M&E Appraisal Associates, Inc. (“M&EAA”) provides certified metal stamping equipment appraisals. M&EAA recently appraised the machinery & equipment of a metal stamping company who is a provider of parts primarily utilized by the automotive industry.

The subject machinery & equipment appraised included large capacity presses ranging from 300 to 1,600 ton capacity. Many of the presses included coil steel feeding equipment, as well as automated parts feed/discharge systems, and die loading/unloading systems. Other subject machinery & equipment appraised included CNC machine tools, standard machine shop equipment, custom manufactured assembly machines/cells, material handling equipment, forklifts, and other related warehouse & support equipment.

Appraisal conclusions: the automobile metal stamping business is a very capital intensive industry. Recent higher level demand for cars and trucks has spurred automakers to ramp up production, a trend that benefited automobile metal stamping operations. The continued uptrend in the demand for automobiles, coupled with the good coverall condition of the subject stamping presses resulted in very favorable appraisal conclusions for the subject machinery & equipment.