The origins of ESP Machinery Australia begin back in the 1960s, when 21-year-old Graeme Davies completed his apprenticeship in fitting, machining and toolmaking and ventured out on his own.
Setting up his business Everlast Steel Products Pty Ltd he started off working on old factory machinery in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine.
Davies often said that many of the big companies must have felt sorry for him, because the work rolled in, and it wasn’t long before he needed to invest in a larger premises and better machinery. The 60’s and 70’s were a golden time for manufacturing in Australia.
Expansion of the business required the buying of second-hand machines and selling off the old equipment, giving Davies a good insight into the used machinery business.
He then developed this aspect of his work to the point where it became a major entity in its own right and he spun it off into a new business, using the initials of Everlast Steel Products to create ESP Machinery Australia.
ESP Machinery Australia now positions itself as being Australia’s largest used machinery dealer, with a 5,000 square metre facility on 12,000 square metre site with four street frontages in Braybrook, Melbourne.
ESP Machinery Australia continued to develop and has also branched out into specialised new machinery, particularly the Megabore brand of big bore and heavy-duty lathes, for which ESP is the sole worldwide distributer.
ESP retains specialised fitting, rigging and electrical/FANUC (Fuji Automatic Numerical Control) specialists who make sure all used machines are in good working condition before being delivered to clients.
Specialising in heavier machinery, ESP’s offering includes: Megabore manual and CNC heavy duty lathes; Proma, heavy duty CNC roll and crankshaft grinders; Radar CNC boring mills; and vertical, horizontal and combination machining centres.
The facility has eight OH travelling cranes and can pick up 70 tonnes in a single lift.
For more information on ESP Machinery Australia, visit: https://machineryesp.com