EPG conducts primary research into capital equipment acquisition trends across U.S. manufacturing — tracking what facilities are buying, when they're buying it, and how they're financing it.
Learn how it works →We contact manufacturing facilities directly — gathering real acquisition intent data from the people making the decisions.
Findings are compiled into the EPG Acquisition Outlook — distributed to all survey participants at no cost, every quarter.
For facilities planning acquisitions, EPG can facilitate introductions to equipment financing specialists — free of charge, no obligation.
Through direct outreach to manufacturing facilities, EPG gathers first-hand data on capital equipment plans — what shops are buying, what they're replacing, and when they intend to move. No estimates. No modeled projections. Primary data from real facilities.
Every quarter EPG compiles survey findings into the EPG Acquisition Outlook — a data-driven report on equipment purchase intentions across U.S. manufacturing. Every facility that participates receives a copy. The more shops that contribute, the richer the data becomes.
When survey responses indicate an upcoming acquisition, EPG can optionally connect facilities with equipment financing specialists in our network. There is no cost to the manufacturer and no obligation — it is simply a resource for shops that want it.
EPG was founded on a straightforward idea: the best data about equipment acquisition comes from the people doing the acquiring. Not analyst estimates. Not modeled projections. Direct conversations with the owners, plant managers, and operations leads who are making capital decisions every day.
We contact facilities quarterly, ask a few focused questions about their equipment plans, and compile the responses into a clear picture of where manufacturing capital is moving. Participants get the data back. The industry gets better intelligence.
Tell us what your shop has planned for equipment in the next year. Contribute to the EPG Acquisition Outlook and receive the Q2 report when it publishes. If financing is part of your equation, we can help with that too — at no cost.