Mobicon Systems
Mobicon Systems is a Brisbane-based engineering company that designs and manufactures straddle carriers that move shipping containers off trucks and trailers quickly and easily.
Need
Mobicon needed additional working capital due to the cashflow requirements of manufacturing two machines at the same time.
Solution
We provided Mobicon with an Export Contract Loan for A$400,000, which allowed Mobicon to buy all the major components (such as engines and electronics) for the two carriers and commence construction.
Mobicon’s straddle carriers are used in a wide variety of industries around the world including import/export, ports, mining, customs/border security, logistics, manufacturing, steel and defence. Exports make up around 45 per cent of Mobicon’s sales.
Managing Director of Mobicon, Tom Schults advises that since the company started in 1997, not one manufactured Mobicon straddle carrier has ever been decommissioned, with all still in use by their original buyer or by customers who have purchased them second hand.
Export Finance Australia understood our business and showed me how its Export Contract Loan could help our export business grow – they’re fantastic.
Tom Schults
Managing Director, Mobicon Systems
A high-profile contract
Mobicon won a significant contract to supply branded container carriers to the American subsidiary of a Western Australian shipbuilder.
To fulfil this contract, Mobicon needed additional working capital due to the cashflow requirements of manufacturing two machines at the same time.
While Mobicon’s bank has been very supportive of Mobicon’s export business, it was unable to provide the working capital that Mobicon needed without additional tangible security.
As a result, its bank suggested Mobicon contact us to see if we had a solution.
How we helped
We provided Mobicon with an Export Contract Loan for A$400,000, which allowed Mobicon to buy all the major components (such as engines and electronics) for the two carriers and commence construction.
Having this additional working capital also allowed Mobicon to free up funds to grow its business, both here and overseas, giving it a strong pipeline of orders well into the future.