How alter­na­tive finan­cing supports change processes

Many compa­nies are facing funda­men­tal, digi­tal change proces­ses. Adequate forms of funding are needed for this. If a company wishes to finance itself via sale and lease back, the first ques­tion to be addres­sed is which hidden reser­ves should be capi­ta­li­zed. In gene­ral, all assets are suita­ble, whether fleet, real estate, patents, trade­marks, equip­ment or machinery.

Helping hand for an indus­try under pres­sure using the exam­ple of the prin­ting industry

Digi­tiza­tion has kept the economy on its toes for a long time. One indus­try that was hit very early by the effects of this major change process is the print shop indus­try: order numbers fell, a fierce price war broke out, and many compa­nies had to give up. Some alre­ady saw the end of tradi­tio­nal print products with the triumph of digi­tal media and the chan­ges in reading habits brought about by the World Wide Web. In the mean­time, howe­ver, it has become clear that this will proba­bly not happen in the fore­seeable future. Figu­res from the German Prin­ting and Media Indus­tries Fede­ra­tion (BVDM)1 show that the print sector conti­nues to play an important econo­mic role: accor­ding to these figu­res, print products gene­rate more than half of net adver­ti­sing reve­nues in Germany. At the same time, the industry’s sales have been moving steadily between 20 and 21 billion euros since 2009.