sourcing
We find the machine that fits your process, inspect it before you commit, and tell you honestly what it will take to make it production-ready.
used equipment decisions require technical assessment
Two identical filling machines from the same year can be a decade apart in real condition. Listing photos do not show bearing wear, hidden corrosion, an obsolete control platform with no remaining spare-parts support, or the fact that the format parts you need were never made for that frame.
These issues are often discovered only after purchase. Our sourcing service is designed to surface them before you commit.
We start from your process requirements. Product, container, closure, output, room class and footprint define what qualifies as a suitable machine. We then search across brokers, dealers, plant closures and direct owner sales, and shortlist equipment that fits those requirements rather than whatever is currently listed.
Then we inspect it in person. One of our technicians examines the machine and provides a written condition report: what is sound, what is worn, what is obsolete, what is missing, and a realistic estimate of the cost and lead time to reach production condition. That figure, set against the asking price, is what determines whether a purchase makes sense.
Sourcing is free of charge when Vertasept refurbishes the machine you purchase.
Start a search →- Mechanical wear, drives, bearings and change parts
- Product-contact materials, finish and corrosion
- Control platform, obsolescence and spare-part availability
- Electrical build, safety circuits and guarding
- Sterilization, filtration and utility interfaces
- Format-part inventory and what it would cost to complete
- Documentation, drawings and manuals actually present
- Regulatory gap against current Annex 1 expectations
- Written condition report with photographs
- Cost and lead time to production-ready
- Risk notes: what could still surprise us after teardown
- A clear recommendation, including whether to decline the purchase
how a search runs
specification call
An engineer reviews your product, formats, output targets, room and utilities, and the constraints that would disqualify a machine before anyone inspects it.
market search
We work our broker and dealer network, plant closures and direct sales, then return a shortlist that fits the specification rather than the search term.
in-person inspection
We inspect the shortlisted machine where it stands, with photographs, measurements and a control-system survey rather than a phone call with the seller.
condition report and true cost
You receive the report, the refurbishment estimate and the lead time. Asking price plus cost-to-production is the comparison that decides it.
purchase support
We support the negotiation with technical findings, then handle rigging, transport and intake into our shop if you proceed.
questions about sourcing
What does sourcing cost?
Sourcing is free of charge when Vertasept refurbishes the machine you purchase. The search, in-person inspection, condition report and cost-to-production estimate are included in that case.
Why inspect a used machine before buying it?
Two identical machines from the same year can be a decade apart in real condition. Listing photos do not show bearing wear, hidden corrosion, an obsolete control platform with no remaining spare-parts support, or format parts that were never made for that frame. These issues are usually discovered after purchase. An in-person inspection surfaces them before you commit.
What does the inspection cover?
One of our technicians examines the machine in person: mechanical wear, drives and change parts, product-contact materials and corrosion, the control platform and its obsolescence, electrical build and safety circuits, sterilization and utility interfaces, format-part inventory, the documentation actually present, and the regulatory gap against current Annex 1 expectations.
What do we receive at the end of a search?
A written condition report with photographs, a cost and lead time to production-ready condition, risk notes on what could still surprise us after teardown, and a clear recommendation. That recommendation includes advising against the purchase when the asking price and the cost to production do not work.
Where do you look for machines?
Across brokers, dealers, plant closures and direct owner sales. We shortlist equipment that fits your process requirements rather than whatever happens to be listed.
What do you need from us to start a search?
Your process requirements: product, container, closure, output target, room classification and the footprint the machine has to fit. These define what qualifies as a suitable machine before anyone inspects one.
tell us what you need to fill.
Give us the process and the format. We’ll tell you what is out there and what it would really cost.