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Material Handling and Automation Equipment Financing

Financing that funds the complete project, including robotics, industrial automation equipment, specialty equipment, and more.

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Get Complete Project Financing While Preserving Your Capital

Intangibles like installation, integration, software licensing, engineering, and training add up fast. Most traditional lessors won't touch them, leaving you to patch together separate funding for the rest of the project. Broadleaf finances the complete scope, hardware and related costs together, so the project moves forward as one structured deal.

Full Project Financing
Flexible Deal Structuring
Intangibles Covered
Predictable Total Cost

We Bring Clarity to Complex Leasing Projects

We help you build every material handling and warehouse automation lease as part of your larger growth strategy.

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Automation Rollouts

Automation financing often gets split across separate approvals for hardware and the services around it. Broadleaf funds hard assets and related costs together in a single agreement.

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Specialty Equipment

High upfront costs and multi-component complexity can stall an automation rollout before it starts. Broadleaf helps you lease specialty manufacturing equipment as one complete, structured deal.

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Equipment Refresh Cycles

Aging equipment and robotics can become obsolete before a lease term even ends. Broadleaf builds straightforward refresh, upgrade, and return options into your lease from the start.

What We Finance

From core material handling hardware to advanced automation systems and the related costs that come with them.

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Core Warehouse and Material Handling Equipment

  • Forklifts and pallet jacks
  • Conveyor systems
  • Racking and storage systems
  • Lift batteries and chargers
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Automation and Robotics Systems

  • Automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS)
  • Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs)
  • Robotics and warehouse automation equipment
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Related Costs

  • Installation and integration
  • Software licensing and configuration
  • Engineering and system design
  • Training and delivery

Looking To Finance Something Specific?

Equipment types listed here are just a sample. Talk to our team about specific assets you need.

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Equipment Financing Solutions We Offer

Whether you’re financing a single piece of equipment or coordinating a multi-asset or multi-site rollout, we craft the right lease structure to fit your business needs.

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Fair Market Value Leasing

Competitive terms today, with flexibility at lease-end. Refresh, upgrade, return, or purchase options are made clear before signing.

Complete Project Financing

Soft costs like software, installation, and engineering can be financed alongside the physical equipment.

CapEx, Loans & Sale-Leasebacks

Additional instruments and tools that Broadleaf reaches for when your situation calls for it.

Multi-Vendor Bundling

Multiple vendors, locations, and components combined into a single, streamlined agreement.

Custom Solutions

Every deal is evaluated individually. We use a range of financing tools and approaches to achieve the outcome you need.

Material Handling Equipment FAQs

In addition to physical equipment, are there other material handling and automation costs that Broadleaf can finance?

Broadleaf finances the full spectrum of costs that come with material handling and automation projects, not just the physical equipment itself. That includes installation, integration, software licensing, engineering, training, delivery and other related costs, funded alongside the hardware in one structured agreement.

How are end-of-lease terms handled if our automation technology becomes outdated?

Refresh, return, or purchase options are clearly stated in your contract before you sign, not obscured by legalese. If your automation technology becomes outdated, you already know your options, with no surprise fees or above-market purchase prices.

What project size thresholds does Broadleaf typically finance for material handling and automation?

Broadleaf doesn't work from a fixed minimum or maximum. Material handling and automation deals are evaluated individually based on project scope and complexity, from a single equipment refresh to a multi-site rollout.

What happens if our facility requires scaling up equipment or software mid-term?

Master lease agreements are built with room to add hardware or software mid-term as your facility's needs expand, without renegotiating the entire agreement from scratch. That flexibility is structured into the contract upfront.

Can Broadleaf structure a sale-leaseback for recently acquired warehouse equipment?

Yes. A sale-leaseback can free up cash from warehouse equipment your business already owns, converting it into working capital while you retain full use of the asset. It's one of many instruments Broadleaf can structure into a broader financing plan.

Do you finance highly specialized or proprietary automation systems?

Broadleaf finances specialty and proprietary automation systems, not just standard hardware. Because deals are evaluated individually rather than against a fixed approved list, equipment doesn't need to fit a predefined category to qualify, so highly specialized systems are typically still in scope.

How long does the lease approval and funding process typically take?

Timelines vary with project complexity, but Broadleaf underwrites deals directly rather than routing them through standardized bank credit processes. That generally means a faster, simpler path from agreement to funded deal than traditional bank underwriting timelines allow.

Finance Your Material Handling and Automation Equipment With Us

Have an automation or material handling project coming up? Let's talk through it, whether that means evaluating a new deal, benchmarking your current lease terms, or reviewing a sample contract framework.

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