Manufacturing & Industrial IT Buyback
Reuse-First buyback for manufacturing and industrial IT estates in Canada — OT/IT separated retirement, MES/SCADA hardware exits, plant maintenance window scheduling. Settled in CAD against PO.
Models and families covered
Industrial IT estates: plant-floor MES/SCADA workstations, control-system servers, industrial networking (Cisco IE / Hirschmann / Rockwell), plant IT racks.
OT/IT separated buyback
Manufacturing engagements separate operational technology (OT — control systems, ICS, SCADA, PLC) from information technology (IT — back-office). We accept both with appropriate sanitisation: OT hardware sanitisation per NIST SP 800-82 (industrial control system security); IT hardware per NIST SP 800-88. Per-asset certificates note the asset class.
Plant maintenance window scheduling
Manufacturing IT pickups schedule against plant maintenance windows — typically scheduled 6-12 months in advance, with strict cut-off times.
Settlement and engagement mechanics
Settlement is in CAD (CAD) against your purchase order, line-item per asset, payment terms agreed in the SOW. Programme engagements run on milestone-based settlement against the rolling pickup schedule with monthly true-up. Multi-site engagements (where assets route between your Canadian sites) are consolidated to your single CAD ledger; the customer-facing transaction is single-currency. The SOW is structured with Maxicom Inc. (Canada); GST/HST treatment is handled per Canadian tax law. Quote validity follows the asset class — 14 days for steady-state enterprise hardware, 5 business days for AI accelerators where the secondary market re-prices weekly, 30 days for memory and components. We re-quote without penalty where the validity has lapsed and the customer is ready to transact.
Audit defensibility and certificate format
Every asset routed through this engagement receives a per-asset Certificate of Destruction with eleven required fields: serial number, make/model/capacity, data classification at retirement, sanitisation method (Clear/Purge/Destroy under NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2, with the specific technique cited), particle size or field strength or encryption algorithm where applicable, sanitisation tool + version + verification response, UTC timestamp + facility location, operator name + ID + signature, witness signature where present, chain-of-custody reference back to the pickup manifest, and the destruction reason where Reuse-First triage was overridden. Certificates are admissible against OSFI B-13, PIPEDA, NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2, IEEE 2883-2022, and (where contractually specified) DoD 5220.22-M and NAID-aligned process — one certificate covers all simultaneously. Certificate retention is 7 years default, 8+ years for BFSI engagements, longer where the master service agreement specifies.
Cross-border resale routing under NDA
Where local market depth in Canada cannot absorb the retiring volume at fair refurb pricing, working assets route cross-border through Maxicom's remarketing channel — US sub-tier markets, US sub-tier markets + North America, CA → US sub-tier markets and North America, SG → North America. The routing decision is made per asset-class at engagement scoping; the customer sees the routing on the SOW and can opt out where channel-respect or data-residency rules require. NDA discipline is standard. Surplus does not return to your own market's primary channel without explicit consent. Export classification (US BIS for AI accelerators; equivalent local regimes for other restricted-class hardware) is handled before the trade closes; restricted-party screening is part of every cross-border transaction.
Reuse-First disposition KPIs reported back to you
Programme-level engagements receive quarterly business reviews covering: total tonnage processed, Reuse-First reuse rate (% refurbished and redeployed vs % destroyed by media class), residual value recovered in CAD, embodied-carbon-recovered estimate (CO₂e avoided by keeping working assets in service rather than replacing them with newly-manufactured hardware), diversion-from-landfill percentage, material-recovery breakdown, and exception reporting. The reporting format is mapped to your sustainability reporting framework — ISSB IFRS S1/S2, GRI 301/305/306, SASB IT services standards. Single-event engagements receive the same data as a per-engagement summary attached to the consolidated certificate. The reuse-rate metric is the most informative KPI: our blended cohort typically runs around two-thirds reuse rate (indicative); programme engagements typically improve year-over-year as the engagement learns the asset mix.
Key models in our pipeline
Engagement-specific.
Authoritative references
Primary sources for the standards and frameworks referenced on this page. Maxicom maps every engagement to these recognised authorities.
Frequently asked questions
Can you handle ICS / SCADA retirement under sanitisation?
Yes, per NIST SP 800-82 and equivalent industrial control system security guidance.
What about hazardous-area protocols?
For ATEX / IECEx zoned areas, we hold the appropriate operator certifications and equipment.
How is settlement structured for this engagement?
In CAD against your purchase order, line-item per asset, payment terms agreed in the SOW. Programme engagements run on milestone-based settlement.
What standards do your certificates cite?
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2, IEEE 2883-2022, DoD 5220.22-M (where contractually specified), NAID-aligned process, plus your applicable Canadian privacy law: PIPEDA, OSFI B-13, Quebec Law 25, and provincial privacy acts (Alberta/BC PIPA, PHIPA). One certificate covers all simultaneously.
Will Maxicom be named in our regulator inspection?
No, unless you specifically permit it. NDA is standard.
What is the typical Reuse-First reuse rate you achieve?
Typically around two-thirds blended (indicative) — roughly two-thirds of retired tonnage refurbished and redeployed, one-third destroyed by classification or asset class. Programme engagements typically improve year-over-year.
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→Send the asset list. We will send the number.
A photograph of the rack works. A spreadsheet works better. CAD settlement, against PO.