Troostwijk Auctions featured in Le Figaro: Online auctions driving circular growth in industrial equipment resale
Proud to share that this weekend, Troostwijk Auctions is featured in Le Figaro . France’s leading newspaper interviewed Simon Maillon, Country Manager France for TBAuctions brands Troostwijk Auctions and Surplex and published it as both an online article and a video feature on the Economy section.
Watch the video interview (with English subtitles):
Here you can read the full article in Le Figaro.
Is your French a bit rusty? Read the English summary below.
Le Figaro highlights how Troostwijk Auctions, part of the TBAuctions Group, is leading the way in the fast-growing market for online industrial equipment auctions.
Founded in Amsterdam in 1930, the company has successfully reinvented itself for the digital age, combining online efficiency with personal, local service. Each seller works with a dedicated project manager — from valuation and photography to cataloguing, visits, and removals — ensuring a transparent, human-centred process.
In 2024, TBAuctions facilitated €1.5 billion in equipment sales and handled 2.2 million lots across its nine auction platforms, including Troostwijk Auctions and Surplex. Active in every industrial sector, from automotive and metal to agri-food and logistics, Troostwijk helps companies maximise asset value, repurpose equipment, and contribute to their CSR and circular-economy goals.
In France, Troostwijk Auctions continues to expand its local presence, recruiting new team members to support its growing client base. As Country Manager France, Simon Maillon explains:
“I see auctions as a transparent and efficient way to value second-hand commercial assets. European circular-economy and efficiency targets drive our growth. Our strategy is focused on a future where transparency, circularity and international collaboration are the norm.”
With nearly a century of expertise, Troostwijk Auctions is making the industrial resale market more transparent, accessible, and sustainable across Europe.
About Troostwijk Auctions
About Troostwijk Auctions
Troostwijk Auctions believes that everything has value and is driven to make digital auctioning the best way to add value for business sellers and buyers. The digital auction platform optimally connects local, convenient and fast sales with global demand. They do this by combining the power of their people, technology and data. This is how Troostwijk Auctions builds a profitable business, rewards their people and extends the life of goods to reduce waste and emissions. Each year, Troostwijk Auctions auctions more than 1 million lots for companies in sectors such as agriculture, food, metal, construction, earthmoving and transportation & logistics. The company has an average of 4 million visits to the platform per month, local sector specialists throughout Europe and buyers in 175 countries.
For more information about Troostwijk Auctions: https://www.troostwijkauctions.com/
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