(2012美国资产金融和设备融资展望-美联信)Capital Goods and Equipment Financing Outlook 2012-CIT.pdf

in association with: U.S. Capital Goods and Equipment Financing Outlook: A Focus on EssEntiAl Acquisitions the financing market for capital goods appears to common driver was having sufficient financing in place — as be much improved relative to the depths of the most was the case for 54% of respondents. More than a third of these recent recession. there are buyers, but they tend to executives (37%) said that the business need was simply too be limited to circumstances where the equipment strong to delay. Closely related, 31% said that business opportu- is essential to continuing operations, new busi- nities required new equipment, and 30% said customer demand ness opportunities or customer demands — or can made such investments mandatory. demonstrably improve efficiency. A noteworthy finding is that for 31% of those who made such an acquisition in the past year, the capital asset delivered efficiency gains. KEY FinDinGs In terms of past purchases, leading categories include IT • Four out of five companies have made at least one capi- infrastructure (45%), transportation/trucking assets (27%), tele- tal goods acquisition of significant