The complete catalogue of assets to be auctioned off from Paragon Australasia’s ACT site will be published by Graysonline on 28th January, the day that bidding begins. Currently there is a sale preview website with major assets listed, but the total site including all office fittings must be liquidated on behalf of the receivers E&Y.
Only the 2005 Heidelberg SM102P-10-colour is being sold by tender and expressions of interest for this press are currently being taken by Graysonline Operations Manager Michael McMahon, email: michelm@grays.com.au or Mobile: 0439 740 974.
Bids on all other Paragon assets, many of them unreserved, can be placed online from 3pm AEST on Thursday 28th Jan, with the online auction running for 5 days until 2nd February. Physical inspection of the assets at Fyshwick will be on Monday 1st February, to enable bidders to confirm status and condition of items.
Enquiries concerning the liquidation of Paragon’s assets can be directed to Mr McMahon.
You must be registered with graysonline to bid on Paragon lots. All information can be found on this link:
http://www.graysonline.com/sale/5017318/printing-packaging/major-event-printing-liquidation?spr=true
The other major offset press is a Heidelberg XL105-6 colour plus coater (see below), a later build at 2006 and showing around 183 million impressions.
Other Heidelberg equipment listed on the pre-catalogue includes:
- HD102ZP 2-colour press
- Cylinder die-cutter
- Suprasetter 105 CtP with G&J Quartz processor and conveyor
- Stahl Folding lines, 2002 and 2006
Extensive bindery equipment includes Polar guillotines, a Müller Martini Pony 3020 perfect binding line (see below), a Müller Martini 6-station stitcher, gatherer, trimmer line, MBO and G&K folders/stackers and much more.
Seven forklifts and pallet trucks including Hyster, Crown and Nissan are on offer in the warehouse along with compressors, bailers and pallet wrappers. Even Paragon’s vehicles will be knocked down: a 2007 Isuzu N5 rigid body truck; a 2011 Audi A6 plus two other Audis, a 2007 Mazda Ute, a Holden van and Hyundai i30.
Rounding off the liquidation is all of the office furniture, fittings and wall hangings which include two cricket bats signed by Don Bradman and Doug Walters, golf memorabilia signed by Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus plus other sporting memorabilia.
The full catalogue is currently being compiled with lot numbers allocated for each item and will appear on graysonline website prior to the auction start which is 3pm on 28th January. Physical inspection day for the assets is Monday 1st February between 9am and 4pm at 15 Wiluna Street, Fyshwick, ACT. The online auction will end at 4pm AEDT on 2nd February but continues past this time if bidding on lots is still live in ten minute intervals – the ‘going-going-gone’ period.
Canberra’s second biggest printer, Paragon Printers Australasia shut its doors and collapsed into administration last month owing more than $3 million and leaving more than 50 staff out of work.