MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

BNP Paribas Lease Group (BPLG) is one of Europe’s leaders in financing the purchase of medical equipment.

Medical progress is constant. Both practitioners and health care establishments need to invest in state-of-the-art equipment in order to maintain the level of care, in keeping with the profession’s standards.

To meet health care professionals’ requirements, BPLG offers:

• rapid response times,
• specialist knowledge of the sector, based on over 40 years’ experience,
• a network of specialized offices and units run by our experts.

What added value do BPLG financing solutions provide for practitioners (radiologists, dentists, ophthalmologists, etc.), and medical equipment manufacturers and suppliers?

Christophe Drapeau: “Our added value revolves around four strong points.

• Our expertise
  You don’t finance an echography machine in the same way as a forklift truck. Regardless of the particular field – dental, radiology, biology, and so on – our specialists are completely familiar with the market, equipment, costs, lifecycle, and requisite financing period. As our area of expertise also covers tax and regulatory matters, we are able to offer solutions that are wholly suited to every situation.
  
• Our reactiveness
  We provide a rapid response for all financing applications, whether it be for an autoclave costing €4,500 or an X-ray room worth €450,000.
  
• Technology watch
  We pay close attention to the constant innovations in the medical industry so as to provide suitable solutions for equipment that is becoming increasingly sophisticated. In order to keep up close working relations with our partners, we are present at a large number of trade fairs both in France and Europe:
  • IDS (International Dental Show), in Cologne,
  • Journées Françaises de Radiologie,
  • Journées Internationales de Biologie, in Paris,
  • Medica, in Düsseldorf, etc.
• Our comprehensive offer
  We do more than just finance your assets. We look at your financing application as a whole. For instance, at the aspects relating to equipment availability and efficient operation are taken into account. Which is why all our solutions can be coupled with insurance and maintenance proposals.”

In France, BPLG is:

• The leading medical equipment financing group,
• €160 million in financing in 2005
• 25,000 contracts managed,
• 59 offices.

In Europe, BPLG is:

• The number-one dental equipment financing group in Italy,
• Rapid response and settlement times
• Units in 14 countries and with the support of BNP Paribas, an international presence
• A leader in financing in all the main equipment sectors
• 2,367 people at your service, including 786 outside France
• Partnership agreements with the main players in this sector