Six month deal giving 6% discount with a payment holiday of six months gives access to latest technology lathes, machining centres, EDM and grinding machines at a very competitive price.

There is nothing dicey about the 'Top Score' deal put together by 600 Centre, 600 Group finance arm 600 Finance and Colchestersales for production and tool and die industry machine tool purchase except the promotion theme of revealing three sixes from rolling the dice. Indeed, the six month deal giving 6% discount with a payment holiday of six months makes everyone a winner, especially the customer. From the 600 Group companies deal, any customer can install the latest technology lathes, machining centres, EDM and grinding machines at a very competitive price, get them into production quickly to earn an immediate return on the investment and then pay nothing except the VAT for another half year.

Says Tim Hately, director and general manager of Shepshed based 600 Centre: 'Top Score creates an important incentive to companies that are considering purchase to have the equipment installed, proven and already earning a return on the decision to buy, prior to having to start funding the purchase.' Importantly, after the six months payment holiday the customer is not tied to 600 Finance, it can elect to either pay for the machine in full, enter a very competitive finance package offered by 600 Finance or select its own independent finance company to fund the purchase.

The range of machines covered are those marketed out of 600 Centre covering Colchestersales Tornado 2 to 5 axis and 'Lights-out' lathe packages, MultiTurn and Combi combination lathes and the entire Colchester centre lathe range.

Machining centres with up to five axes are included from Fidia, Toyoda-Mitsui Seiki, Fanuc and Richmond that also include turnkey application packages, cells and systems, wire EDM machines from Fanuc and vertical EDMs from Joemars.

The complete range of Okamoto surface, internal and cylindrical grinding machines are included in the deal alongside the Perfect low-cost surface grinder range and machines from the Toyoda-Mitsui Seiki range.