Valeriia Babiak
- Jan 11, 2022
- 3 min read

Nitrogen-as-a-service is already in England

Vienna, 31 October 2021: The managing directors of linx4, Paul Bruckberger and Rolf Steffens, announce the partnership with "Nitro Supply Company Ltd" - the international provider for nitrogen machines. With the expansion of their partnership network, the company, which was founded in 2018, continues its successful story.

Data-based win-win model

Fluctuations in orders inhibit the willingness of many manufacturing companies to invest and thus the innovative strength of the business location. The reason for this is as simple as it is serious: while sales can be very volatile, repayment rates for machinery and equipment remain constantly high and can cause liquidity bottlenecks.

The Austrian fintech linx4 addresses this dilemma with innovative financing that enables true utilization-based repayment for machinery purchases. In this way, linx4 aims to overcome investment hurdles for manufacturing companies and gives machine manufacturers from the cooperation network a decisive advantage in international competition.

Pay-per-use optimizes liquidity and risk management

Pay-per-use financing reduces the utilization risk of the buyer, preserves his liquidity, and additionally achieves positive balance sheet effects under IFRS16. At the same time, it increases the sales opportunities of the machine manufacturer. On the one hand, because the flexible financing model enables operators to provide production capacity without having to make a direct investment - and on the other hand, because higher after-sales revenues can be achieved. "linx4 offer innovative solutions such as their click finance platforms and have established a name for themselves as a market leader across Europe. For us at Nitrogen Supply Co, it was important to work with an organization that could offer solutions for both our legacy equipment as well as our newer gas generation and BoostAir solutions," says Stephen Adeyemi, Managing Director of Nitrogen Supply Company Ltd, praising the cooperation with linx4.

Nitrogen Supply Company steht für Fortschritt und Qualität

„Nitrogen Supply Company zählt zu den renommiertesten Maschinenbauunternehmen aus England, das mit Präzession und Passion Kunden aus aller Welt mit seinen Spezialanlagen für Stickstoffproduktion überzeugt“, freut sich Bruckberger über den frisch gewonnen Kooperationspartner, der eine große Vision hat: Nämlich ein System zu schaffen, in dem Produzenten sich bei Investitionsentscheidungen für die modernsten und effizientesten Maschinen entscheiden können, weil sie sich nicht von

Auslastungsschwankungen entmutigen lassen. „Das Pay-per-Use Finanzierungspaket von linx4 bringt uns diesem Ziel einen entscheidenden Schritt näher und komplettiert unser Nitrogen-As-A-Service-Angebot. Mit linx4 haben wir den Partner gefunden, dessen Lösung sowohl für unsere Altgeräte als auch für unsere neuere Gaserzeugung und BoostAir-Lösungen kompatibel ist“ freut sich Stephen Adeyemi.

Linx4 takes financial services to a new level

Pay-per-use financing, based on secure Industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT) technology combined with machine fund financing, is the real innovation. "We buy the equipment from the manufacturer - the buyer pays a "usage fee", so to speak. Since it is possible for us to price the utilization risk for similar types of machines based on the available data, we offer an assumption of the utilization risk of up to 75 % as an additional added value," explain Bruckberger and Steffens. The financing tool "Click & Finance" completes linx4's service package and makes it real point-of-sale financing. With this software, the fintech gives its cooperation partners the possibility to process financing requests in an uncomplicated way and to calculate financing options, and conclude contracts at the point of sale. “The linx4 click and finance platform is one of a kind. At NSC, we use the click & finance platform regularly to generate quotes in a matter of minutes which in turn speeds up our operational workflow. Aside from the productivity gains, there’s something fundamentally pleasing about experiencing a clean user interface that works.” comments Stephen Adeyemi the innovative approach.

About linx4 GmbH

The Austrian financing company focusing on pay-per-use financing for industrial machinery and equipment operates in over 20 European countries. linx4 offers flexible, utilisation-based point of sales (POS) financing for machinery manufacturers (OEMs) to greatly increase equipment sales and after-sales services. The pay-per-use financing is based on a unique industrial IoT (IIoT) and AI risk management solution that enables linx4 to assume up to 75% of the utilisation risk.

Linx4: Your one-stop solution for Pay-per-Use financing.

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