Company Profile

As long established specialists in metal presses and used machinery dealers, International Power Presses, a division of Hulbert Engineering Ltd, is a private company owned by the Knowles family and has been in the power press business for over 50 years.


We are founder members of the EAMTM (European Association of Machine Tool Merchants) and specialise in buying and selling used hydraulic and mechanical power presses, press lines and associated equipment, including complete factories, principally for the automotive and white goods industries on a worldwide basis. We work with all brands of mechanical and hydraulic presses, including Benelli, Danly, Muller Weingarten, Wilkins & Mitchell and SMG, amongst others.


Extensive experience of power presses within the automotive industry


Within the automotive industry, we work with an impressive list of clients including BMW, Ford, GM/Vauxhall, VW, Stadco and Sertec Group as well as a range of white goods manufacturers, other press working businesses and general engineering companies. We are 'approved contractors' to BMW and GM/Vauxhall.


Transparency and integrity


We work to the EAMTM code of practice, professional standards and strict code of business ethics. Our business is built on transparency and integrity and, as a result, we have a large portfolio of repeat customers.


We are centrally based in the UK, in the heart of the industrial Midlands, and are members of the Black Country Chamber of Commerce.