Miamisburg printer to have equipment auctioned off

Pressman Rich Gebhart worked a narrow web Flexographic press at Hooven-Dayton Corp. Gebhart was printing labels for children’s toothbrushes when this 2011 photo was taken. TY GREENLEES/STAFF

Pressman Rich Gebhart worked a narrow web Flexographic press at Hooven-Dayton Corp. Gebhart was printing labels for children’s toothbrushes when this 2011 photo was taken. TY GREENLEES/STAFF

A Miamisburg printer appears to have closed, and its assets and real estate property are scheduled to be auctioned off in July.

The Branford Group, an industrial auction company, with Joseph Finn Co & North East Printing Machinery, will conduct an online auction for the assets formerly owned by Hooven-Dayton Corp., 511 Byers Road.

The auction  will happen 10 a.m. July 11. There will be a single-day preview and inspection open to the public 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 10.

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Hooven- Dayton Corp was founded in 1935 and was a narrow web converter and specialty printer offering digital and flexographic label printing, coupons and packaging. It served Fortune 500 companies in the consumer, food and beverage, industrial, automotive and state lottery markets.

Hooven-Dayton announced in 2011 that it would consolidate sites in Vandalia and Huber Heights into a single Miamisburg location, the former Kurz Kasch building, a facility that had offered than 100,000 square feet.

Christopher Che, Hooven-Dayton chief executive, said at the time the new facility would let the company “keep all our current staff and add more equipment and people without constraints.”

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Hooven-Dayton’s business phone number was out of service Wednesday.

Items to be auctioned off include presses and parts, forklift trucks and vehicles, office furniture, a packaging department, air compressors and much more.

“The Hooven-Dayton webcast auction will provide buyers a unique opportunity to purchase late model equipment at a huge discount,” Andrew Duncan, Branford Group vice president, said in a statement. “Hooven Dayton had a great maintenance program and all of the equipment is in very good condition. Buyers will have the flexibility of bidding either online or onsite at the facility.”

The real estate is also available for lease or rent, Branford also said.

The Branford Group specializes in surplus industrial machinery and equipment auctions and valuations.

For more information, go to https://www.thebranfordgroup.com/DNN3/Auction/HOOV0718.aspx

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