Your shop's records have a second life.

We buy operational archives from closing and retiring machine shops, molders, fabricators, welders, and EMS houses. Answer five questions and get a planning estimate in about a minute.

Get your estimate

1. What kind of shop is it?

Machining Molding Fabrication Welding EMS / assembly Other

2. How many years of records are there?

Under 5 5 to 10 10 to 20 Over 20

3. Which of these exist? Check all that apply.

Quotes and invoicesWhat jobs were quoted and what they actually cost Job travelers, routers, setup sheetsThe paper trail of how work moved through the shop PFMEAs, control plans, PPAP packagesYour quality and launch documentation Maintenance logsMachine histories, repairs, PM records NCRs, scrap and rework recordsWhat went wrong and how it was fixed CAD/CAM programsPart programs and tooling files

4. What shape are the records in?

Mostly paper Mixed paper and digital Mostly digital or ERP export

5. Roughly how many jobs a year did the shop run?

Under 50 50 to 200 200 to 500 Over 500

6. Are you the owner, trustee, or authorized representative?

Yes No

This is a planning estimate, not an offer. The firm price follows a verified inventory of the records. We pay on verified delivery, and we buy a limited number of archives each quarter.

Call (864) 633-9309 for a firm offer

What we buy

Quotes, job travelers, setup sheets, invoices
PFMEAs, control plans, PPAP packages, work instructions
Maintenance logs and machine histories
NCRs, scrap, rework, and corrective-action records

What we do not buy

Customer-confidential material you are not free to sell
Employee personal data of any kind
Anything you do not have the legal right to transfer

How it works

1. EstimateFive questions, about a minute, right on this page.

2. InventoryWe do a quick inventory of the records, remote or on site.

3. Firm offerYou get a written offer with payment terms.

4. PaidPayment on verified delivery of the records.

Smarthi LLC · Kansas City, MO