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manufacturing equipment financing

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Horizontal bar chart showing manufacturing median planned equipment investment up 34 percent and demand for lifecycle-aligned lease structures up 41 percent versus 2024.

Manufacturers Know What They Need to Buy. The Funding Channel Is the Bottleneck.

Manufacturing capex intentions are at multi-year highs, but conventional bank underwriting is thinning. The bottleneck has shifted from the investment decision to how it gets funded.

Capital Markets & Trends Borrower Advisory

Bar chart of May 2026 ISM manufacturing readings showing the PMI at 54.0, New Orders at 56.8, and the Prices Index at 82.1, with demand expanding while input prices stay elevated.

The Order Came In. The Cash to Fill It Did Not.

Manufacturing demand hit a multi-year high in May while input prices stayed near record levels. Why funding capacity now depends on how equipment and working capital financing is structured and sourced.

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