Digi Communications priced a €600M 4.625% bond due 2031, upsized from €500M amid strong demand Funds to refinance €400M 2028 notes and strengthen its balance sheet Fitch rated the bond ‘BB+(EXP)’, affirmed Digi’s ‘BB’ IDR, Stable Outlook Led by Barclays, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, News, Romania, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 2023 Senior Facilities Agreement, 2024 Senior Facilities Agreement, 2028 Notes, 2031 Notes, 4.625% interest, Banco Santander S.A., Barclays Bank Ireland PLC, BB+(EXP), bond issuance, Bucharest Stock Exchange, capital markets, Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, collateral, Corporate Financing, debt offering, debt redemption, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V., digi romania, Digi Romania S.A., due 2031, EUR 600 million, Euronext Dublin, Europe, European telecom, Facility A, financing, Fitch Ratings, ING Bank N.V., intercreditor agreement, investors, Offering, redemption, refinancing, refinancing strategy, Regulation S, Romania, Rule 144A, secured obligations, senior secured notes, settlement, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, Spain, telecommunication services provider, telecommunication solutions, telecommunications, U.S. Securities Act, UniCredit Bank GmbH
(IN BRIEF) The EIB and EIF have approved €9.2 billion in financing to boost Europe’s innovation and sustainability agenda, including a landmark €400 million HousingTech initiative to revolutionise the construction industry and enhance affordable housing. The EIF also invested in … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Germany, Healthcare, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, News, Poland, Portugal, Real Estate, Technology
Tagged affordable housing, Africa, Brazil, civil society seminar, Clean Industrial Deal, digital transformation, EIB, EIB Group, EIF, EU innovation, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, European Union, green transition, Healthcare Innovation, HousingTech, Iceland, Multilateral Development Banks, Nadia Calviño, paediatrics venture capital fund, renewable energy, SERBIA, SMEs, social infrastructure, sustainable housing, sustainable transport, TechEU, UKRAINE, water infrastructure, wind power
(IN BRIEF) The EIB Institute has pledged €750,000 in humanitarian aid to support urgent medical and nutritional assistance in Gaza, focusing on children, pregnant women, and vulnerable families. The funds will be channelled through Welthungerhilfe and CARE, two experienced NGOs … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, News, Society, Technology
Tagged care, climate resilience, Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, economic recovery, EIB Group, EIB Institute, EU aid, EU humanitarian support, European Commission, European Investment Bank, Gaza, Gaza children, Gelsomina Vigliotti, health services, humanitarian aid, humanitarian relief, medical support, Middle East, Multiannual and Comprehensive Programme for Palestinian Recovery and Resilience, Nadia Calviño, nutritional aid, Palestine, Palestine Monetary Authority, PMA, social impact, Welthungerhilfe
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €400 million to support the construction of a 12.64 km section of the Prague Ring Road between Běchovice and the D1 motorway, a project led by Ředitelství silnic a dálnic (RSD) … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Construction, Czech Republic, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, News, Technology
Tagged Baltic-Adriatic Corridor, Běchovice, central Europe, climate resilience, congestion reduction, Czech Republic, Czech transport, D1 motorway, EIB, EIB and Czech Authorities Advance Major TEN-T Corridor Project with €400 Million Investment in Prague’s Transport Network, EU Cohesion Policy, European Investment Bank, Green mobility, infrastructure investment, Marek Mora, Ministry of Transport, Prague Ring Road, Radek Mátl, Ředitelství silnic a dálnic, regional development, RSD, SFTI, State Fund for Transport Infrastructure, SUMP, sustainable transport, Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, TEN-T Core Network
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a €200 million loan to the Czech Republic to upgrade its railway network by 2030. Managed by Správa železnic through the State Fund for Transport Infrastructure, the project will enhance both … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Czech Republic, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged climate resilience, Czech Republic, Czech Republic Secures EIB Financing to Upgrade Rail Infrastructure and Advance Green Mobility Goals, EIB, electrification, Emma Toledano Laredo, ERTMS, European Commission, European Investment Bank, Green mobility, Jiří Svoboda, Just Transition Mechanism, Karlovy Vary, Marek Mora, Ministry of Finance, Moravia-Silesia, Public-Private Partnerships, rail infrastructure, railway modernization, regional development, Správa železnic, State Fund for Transport Infrastructure, sustainable transport, TEN-T, transport infrastructure, Ústí nad Labem
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €40 million to Sweden’s Meva Energy AB to accelerate the rollout of its modular, biomass-based gasification plants across Europe. The company’s innovative system converts agricultural and industrial biomass residues into renewable, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged biochar, bioeconomy, biogas, biomass gasification, circular economy, Clean Industrial Deal, climate-neutral technology, decarbonisation, EIB, Elcowire Group, energy security, European Investment Bank, fossil-free manufacturing, green transition, IKEA, industrial energy, InvestEU, Karl Nehammer, Meva Energy, Meva Energy Secures EIB Financing to Scale Climate-Neutral Gasification Technology Across Europe, Net-Zero Industry Act, Niclas Davidsson, renewable energy, REPowerEU, Sofidel, Sweden
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €150 million loan to the Istituto per il Credito Sportivo e Culturale (ICSC) to finance new and upgraded public sports and cultural infrastructure across Italy. The funding will support projects … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Banks, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg, News, Sports, Technology
Tagged Antonella Baldino, community investment, cultural infrastructure, cycle paths, EIB, EIB Backs ICSC with New €150 Million Financing to Drive Urban Regeneration and Social Inclusion Across Italy, energy efficiency, European Investment Bank, financing agreement, Gelsomina Vigliotti, Green mobility, ICSC, Istituto per il Credito Sportivo e Culturale, Italy, Jean-Christophe Laloux, public amenities, regional development, social inclusion, southern Italy, sports infrastructure, SROI, sustainable development, sustainable infrastructure, urban regeneration
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending €79.5 million to Ignitis Group as part of a €318 million financing consortium that includes the EIB, Swedbank, and NIB to fund the 314 MW Kelmė wind farm … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Lithuania
Tagged 5 GW target, Baltic region, clean power, climate goals, EBRD, EBRD Backs Ignitis Group with €79.5 Million Loan to Build the Baltic Region’s Largest Onshore Wind Farm, Energy Independence, energy security, EU Energy Policy, European Investment Bank, green transition, Ignitis Group, Kelmė wind farm, Lithuania, Lithuanian households, Nordic Investment Bank, onshore wind, renewable energy, Sustainable Finance, sustainable infrastructure, Swedbank, zero-carbon electricity
(IN BRIEF) Amey has completed a £70 million refinancing and acquisition initiative with HSBC and NatWest, securing long-term funding through June 2030 to reinforce its operations with the Ministry of Defence. The new facility provides Amey with the flexibility to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Amey, Andrew Nelson, Asset Based Lending, asset renewal, Chatham Financial, CMS, defence contract, facilities services, financial strategy, government partnerships, HSBC, infrastructure management, KPMG, Lambert Smith Hampton, long-term funding, Ministry of Defence, MOD, NatWest, Norton Rose Fulbright, Operational Excellence, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, refinancing, Strategic £70 Million Refinancing Positions Amey for Growth and Defence Sector Expansion, UK defence
(IN BRIEF) ZÜBLIN, a STRABAG subsidiary, together with ROM Technik GmbH & Co. KG, has been contracted to build the first phase of the IPAI Campus in Heilbronn, Europe’s pioneering innovation park for artificial intelligence. Commissioned by IPAI Immobilienmanagement and … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Austria, Business, Construction, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Technology
Tagged AI Infrastructure, European AI ecosystem, Germany, green architecture, Heilbronn, high-tech buildings, Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence, IPAI Campus, IPAI Immobilienmanagement, Jörg Rösler, mobility hub, photovoltaic panels, Reallabor, recycled concrete, renewable energy, ROM Technik, Schwarz Immobilien Service, start-up innovation centre, STRABAG SE, sustainable construction, Züblin, ZÜBLIN Leads Construction of Europe’s First AI Innovation Campus in Heilbronn
(IN BRIEF) Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to merge their space-related activities into a new European space company designed to strengthen the continent’s industrial and strategic autonomy. The new entity, expected to launch in 2027 … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Aviation & Aerospace, Business, France, Industrial, Italy, Netherlands, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged aerospace technology, Airbus, and Thales Join Forces to Create a Unified European Space Company Strengthening Strategic Autonomy, competitiveness, Europe 2027, European space ecosystem, European space industry, European Union, Guillaume Faury, innovation synergy, Leonardo, Memorandum of Understanding, MERGER, MoU, Patrice Caine, R&D collaboration, Roberto Cingolani, satellite manufacturing, sovereign space programs, space economy, space services, space systems, strategic autonomy, sustainable innovation, Telespazio, Thales, Thales Alenia Space, Thales SESO
(IN BRIEF) Talgo has achieved a significant milestone as Danish State Railways (DSB) officially accepted its first Talgo 230 trains, marking the beginning of deliveries for a 16-train EuroCity fleet that will operate on the Copenhagen–Hamburg route. The trains, designed … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Austria, cab car, Copenhagen, cross-border mobility, Denmark, Deutsche Bahn, DSB, DSB Approves First Talgo 230 EuroCity Trains to Launch Copenhagen–Hamburg Service, EuroCity, European rail, Germany, Hamburg, high-speed trains, ICE L, Intercity Trains, lightweight trains, Netherlands, passenger capacity, PRM accessibility, push-pull operation, rail innovation, Spanish engineering, sustainable transport, Switzerland, TALGO, Talgo 230, train manufacturing, €500 million contract
(IN BRIEF) Symrise has made a strategic equity investment in U.S.-based biotech firm Cellibre to drive innovation in sustainable biomanufacturing. The collaboration will accelerate the commercialization of natural flavor ingredients and cosmetic bioactives produced through precision fermentation. By combining Symrise’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Chemicals, Food & Beverage, Germany, Marketing, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged Ben Chiarelli, biomanufacturing, biotechnology, biotechnology investment, Cellibre, Clean Beauty, corporate sustainability, cosmetic bioactives, environmental responsibility, fermentation-derived ingredients, food and beverage industry, global supply chain, Imke Meyer, natural flavors, nutraceuticals, Precision Fermentation, sustainable cosmetics, Sustainable Ingredients, sustainable innovation, Symrise, Symrise Partners with Cellibre to Accelerate Biotechnology Innovation in Natural Flavors and Cosmetic Actives, taste balancing
(IN BRIEF) AFRY and MIKA Innovation have been awarded the Red Dot Design Award for Rolling Jenny, their autonomous, electric transport concept designed to revolutionize sustainable logistics. MIKA Innovation partnered with AFRY for its advanced design expertise to develop a … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Awards, Business, Industrial, Management, News, Sweden, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AFRY, AFRY and MIKA Innovation Recognized for Redefining Sustainable Logistics with Award-Winning Rolling Jenny Design, autonomous transport, brand development, clean technology, collaboration, design strategy, electric vehicle design, goods transport, Industrial Design, INNOVATION, MIKA Innovation, Mikael Karlsson, Modeling, Product Development, Red Dot Design Award, Rolling Jenny, Stefan Ohlsson, sustainable logistics, sustainable mobility, visualization
(IN BRIEF) Stora Enso has announced leadership changes effective 1 January 2026. Micaela Thorström will become Executive Vice President, People and Legal, General Counsel, expanding her current role overseeing the company’s legal functions. Chief Financial Officer Niclas Rosenlew will take on … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Law, Management, News
Tagged brand, Chief Financial Officer, Communications, corporate governance, executive appointments, executive management, Finland, General Counsel, Group Leadership Team, Katariina Kravi, Leadership changes, Micaela Thorström, Niclas Rosenlew, People and Legal, renewable materials, Stora Enso, Stora Enso Strengthens Executive Team Ahead of 2026 with Key Leadership Appointments, sustainable business
(IN BRIEF) Three researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology — Ahmed Dorrah, Jaime Bonnin Roca, and Hamdi Joudeh — have each received NWO Vidi grants worth up to €850,000 to advance their individual research programs. The funding enables them to … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Netherlands, News, Science, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged Ahmed Dorrah, Autonomous Vehicles, Brainport Region, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology Strengthens Research Excellence with Three NWO Vidi Grant Recipients, energy efficiency, government innovation, Hamdi Joudeh, information theory, innovation policy, Jaime Bonnin Roca, nano-optics, Netherlands science, NWO, photonics, Quantum technology, research funding, semiconductor, TU/e, Vidi grants, wireless sensing
(IN BRIEF) Digi Communications N.V., a leading European telecommunications company listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, announced that its Romanian subsidiary, Digi Romania S.A., has successfully priced an offering of €600 million in 4.625% senior secured notes due 2031. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, News, Romania, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 2023 Senior Facilities Agreement, 2024 Senior Facilities Agreement, 2028 Notes, 2031 Notes, 4.625% interest, Banco Santander S.A., Barclays Bank Ireland PLC, bond issuance, Bucharest Stock Exchange, capital markets, Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, collateral, Corporate Financing, debt offering, debt redemption, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V., digi romania, Digi Romania S.A., due 2031, EUR 600 million, Euronext Dublin, Europe, European telecom, Facility A, financing, ING Bank N.V., intercreditor agreement, investors, Offering, redemption, refinancing, refinancing strategy, Regulation S, Romania, Rule 144A, secured obligations, senior secured notes, settlement, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, Spain, telecommunication services provider, telecommunication solutions, telecommunications, U.S. Securities Act, UniCredit Bank GmbH
(ACTUALITÉ EN BREF) Le fournisseur cloud suisse Hidora lance Hikube, une plateforme cloud inédite en Suisse qui réplique automatiquement les données sur trois centres situés à Genève, Gland et Lucerne, garantissant ainsi une résilience exceptionnelle même en cas de panne … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, News, Security & Safety, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged bases de données, chiffrement des données, CI/CD, Cloud, cloud performant, cloud responsable, cloud souverain, cloud suisse, confidentialité, continuité, data centers, data centers suisses, DevOps, EcoEnterprise, énergie renouvelable, finance, FINMA, fournisseur cloud Suisse, GENÈVE, Gland, GPU NVIDIA, haute disponibilité, haute performance, Hidora, Hikube, IA, indépendance technologique, industrie, infrastructure durable, infrastructure numérique, ISO 27001, Kubernetes managé, LUCERNE, Machine Learning, Matthieu Robin, multi-zones, PCI-DSS, plateforme cloud, plateforme cloud unique en Suisse, réglementation européenne, réglementation suisse, rendu graphique, resilience, Responsibility Europe, SANTE, sécurité des données, serveurs virtuels, souveraineté numérique, stockage S3, Yannick Costa
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