Blechtechnik, the Austrian trade magazine for sheet metal processing, features founders Martin Gruber and Günter Hehenfelder on usage-based financing. Their argument: high labour and energy costs and cautious investment budgets make it harder to keep production in Austria, yet staying competitive requires continuously modernising the machine park.
Pay-per-use and Equipment-as-a-Service let manufacturers deploy the latest technology and pay for actual usage instead of an upfront investment, which the article frames as a way to make Austrian production sites fit for the future and to enable circular business models.
Published by Blechtechnik on 28 February 2024. Summary by Findustrial; the original is in German.
Editor’s note: pay-per-use is one of the billing models Findustrial today brings together under Equipment-as-a-Service. How the model works for manufacturers: Equipment-as-a-Service explained.