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The European Investment Bank will contribute to the financing of the construction and upgrade of the final section of the A12 / A15 motorway in the eastern part of the Netherlands with a €500 million loan to the GelreGroen consortium, who was awarded the contract to design, build, finance and maintain the project over the coming two decades. The project finalises a key cross-country motorway corridor in the Netherlands, linking the Rotterdam harbour to the German border. As such, this stretch of motorway is located on the core TEN-T road network and on the Rhine-Alpine Corridor.

The European Investment Bank (EIB)’s annual ‘Investment Survey’, which can be downloaded here, shows that the Netherlands remains in Europe’s front pack when it comes to the adoption of digital technologies and artificial intelligence. As part of the survey, Dutch firms say they are much more likely to use multiple advanced digital technologies than companies in other EU countries (65% vs 51% EU). The country also has one of the highest adoption rates of generative AI, with access to digital infrastructure hardly seen as an investment barrier when compared to the EU average. These positive trends will support the country’s competitiveness.

Xeltis, un concepteur de premier plan d’implants transformateurs permettant la création naturelle de vaisseaux sanguins vivants et durables, annonce ce jour avoir obtenu près de 50 millions d’euros de nouveaux financements. Ce montant se compose d’un montant maximal de 37,5 millions d’euros de la BEI, bénéficiant du soutien du programme InvestEU de la Commission européenne, et de 10 millions d’euros réunis auprès d’investisseurs existants, dont EQT, via son fonds LSP Health Economics Fund 2, et Invest-NL. Les fonds levés seront utilisés pour accélérer la mise sur le marché d’aXess, notamment en renforçant les capacités de production et les recrutements, ainsi que pour poursuivre le développement du portefeuille de produits de l’entreprise. L’enveloppe de prêt d’amorçage-investissement de la BEI comprend un versement initial de 10 millions d’euros, avec la possibilité d’y ajouter 27,5 millions d’euros ultérieurement.