Printing and packaging companies can use trade finance to buy paper, board and ink before a job is paid, with funding decisions often reached within days.
Every print run starts with paper, board and ink bought before the job is invoiced. Materials are ordered for a specific run, the work is printed or converted, and the client pays on terms once it is delivered. A business loan or a trade facility can cover that material spend so a run is never held up for cash.
Large contract or packaging runs can need a material order well beyond a printer's day-to-day budget, and paper pricing moves enough that timely buying matters. A trade facility pays the supplier at the point of order and repays as the finished job is delivered and paid for, keeping the presses busy and the next quote winnable without raw stock tying up working capital.
Printing and packaging firms buy materials for each run and then wait on payment, which keeps cash under steady pressure. The common issues come up repeatedly across the order book:
Tando keeps funding human, so a printing and packaging firm works with a dedicated account manager who understands buying materials per run rather than an automated form. Decisions usually arrive in three to five days, the brokerage is NACFB accredited, and lending partners are FCA-regulated. A patchy credit record will not rule a firm out on its own.
A packaging printer winning a large brand contract could use a facility to buy the board and ink for the run, then repay once the job is delivered and the client pays. When finished invoices sit unpaid, invoice finance can release the cash held in them too.
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 your paper, board and ink suppliers when the order is placed, so a large run can start without the material cost coming from your own cash. You repay once the finished job is delivered and the client pays. It lets a printer take on a contract run that would otherwise stretch the day-to-day budget too far.
It can. Paper pricing moves enough that buying at the right moment protects a quoted job. Trade finance funds that purchase at the point of order rather than waiting for cash to free up, so a rising market does not erode the run. The account manager structures the facility around how and when you buy materials.
Often, yes. Tando places printing and packaging firms with bad credit or a bounced payment that other brokers turn away. The confirmed run and supplier terms matter more than a single past problem. Lending partners are FCA-regulated and look at current trading, so an earlier difficulty does not automatically rule out a workable facility.
Facilities usually run from 75,000 to 500,000 pounds, sized to your material spend and order book. Firms turning over 200,000 pounds or more a year are the typical fit. Because a contract run can need a large material order, the right figure tends to track the scale of the jobs you are winning rather than a flat cap.
Usually within three to five days, and sometimes within hours when a supplier deadline is close or a price is moving. A dedicated account manager handles the case directly rather than an automated queue, so material orders can be funded quickly enough to keep a run to its delivery date instead of waiting on cash.
Repayment follows the job. The facility pays material suppliers at the point of order, and you repay once the finished run is delivered and the client has paid on their terms. That keeps the cost tied to the job rather than a fixed monthly figure, so funding does not fall due before the run it paid for has been invoiced.
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