Finance your energy transition without impacting your cash flow
As a manufacturer or retailer, you are facing major challenges today:
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Regulatory: F-Gas III imposes a drastic reduction in fluorinated gases. HFCs are in the process of being banned, and are subject to increasingly strict quotas. The consequence? Soaring prices. If you don't act, you'll face penalties and unforeseen costs tomorrow.
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Technical :your aging installations consume a lot of energy. In a context of rising and fluctuating energy prices, your bills tend to increase.
To cope with this, you need to make significant investments to modernize your refrigeration systems and ensure long-term regulatory compliance. But in the current economic climate, investing several hundred thousand euros in CAPEX seems complicated.
That's where Axima Réfrigération comes in with an alternative. To make this energy transition a success without tying up your capital, we are implementing a financial engineering solution: a "0 CAPEX" model that combines cost optimization and structured financing.
You finance your equipment as and when it is used, while benefiting immediately from performance gains such as energy savings, lower energy bills and regulatory compliance.
We move from an economy of possession to an economy of use: you no longer buy a refrigeration machine, you buy cold production performance and pay for it monthly.
Two levers to optimize your investment project
Axima Réfrigération offers you a winning combination to optimize your investment project.
1. Reduce the cost of the initial investment
Our energy efficiency experts use a variety of technical and financial levers to reduce the cost of your initial investment as much as possible:
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Energy improvement work across the entire perimeter of the facility (cooling, heating, humidity control);
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Use of Energy Savings Certificates (EEC) to reduce the cost of the work;
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Energy Performance Contract (CPE) to boost your return on investment.
2. Finance the remaining costs with our "0 CAPEX" solution
Once we've optimized your investment, we structure a flexible financing plan over a period of 5 to 7 years. This approach enables you to transform a substantial investment into reduced, controlled operating costs, without impacting your cash flow.
The benefits of an expert financial solution
Frequently asked questions
With our "Objective 0 CAPEX" solution, you transform a heavy investment (CAPEX) into controlled monthly expenses (OPEX).
In concrete terms:
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We reduce your remaining costs by valorizing Energy Savings Certificates (EEC) and setting up an Energy Performance Contract (EPC).
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We offer you the option of financing the remaining cost via a 5 to 7-year Lease with Purchase Option (LOA) contract.
The result: no massive cash outflow, your balance sheet remains intact and your borrowing capacity preserved.
Yes, the F-Gas regulation requires the reduction of fluorinated greenhouse gases by limiting the use of fluids with high GWP (global warming potential). HFCs are gradually being banned or subject to quotas, leading to price rises and supply difficulties for these fluids.
Our solution facilitates the replacement of equipment using HFCs with natural, low-carbon fluid solutions (CO₂, NH₃), enabling you to anticipate ecological standards and avoid the financial risks associated with regulation.
To find out more, visit our page dedicated toregulatory assistance
Unlike leasing, which is a banking product that generates debt and impacts your financial structure, LOA is an off-balance-sheet operating expense (OPEX), with no impact on your borrowing capacity.
Your lease payments are deductible from your corporate income tax and CVAE (Cotisation sur la valeur ajoutée des entreprises), which improves your tax balance sheet. You preserve your credit lines for your strategic projects.
The equipment is not an asset, and the financing is not a liability. Your balance sheet remains healthy and your borrowing capacity intact. By outsourcing financing, you preserve your credit lines and borrowing capacity for strategic projects (extensions, expansions, purchase of retail space, creation of drives, storage areas, etc.).
The return on investment is almost immediate. From the very first months, the energy savings generated by your new installations cover part of the rent. After deducting the savings, the net monthly effect can fall to a few thousand or a few hundred euros, depending on your project.
Yes, this solution is designed to support your decarbonization process and reduce your energy consumption over the long term. Our teams of energy experts monitor energy consumption throughout the contract, using energy dashboards to guarantee performance and avoid any drift in consumption.
Our solution can be adapted to all strategic equipment related to cold and heat production, whether you are a manufacturer or a retailer:
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Cold production: central refrigeration units, chillers, cold rooms for storage or processing areas, refrigerated display cases;
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Heat production (industrial heat pumps) and heat recovery for various uses (evaporator defrosting, domestic hot water production, etc.);
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Humidity control.
We start with a complete technical and financial diagnosis to analyze your installations and identify the levers for optimization. Unlike a conventional bank, which can take from 1 to 6 months to give its approval, we can give you an answer within a few days.
This rapid response means you can start work sooner, and benefit immediately from the energy savings generated by the new equipment.
Yes. If a more efficient technology comes along, we replace the old contract with a new one - so you don't have to pay double rent. You always stay at the cutting edge of energy efficiency.
Because the regulatory and financial context is changing rapidly.
- The 5ᵉ period of Energy Savings Certificates (CEE) ends on March 31, 2026.
- Official reports indicate that budgets for the next period will be sharply revised downwards.
- Certain strategic CEE forms, such as heat recovery from cooling units, will disappear well before this deadline, even though they were used to finance a large part of your investment.
Waiting means agreeing to pay more tomorrow:
- Less public aid,
- Higher investment costs,
- Delayed energy savings.
By acting now, you can secure maximum subsidies, anticipate F-Gas III, and turn your project into a profitable opportunity right from the start.
