How do you look at this edition of IMTEX? How was the visitors' response towards Siemens Financial Services' offerings? 

IMTEX 2017 has been a great platform this year which enabled us to do what do best - interact with people and understand how we can add value to their business. We offered machine buyers a holistic solution of technology and finance from the house of Siemens by putting together joint offerings with all major OEMs in the machine tools industry. Our Smart financing techniques enable companies of all sizes to make good financing decisions and focus on improving working capital management, so as to use it as a key driver of success. Our special schemes and joint offerings were very well received by visitors.

Also, please tell us about any new announcements made at IMTEX 2017

As Siemens Financial Services (SFS), we aim to make financing easy and accessible. With this intention, we launched several schemes in association with our OEM partners catering to SMEs and large corporates so that they may acquire new technology without compromising on their cash flows and making huge investments in capital assets such as equipment. SFS' customized loans and leases enable machine buyers to pick the best technology and the most suited financing solution to meet their specific requirement. Thus, making capex investments more cash flow friendly.

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