The buyer behind Ironcrest.

A buyer, not a brokerage.

Ironcrest Industrial Surplus buys industrial surplus directly: tungsten carbide tooling and scrap from machine shops and manufacturers, copper wire and cable from electrical contractors and demolition crews, and used electrical equipment — breakers, transformers, switchgear — from facilities across the Chicago area and the Midwest. Carbide also comes to us by mail from sellers nationwide. When you sell to Ironcrest, you are selling to the buyer — one direct conversation from first photos to final payment.

Photos first, straight answers.

Most deals start the same way: you send photos of the material, and we quote against current markets. We publish guides explaining how carbide is priced and how copper is graded so you can see the logic before you ever call. Our payment page lays out exactly how grading, weighing, and payment work — terms in writing before your material changes hands. If a lot is not a fit, we will tell you that too, and point you at what would make it one.

Shops, contractors, and facilities.

Machine shops and tool rooms with carbide to move. Electrical contractors with wire pulls and panel changeouts. Demolition crews clearing buildings. Manufacturers and plants closing lines or entire facilities. If it is carbide, copper, or electrical surplus and it is real material, we want to see photos of it.

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Plant closings & liquidations →