Equipment Leasing Finance Industry Update

ELFA Survey: ‘What’s Hot, What’s Not’ in 15 Equipment Leasing, Finance Industries

The medical equipment, oil/gas/energy and machine segments of the equipment finance industry have the most optimistic outlook for 2011, according to a recent survey of asset managers and consultants by the Independent Equipment Company in cooperation with the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association.
The results of the 2011 “What’s Hot/What’s Not” Equipment Leasing Trends Survey, to be released at the ELFA Equipment Management Conference in St. Petersburg, Fla., reveal that industry perceptions of 15 equipment markets are split, but show considerable improvement over 2010. The results indicate the industry is returning to pre-recession levels and a greater volume of equipment is expected to be leased in 2011 than in 2010.
Survey respondents ranked 15 equipment types as follows, in order from highest-rated to lowest-rated:
1. Medical equipment
2. Oil/gas/energy
3. Machine tools
4. Truck/trailer
5. Hi-tech/computers
6. Aircraft
7. Rail
8. Containers/chassis
9. Construction
10. Telecom
11. Marine/Intercoastal
12. Automobiles
13. Plastic
14. Furniture/fixtures/equipment
15. Printing
The full report and survey methodology are available on the ELFA website at http://www.elfaonline.org/ind/topics/AssetMgmt/.
The 2011 “What’s Hot/What’s Not” Equipment Leasing Trends Survey was conducted in January and February 2011. A total of 155 industry professionals responded to the six-question online survey, of which 93 percent were lessors, asset-based lenders or financial advisors and seven percent were service providers. For more information, visit http://www.elfaonline.org/ind/topics/AssetMgmt/.
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association is the trade association that represents companies in the $521 billion equipment finance sector, which includes financial services companies and manufacturers engaged in financing capital goods. Its more than 600 members include independent and captive leasing and finance companies, banks, financial services corporations, broker/packagers and investment banks, as well as manufacturers and service providers. In 2011, ELFA is celebrating 50 years of equipping business for success.