Jan 16, 2023

Heeren’s equipment assets to be auctioned

Heeren Bros.’ equipment assets auction is scheduled for Jan. 31.

The auction sale is set to sell more than 300 pieces of equipment in the company’s apple receiving, washing, grading, packing and packaging assets. The auction will be exclusively online with bidding opening Jan. 31 and closing Feb. 7.

The equipment includes a modern high-speed washing, grading and flume delivery system with robotic bin handling/dumping and retrieval with a MAF Roda Agrobotic 6-lane optical sorter. A 28-lane grading discharge and 28-flume stainless steel isolation and delivery system with automated bin filling selection system are included.

The auction includes Maf-Roda dry pack bin fillers and graded product robotic bin dumping stations to water flumes delivered to drying and wax coating lines.

A Cedis-MAF automated 12-station fruit bagging line and tray packing line with Accu-Label ORB-it G-2 lane PLU ticker applicator are also featured. A tray dispenser, casing, Maf-Roda auto box fillers, Maf-Roda PNW quick bag packers, checkweighers, case sealers, conveyance and auto palletizing are included. SWF bliss formers, new Genie Z-45/25J articulating manlift, forklifts, scissor lifts, metalworking maintenance, spare parts, air compressors, pallet racking and plant support are also included, according to a news release.

Heeren’s cold storage and food processing plant in Comstock Park, Michigan, is also available for purchase or lease through Colliers International. More information on the building can be found here.

New Mill Capital, a national asset acquisition and disposition firm, is marketing Heeren’s equipment. Interested buyers should visit New Mill Capital’s website for photos and more information on the auction.

In 2019, the Comstock Park, Michigan, Heeren Bros. merged with Walsma & Lyons and formed Vine Line Produce Distribution as a new organization. The company rebranded as Vine Line Produce Distribution with business lines including Vine Line Logistics, Vine Line Trucking, Walsma & Lyons and Heeren Bros. Produce.