likely to want it and bring the offers back to you.
Free to submit · No obligation to sell