Industrial equipment manufacturers can use trade finance to fund steel, motors and components through long builds, with funding decisions often reached within days.
Building industrial equipment means committing to steel, motors, hydraulics and electronic components, often imported, well before the finished machine is delivered and paid for. Orders are large, build cycles are long, and customers pay on staged or end terms. A letter of credit can secure an overseas component supplier while the rest of the spend is funded as a facility.
A single equipment order can tie up more cash than a manufacturer holds, and a long build widens the gap further. Trade finance pays the supplier when components are ordered and repays as the machine is delivered and invoiced, so a manufacturer can commit to a large capital order without the parts bill and the build cycle draining working capital at once.
Equipment manufacturing locks cash into components and a long build well before any payment from the customer arrives. The recurring pressures are clear on most large capital orders:
Tando is human-led, so an equipment manufacturer works with a dedicated account manager who understands long, large builds rather than an automated platform. Decisions usually arrive in three to five days, the firm is NACFB accredited, and lending partners are FCA-regulated. Earlier credit trouble does not rule a firm out by itself.
An equipment manufacturer with a confirmed capital order could use a facility to buy the components and start the build, then repay as the machine is delivered and invoiced. Where the finished build is invoiced in stages that the customer pays slowly, invoice finance can release the cash held in those invoices.
Direct funding for the cost of goods based on a confirmed customer order.
A globally recognised guarantee of payment to your supplier upon verification of shipping documents.
Optimising cash flow by allowing you to pay suppliers early while extending your own payment terms.
Yes. The facility pays component suppliers when orders are placed, so a build can start without the parts cost coming from your own cash. You repay as the finished machine is delivered and invoiced. That lets a manufacturer commit to a large capital order without tying up the working capital needed for the rest of the operation.
The facility is structured around it. Equipment builds take time and customers often pay on staged or end terms, so repayment follows when the machine is delivered and invoiced rather than a fixed early date. The account manager sizes and times the facility to your build, so funding is not falling due while the equipment is still on the floor.
Yes. Motors, electronics and parts are often sourced abroad, and trade finance can fund those supplier payments. Where an overseas supplier wants assurance before shipping, a letter of credit can sit alongside the facility. The account manager arranges the structure that fits how and where you buy, so a build is not delayed by an international payment.
Facilities usually run from 75,000 to 500,000 pounds, sized to your component spend and order book. Firms turning over 200,000 pounds or more a year are the typical fit. Because a single capital order can be large and the build long, the right figure tends to track the scale of the orders you are quoting.
Usually within three to five days, and sometimes within hours when a supplier deadline or a lead time is at risk. A dedicated account manager handles the case directly rather than an automated queue, so a component order can be funded in time to keep a long build to its programme rather than waiting on cash to free up.
Repayment follows the build. The facility pays component suppliers when orders are placed, and you repay once the finished equipment is delivered and the customer pays on their terms. That ties the cost to the order rather than a rigid monthly figure, so funding does not fall due before the machine it paid for has been completed and invoiced.
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