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The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Compañía Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) have signed an €80 million loan agreement to finance the company’s research, development and innovation (RD&I) programme. CAF develops comprehensive urban mobility solutions using trains and buses. Its RD&I programme focuses on applications for advanced technologies to mobility, to upgrade the sector and make it more sustainable.

Cailabs, acteur deep-tech et leader en photonique avancée, annonce aujourd’hui avoir levé 57 millions d’euros pour accélérer son expansion industrielle et sa croissance internationale. Ce tour de financement structuré, mené par la Banque européenne d’investissement (BEI), combine un financement de 37 millions d’euros de la BEI et un investissement de 20 millions d’euros de Definvest et du Fonds Innovation Défense (ministère des armées et Bpifrance), NewSpace Capital, le Fonds du Conseil européen de l’innovation (Fonds du CEI), Starquest Capital et CAIVE (Crédit Agricole Ille-et-Vilaine Expansion).

Aurubis AG, a leading global provider of non-ferrous metals and one of the largest copper recyclers worldwide, formally signed an agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for a € 200 million investment loan today. The five-year loan will support investment in two strategic projects at Aurubis: expanding copper refining at its Bulgarian site and scaling up metal recycling and environmental protection at its Hamburg plant.