Used machinery
Machinery Dealers National Association (MDNA)
MDNA is an international nonprofit trade association, established to promote the used machinery industry. Its members are machinery dealers, auctioneers, and appraisers.
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Trade Associations and Memberships
Federal Equipment Company belongs to seven trade associations. Each one connects to part of what we do: buying and selling used machinery, appraising equipment, running investment recovery programs, handling plant closures, and serving pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturers.
Associations
The Associations We Belong To
From how we appraise equipment to the industries we sell to, here is what each membership means for our work.
Appraisals
Association of Machinery and Equipment Appraisers (AMEA)
AMEA is an international association of appraisers who specialize in machinery and equipment. Our equipment appraisals are performed by Certified Equipment Appraisers (CEA) through AMEA.
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Investment recovery
Investment Recovery Association (IRA)
The IRA serves companies and people who manage surplus assets for a return, from machinery to materials. Its members run surplus programs inside companies, the same work our investment recovery programs support.
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Restructuring
Turnaround Management Association (TMA)
TMA is dedicated to corporate renewal and turnaround management. Its members include the advisors who work on restructurings, where a plant's equipment may need to be sold through a liquidation or an auction.
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Pharmaceutical
International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE)
ISPE is a global not-for-profit association for pharmaceutical engineering, with a focus on scientific, technical, and regulatory advancement across the pharmaceutical lifecycle. We belong because we are a leading buyer and seller of used pharmaceutical equipment.
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Pharmaceutical and chemical
Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association (DCAT)
DCAT is a business development association for companies that manufacture, distribute, or provide services to the pharmaceutical, chemical, nutritional, and related industries. DCAT Week in New York, NY is on our event schedule.
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Chemical
Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA)
SOCMA is the trade association for the batch, custom, and specialty chemical industry. We exhibit at the SOCMA Show, and we buy and sell used chemical processing equipment such as reactors, agitators, and filter presses.
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Meet Us at an Association Event
DCAT Week, the SOCMA Show, and TMA's Distressed Investing Conference have all been on our event schedule. It lists upcoming shows, with booth numbers where we have them and equipment specials for many of them.
Trade show scheduleWhich trade associations does Federal Equipment Company belong to?
Federal Equipment Company belongs to the Machinery Dealers National Association (MDNA), the Association of Machinery and Equipment Appraisers (AMEA), the Investment Recovery Association (IRA), the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), the Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association (DCAT), and the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA).
Are your equipment appraisers certified?
Yes. Our equipment appraisals are performed by Certified Equipment Appraisers (CEA) through the Association of Machinery and Equipment Appraisers (AMEA). We provide USPAP-compliant appraisals, and you do not have to sell through Federal Equipment Company to get an appraisal.
What is the Machinery Dealers National Association?
The Machinery Dealers National Association (MDNA) is an international nonprofit trade association, established to promote the used machinery industry. Its members are machinery dealers, auctioneers, and appraisers.
Why does an equipment dealer belong to the Investment Recovery Association?
Investment recovery is the work of getting value back from surplus assets, by reusing them elsewhere in a company or selling them. Federal Equipment Company runs investment recovery programs for manufacturers, and the Investment Recovery Association serves the people who manage that work.
Buying or selling used process equipment? Talk to us.
Call 800-652-2466 (international +1 216-271-3500) or email sales@fedequip.com.
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