HÄMMERLE Industrieauktionen

HÄMMERLE is a German industrial auctioneer working the plant-closure and insolvency market, and it puts a figure on its own scale: more than ten thousand individual lots a year across over a hundred auctions. The credential it leads with matters in Germany — the auctioneer is öffentlich bestellt und vereidigt, publicly appointed and sworn, which is a regulated status rather than a marketing line, and the operation is TÜV-certified.

What you can buy

• Machine tools and CNC equipment from closing production sites.
• Metalworking machinery.
• Complete plant fit-outs from factory closures and modernisation programmes.
• Forklifts, compressors and workshop equipment.

How the bidding works

Auctions run online with a catalogue per sale, grouped by the closure or insolvency the machinery came from. The house's argument for using a sworn auctioneer is legal certainty over the transfer — in an insolvency sale, who actually owned the machine and whether title passes cleanly is not a theoretical question. Registration is required before bidding.

What to check before you bid

Industrial auctions are a dismantling job as much as a purchase: machines are sold where they stand, removal is at the buyer's cost and risk, and the site usually has a hard deadline because the landlord wants the building back. Check the removal window and any crane or rigging requirements before bidding on anything large. The site is in German.