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EIB provides €250 million to support R&D and industrial investments by Nexans
EIB €250 million to support R&D and industrial investments by Nexans _PRESS RELEASE_ The operation is partly backed by an InvestEU guarantee. The loan will enable Nexans to speed up investments in its research and development programme, as well as in its cable production and copper recycling capacities, optimising the use of raw materials and developing the circular economy. This financing is also part of the EIB’s support for REPowerEU, the programme to strengthen the European Union’s energy au
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