Liquidators from Grant Thornton have wasted no time in moving to recover what they can for creditors of collapsed Melbourne wide format printer The Printcentre Group.
The company's machinery and other assets are up for auction today in a sale run 'to the order' of liquidator Stephen Dixon of Grant Thornton and conducted by Lockwood Auctioneers & Valuers.
The auction sale, due to begin at 11am this morning in the former Printcentre factory at 112-118 North View Drive, Sunshine West Vic, will include: digital printers and large format specialists plant machinery, equipment, stock, Kongsberg Esko Routers, laptops and PCs, office furniture and equipment, motor vehicles, forklift.
Here's a detailed rundown from the Lockwood site:
03/2006 & 11/2007 Kongsberg ESKO i-XL24 CNC Overhead Routers with i-Cut, 2007 Ausho/OSM 2600 Display AD 3m Paper & Board Guillotine, Mimaki CG-160FX Wide Format Cutter/Plotter, Hewlett Packard Designjet Z6100 Wide Format Digital Printer, 2 x Seiko Infotech IP-5610 Wide Format Digital Printers, Image Paper 60S Laminating Machine, GBC Flacon 60+ Laminating Machine, 2 Bench Top Print Head Cleaning Units, Likit, Sterling & Nagel Paper Drills, 3 x Electric Eyelet Presses, Wrap-O-Matic Paper Slitting Machine, 1998 IP Carousel Pallet Shrink Wrapping Station, 14 Bays Heavy Duty Pallet Racking, 2004 All Power 260Psi Compressor Type TU26, 2 x Dominator 220 PST Air Compressor Model: C155, Hitachi Pedestal Drill, East West Tipping Bins, Large Quantity Assorted Work Benches, 5 Assorted Pallet Trucks, Hand Tools, Inflammable Goods Cabinets, Large Range Assorted Paper, Sheet & Board Stock, OFFICE FURNITURE & COMPUTERS: Panasonic TDA-100 Telephone System, IT & OFFICE EQUIPMENT: 2015 Hewlett Packard ML350 G8P Server with Xeon Six Core Xeon E5-2620 V3, 10 Assorted i7 & i5 Laptops & PCs, UPS, Network Switchers, Printers, Modern Office Desks, Tables, Cabinets, Reception Furniture, Chairs etc, MOTOR VEHICLES & FORKLIT AT 1PM: 2008 BMW X5 Station Wagon (142,956 Klms), 2001 Mitsubishi VI Evolution Tommi Makinen Sports Sedan (94,619 Klms), 2011 Holden Colorado Tray Utility, Nissan 2.5 Tonne LPG Forklift (3,514 Hrs)
Those interested are asked to contact Tom Lockwood 0419 310 852 for further information.
Large format specialist The Printcentre Group went into liquidation last month following a meeting of the company owners.
Staff members turned up for work in Sunshine West on Monday morning, August 15, to find the doors had been locked and they were shut out. About 20 former staff members have been forced to seek compensation for their pay and entitlements through the federal government's Fair Entitlements Guarantee.
The company had expanded to Sydney in 2014, opening a new flatbed and wide format factory at Rosebery, but then shut down the operation the following year to concentrate on the Melbourne business – originally based in Port Melbourne before a shift to the new location on North View Drive, Sunshine West.
The Printcentre owners John Doyle and Darren Soppi have yet to make any public comment.
- [Photos from the Lockwood catalogue]
