Apex Auctions is auctioning CNC and manual metalworking equipment formerly operated by Formaplex. The online auction opened on the 6th of August and bidding closes on the 19th of September. The assets come to the market due to company restructuring. UK firm Formaplex specialises in carbon, polymer and composite manufacturing. The firm provides services – including compression mould tooling, composite mould tooling, injection mould tooling and pattern machining – and manufactures jigs and fixtures for the aerospace, defence, marine, automotive, medical, renewable, space and motorsport sectors. The acquisition of Formaplex by Unipart was announced in August 2024.
More than 60 lots feature in the sale, including: 2014 FPT DinoX 5 axis CNC high speed gantry vertical machining centre; 2017 FTP Raid XL CNC 3 axis vertical machining centre; 2010 OMV Famu (Parpas) Active Five 3000 5 axis bi-rotative head CNC vertical machining centre; 2015 FTP Raid XL 3-axis high speed dual column CNC vertical machining centre; 2013 DMG Mori DMU 100 EVO 5 axis universal machining centre; 2013 DMG Mori DMU 80 EVO 5 axis machining centre; 2018 Samag TFZ 2L-1000, 7 axis CNC deep drilling machine; Jobs Jomach 32 5 axis CNC vertical machining/profiler centre and more.
The assets are located across multiple sites in Hampshire, UK and can be inspected by appointment with the auctioneer only.
Based in Brighton, UK, Apex Auctions has over 15 years of asset management expertise connecting buyers and sellers of industrial assets across the world. The company conducts more than 250 online auctions each year, selling in excess of 30,000 items to buyers across 63 countries.