Industrial Loans 101

By Bart Icles

With all the stress and challenges that our present economic state places on our shoulders, it can be difficult to find sources of financing to fund our needs. Businesses, especially manufacturers and industrialists, are not spared from this seemingly lack of funds. To help businesses fund their operations and projects, they have the option to sell properties or equipment, or they can apply for industrial loans.

Industrial loans are those secured loans that manufacturers and industrialists can avail. The most typical borrowers of industrial loans are small and medium sized industries, as well as large ones. This kind of loan is obtained to finance the purchase of extra machineries and plants for use in the production of goods. They are also used in the acquisition of services.

One can easily mistake an industrial loan for a business loan. In reality, business loans and industrial loans are pretty much alike. They only differ in size. Industrial loans are relatively larger in scope compared with business loans, and they are often obtained in long term to give manufacturers ample time to recover investments so they can eventually pay their loans back. Like in most loans, the payment method for industrial loans is on an equal amortization basis.

There are certain factors to be considered when evaluating a borrower who is trying to obtain an industrial loan. The factors of approval include the manufacturer's quality of management and their comprehensive trend of production, as well as their trade sources report, bank reports, and earnings for the year. Of all these, the quality of management plays a major role in having a loan application approved as it reflects how well the firm is run, as well as how well the firm's obligations are handled.

A complete report on the manufacturer's trend of production gives information on how fast their products are produced and sold and this gives an idea of how well a manufacturer can generate income. Reports from trade sources detail a manufacturer's reputation in trading. Bank and financial reports are also important determinants of a manufacturer's qualifications for industrial loans because they reflect a firm's financial stability and they show a firm's history in managing its finances. They also show how a manufacturer has made use of its earnings for the year, how previous loans have been repaid, and how it can pay for future borrowings. An evaluation of these different factors is truly important before the approval or disapproval of industrial loans.

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