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GEFA-Leasing GmbH |
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Overview:
"We support. You succeed." That is our philosophy. We always put quality and customer focus first.
In order to gear our range of products and services to the needs of our customers as best as we can, we concentrate on the following three sectors in which we possess in-depth expertise on the current state of various industries and types of equipment:
Transport
(commercial vehicles, rolling stock, agricultural equipment, materials handling, aircraft, marine vessels, aircraft)
High Tech
(hardware, software, peripherals, office equipment, telecommunications, medical technology)
Industrial Equipment
(construction equipment, printing machinery, machine tools, industrial robots, plastic machinery, production plant and machinery).
Our customer advisers are not only financial experts, they are also familiar with your business. We will always endeavour to provide you with customised, professional advice. Our advisers know your needs, the relevant markets for second-hand equipment and the value of the capital goods being financed as well as commercial, legal and taxation issues.
We can also offer this unique advisory quality across borders to multinational corporations. We are part of Société Générale, one of the world's leading banking groups with over 30 million customers and 120,000 employees around the world. Under the umbrella brand of SG Equipment Finance we support vendors and investors throughout Europe, Australia, South America and the United States with our sales finance and equipment financing. SG Equipment Finance is the largest non-captive specialized financiers with over 100 branches in 25 countries and in excess of 170,000 customers. |
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History:
2006 new business reaches record level of € 3.012 billion
2005 GEFA takes over a 60% stake in Truckport GmbH
2004 Société Générale starts common European brand "SG Equipment Finance" for its equipment and vendor finance business, GEFA group represents SG Equipment Finance in Germany
2003 New business volume on record level: 2,688 mio. Euro
2002 Expansion of European vendor and asset finance within Société Générale Vendor Services (SGVS) group
2001 25 May: Société Générale acquires the GEFA Group; European vendor finance business integrated into the Société Générale Vendor Services (SGVS) division
2000 Established a subsidiary in the UK; opened an office in Bratislava, Slovakia
1999 50th anniversary of the GEFA Group on 12 August, Sales and marketing activities focused on the Transport, High Tech and Industrial Equipment sectors, Set up subsidiaries in Austria and Switzerland
1998 Established further subsidiaries in Belgium, the Netherlands and Hungary; Acquired AL Aviation Leasing GmbH, a provider of aircraft financing
1997 Set up a subsidiary in Polandbrbr
1996 Established a subsidiary in the Czech Republic in which GEFA holds a 60% interest
1993 Prepared to launch inventory finance as a product
1990 Built up a distribution network in eastern Germany (former GDR)
1976 Launched hire purchase as a product
1971 Established the subsidiary Heinz Langer Versicherungs GmbH
1968 Established GEFA-Leasing GmbH
1959 Business focused on industrial investment loans
1949 GEFA, Wuppertal, was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, providing consumer loans
1929 GEFI mbH, GEFA's predecessor, was established in Berlin |
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