World Equipment Source provides a broad range of products and services to companies within the electronics manufacturing industry. Specifically, WES: sells used SMT equipment to companies seeking to minimize expenditures; buys used SMT equipment from companies seeking to recover their investments in excess assets; buys entire production lines and facilities from companies seeking to downsize or cease operations; provides valuation services to companies seeking to better control their assets, and provides auction services to companies seeking to quickly recover their investments. Besides dealing in used SMT equipment, WES also provides the above products and services for used insertion equipment, used soldering and rework equipment, used factory automation equipment, used microscopes, used machine tools, and used test and measurement equipment.