Industrial auction pickup in Hannover and Lower Saxony: your lot collected, packed and shipped abroad.
Online industrial auctions sell machines, tools, measuring equipment and spare parts stock from closed plants and insolvencies across Lower Saxony, Bremen and Hamburg, and the buyer has to collect within a short window at the plant. If you are in the USA, the UAE, India or South Africa, that is a problem. We collect your lot on the collection day with your authorisation and the auctioneer's release, bring it to our workshop in Hannover, pack it for export, prepare the invoice and export declaration and ship it to you. Lots up to about a pallet we handle ourselves; for large machines we route you to a specialist forwarder before you bid.
The short version.
Online industrial and insolvency auctions with collection sites at plants in Hannover, Braunschweig, Wolfsburg, Celle, Hildesheim, Göttingen, Bremen and Hamburg.
Tooling, measuring and test equipment, electronic and control components, pumps, motors, small machines, spare parts stock, laboratory and workshop equipment, up to about a pallet per lot.
Machine tools, presses, production lines and anything that needs a crane or a dismantling crew. We tell you before you bid, so you can get a forwarder's quote first.
You send us the auctioneer's invoice and release and a short written authorisation. We present it at the plant and sign for the lot in your name.
The auction invoice is the basis for the commercial invoice; we add HS codes, origin where known, your importer details and file the export declaration. Used goods are declared as used.
Collection windows at industrial auctions are usually a few fixed days a few weeks after the sale. Send us the lot details as soon as you win.
Checked October 2026. Customs rules and carrier limits change; your quote states what applies on the day.
From the winning bid to the crate: how an industrial auction lot leaves Germany.
Before you bid: tell us the lot
Send the lot number, the catalogue photos and the auction's dimensions and weights. We tell you quickly whether it is something we collect and pack ourselves, what the collection conditions at that plant mean in practice and roughly what packing and transport will involve. For a machine that needs a crane or dismantling we say so and point you to a forwarder, before you commit.
Collection at the plant
Industrial auctions release lots only on fixed collection days and only against the paid invoice and a release. We book the slot, drive to the plant with your authorisation, check the lot against the catalogue, photograph it and sign the release. Lots are often shelved or bundled; we bring pallets and straps for the handover. From the plant the lot goes to our workshop in Hannover.
Packing used equipment for export
Used machines and tools come without packaging, often with oil, coolant or loose parts. Fluids have to be drained before handover where the carrier requires it; we seal what remains, secure loose parts, and build a crate or strap the lot to a pallet so that it survives air freight or a road and sea journey. Photos before and after packing go to you.
Customs for used goods
The auction invoice is the proof of value and purchase. We prepare the commercial invoice from it, with the HS code of the equipment and the note that the goods are used, file the EU export declaration and send you the exit confirmation. Some countries restrict the import of used machinery or need an inspection certificate or an import permit; we tell you what we know for your destination before packing, and the detail is on our country pages.
Transport
Parcels and small crates travel by DHL Express, UPS or FedEx; larger crates and pallets by air freight door to door or by sea freight on request. Insurance for the value you name is available and starts with your written confirmation. Your customs broker or the carrier's broker clears the import with our documents.
Four steps from Hannover to your door.
- You write to us
Supplier and order number, or where the goods are, plus your delivery address. We reply within one working day with a quote that covers collection, packing, export documents and transport.
- We collect
At the supplier, the plant or the fairground, with your authorisation where needed, across northwest Germany. Items are photographed on arrival in Hannover.
- We pack and declare
Made-to-measure packing or a wooden crate, export declaration with EU exit confirmation, commercial invoice with the right HS codes for the destination country's customs. You pay our invoice after packing, by card or PayPal.
- Delivery to your door
DHL Express, UPS or FedEx with tracking, insured on request for the value you name. Import duty and tax are collected by the carrier on arrival; our country pages tell you what to expect.
Frequently asked questions.
Which industrial auctions do you collect from?
Any industrial or insolvency auction with a collection site in Lower Saxony, Bremen or Hamburg, on the auction's collection day with your authorisation and the paid invoice.
How big a lot can you handle?
Up to about a pallet per lot, a few hundred kilograms, packable in our workshop. Machine tools and anything needing a crane we refer to a forwarder before you bid.
What do you need from me?
The auctioneer's paid invoice and release, a short written authorisation for us to collect, your delivery address and importer details.
Can you check the lot before I bid?
We can tell you from the catalogue what collection and packing will involve and whether the lot suits us. We do not inspect lots on site before the sale.
Are used machines allowed into my country?
Most countries allow used industrial equipment; some need an inspection certificate or an import permit. We tell you what we know for your destination before packing.
Which auction houses for art and antiques?
Fine art and antique auctions are a separate service with its own page; this page covers industrial and insolvency auctions.
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Tell us what needs shipping, where it is now and where it is going. A photo or a catalogue link helps. You receive a personal quote by email from the person who will handle your shipment.
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BFF Logistics is the international shipping service of BFF Business Services GmbH (HRB 209217, Amtsgericht Hannover). We run Mail Boxes Etc. centre 0051 in Hannover, which is why our email address ends in @mbe.de.
Your contact: Michael Leikine, Managing Director. We reply within one working day, in your language: write to us in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese or Arabic.
Günther-Wagner-Allee 13-17, 30177 Hannover, Germany.