With over 35 years’ experience working with leading OEMs, machine tool agents and end users, TMMP recognised the need for a personal service that allows customers to trade, buy, maintain, relocate and care for machinery all in a single place.

The TMMP website allows those with unused or unwanted equipment to upload their machinery details online and sell for free using a simple, user-friendly platform and, because the equipment is marketed directly to the end user, the company says they will receive a far more realistic value for their equipment as opposed to selling through an auction, a trade dealer or from part-exchange.

The online platform also allows users to immediately buy, reserve an item, buy or make an offer, all of which is completely managed by the TMMP team, ensuring a swift negotiation and an efficient buying process. 

TMMP also offers a range of support services which include equipment valuations, relocation services, commissioning services, full after-sales service and maintenance options, PUWER assessments and repair services for all types of mechanical equipment.

The company also offers leasing options on new equipment from leading manufacturers, allowing customers to spread the cost when purchasing capital items.

TMMP is also an official distributor for a number of leading OEM’s and has been appointed by KNUTH Machine Tools, a leading German brand of CNC machine tools. Paul Bursnell, CNC Machine Tools Director said “The Machinery Management People have a huge market presence and are renowned in the machine sales sector for delivering a first class customer service. This mirrors our philosophy and was an extremely important factor when making this appointment”.

TMMP’s MD, Paul Lee, a mechanical engineer with a background in CNC machine tools for over 35 years, originally founded CNC Machine Tools in 1990 and went on to develop the award-winning CNC Online Auctions platform before creating and building The Machinery Management People.

Lee says, “Having succeeded with CNC Online by offering a unique approach to buying and selling, I still felt that a more personal and comprehensive solution was needed to fully support end users, where they could access all of their machinery needs in just one place.  

“Existing routes to market failed to return the asset’s true market value for the seller, whilst the buyer was met with premium purchasing fees and often faced the challenge of collecting and relocating the asset once acquired, whereas with our model we simply take a small service commission on items sold, allowing the seller and buyer to achieve a best value service.  Having paid out large fees myself during my 35 year career in the engineering sector, I felt it was time for a fundamental change in order to offer a modern, truly customer-centric approach to quality machinery management”.