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CNC & manufacturing machinery
Practical answers for UK limited companies. Explore the question closest to your purchase, funding need or agreement.
Read our cnc & manufacturing finance guide →18 questions
Can a business finance a CNC machine?
Potentially. CNC lathes, mills, machining centres and other production equipment can be considered, including used machinery subject to lender criteria.
Read answer →Can I finance an industrial press or production machine?
Potentially. Manufacturing machinery such as presses and production equipment can be considered under asset finance, subject to specification, supplier and lender appetite.
Read answer →Can I finance machinery to increase production capacity?
Potentially. Explain the capacity constraint, machinery specification, supplier, installation timetable and commercial reason for the investment.
Read answer →Can I finance a CNC machine bought from another engineering company?
Potentially. A purchase from an end user can require private-sale checks in addition to normal machinery underwriting.
Read answer →Can tooling and CNC software be included with a machine purchase?
Some associated items may be considered, but tooling, licences and recurring subscriptions are not necessarily funded on the same basis as the machine.
Read answer →Can a small engineering business finance a five-axis machining centre?
A high-value machining centre may be considered where the asset and the business’s ability to support the investment are credible.
Read answer →Can I finance a laser cutting machine for fabrication work?
Laser cutting equipment may qualify, but the full system and associated premises work should be itemised.
Read answer →Can a fabrication company finance a press brake?
A press brake may be considered as manufacturing equipment, including used machines subject to condition, value and lender criteria.
Read answer →Can I finance a new industrial press with build-stage payments?
Possibly, but advance payments for an unfinished press require a funding structure that expressly supports the supplier’s milestones.
Read answer →Can I finance an injection moulding machine and its ancillaries?
Potentially. The lender needs to distinguish the main machine from moulds, ancillary equipment and ongoing materials or service costs.
Read answer →Can a printing business finance digital or wide-format printing equipment?
Printing equipment may be considered, but hardware, software, service charges and consumables should be separated.
Read answer →Can I finance a packaging line supplied by several manufacturers?
Potentially, if the assets, supplier responsibilities and integration timetable can be explained clearly.
Read answer →Can welding and fabrication equipment be financed as a package?
Eligible durable equipment may be considered together, but a lender may distinguish major machines from low-value tools and consumables.
Read answer →Can I finance an industrial compressor and air system?
Potentially, though fixed pipework, installation and building work may be assessed differently from the compressor itself.
Read answer →Can I finance a machine with little UK resale market?
It may be more difficult because the lender must consider recovery value as well as the business’s ability to pay.
Read answer →Can I finance new controls or a retrofit on an existing machine?
Possibly, but an upgrade attached to an existing asset can create valuation, ownership and security questions.
Read answer →How should I budget when a financed machine takes months to start production?
Plan for the period when finance and other costs may be payable before the machine generates income.
Read answer →Can I trade in an old machine towards a new financed machine?
Potentially, provided the old machine’s ownership, trade-in allowance and any settlement are clear.
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