In a rapidly evolving environment, investing in capital infrastructure, maintenance and upgrading is essential to ensure that your firm is able to continue to meet existing customer requirements, while also being in a position to capitalise on future growth opportunities. In support of this objective, there is an incentive framework comprising a range of mechanisms put in place through a variety of government organisations and entities.

The DAC wants to support member firms to understand how best to utilise the incentive framework to support strategic capital investment decision-making, hence hosted a workshop on the subject. The workshop included the following

• Linking investment to profitability, new business sales and employment creation
• Case studies on successful capital investment projects
• MAHLE Behr SA case study of their experience in accessing incentives

This workshop provides insights into the growth-imperative for investing in capital goods and the applicable incentives for supporting these decisions.

The programme included: