Katarzyna Karpiuk
- European Investment Bank
- Communication Department
- Plac Piłsudskiego 1
- PL-00-078 Warsaw
- Poland
The European Investment Bank (EIB) announced backing today for the development and launch of two Earth observation satellites that will provide high-resolution imagery for civilian and defence applications in Poland. The EIB is lending €300 million to Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) for the project to support the European space industry with the latest technology in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. It comes after the EIB’s Board of Directors approved the EIB Group’s new Security and Defence Industry Action Plan which is intended to step up investments in the sector.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €42 million to Maspex Group, a leading producer of beverages and food in central and southeastern Europe, for energy upgrades and for construction of a wastewater treatment plant. The investments will improve energy efficiency, enable renewable-power generation and recycle used water in manufacturing plants in Poland and Romania. The new financing follows three EIB agreements with Maspex Group totalling €211 million.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is extending a €600 million loan to the Republic of Poland to bolster the Polish economy. Investments supported with this financing will spur digital and social development, supplementing European Union grants.