In a January 26 live onsite w/webcast auction, Plant & Machinery, Inc. and Tiger Group are offering machinery and equipment from the South Houston facilities of metal-fabricator Gulfex—formerly a top manufacturer of high-quality, custom pressure vessels and towers used in the oil and gas, chemical and petrochemical industries.
Bidding platforms include Bidspotter and Proxibid. The sale will go live at 10 a.m. (CT) on January 26, both as a webcast at host PMI-auctions.com and onsite at Gulfex’s former facility at 701 Louisiana St., South Houston, TX 77587.
Highlights of the auctions include:
- Large-capacity sub-arc manipulators
- A huge selection of heavy-duty tank turning roll sets
- A large quantity of Lincoln & Miller welders
- Work-in-process and raw materials
Bidders can also acquire rolling stock and material-handling equipment—a total of seven forklifts and two flatbed trucks—as well as various other warehouse and office assets formerly owned by Gulfex.
Tiger and Plant & Machinery Inc. are also selling Gulfex’s IP. The package includes all technical electronic documents utilized by Gulfex as well as electronic records of completed jobs since 2003; Codeware Compress calculations; AutoCAD drawings; data books; QA/QC manuals; welding procedures; inspection procedures; document-control procedures and forms; and estimating forms.
In addition, sale partner AuctionSection.com is offering three former Gulfex real estate parcels/facilities in South Houston—two on Louisiana Street and one on State Street—in online-only events on January 25. These sales include assets such as two 100-ton cranes: two 50-ton hoists on each bridge, with a 10-ton speed hook on each bridge and a 28-foot under hook.
“We are excited to bring to market such an expansive mix of large capacity vessel fabricating equipment plus the industrial real estate with 100-ton crane capacities,” noted Ron Moore, President, Plant & Machinery, Inc.
Founded in 1966, Gulfex consistently provided high-quality products to several major oil and gas and petrochemical companies, not just in the Gulf Coast but across the globe. “This live onsite and webcast auction is an extraordinary opportunity for manufacturers serving these sectors to expand their operations by acquiring specialty M&E at liquidation values,” said George Laidlaw, a Director of Business Development for Tiger’s Commercial & Industrial division.