In the closing weeks of 2017, the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group has signed financing deals across Europe for over EUR 425 million. The deals include a EUR 75 million (DKK 560 million) loan agreement concluded with Danish company Haldor Topsoe for research and development of cutting-edge catalyst technologies; EUR 50 million financing to the Czech Republic Inven Capital Fund to support the growth of clean energy and smart technology SMEs and midcaps; a EUR 10 million loan agreement to support the growth of Flexenclosure, a Swedish high-tech manufacturer; financing of up to EUR 30 million to Viking Heat Engines, a Norwegian green tech company; a EUR 100 million loan to Cellnex Telecom to support mobile telecoms infrastructure development in Spain and Italy; a EUR 85 million loan to Grifols to support its research on rare and chronic diseases; and a EUR 70 million loan to regional water supply company Oasen Drinkwater in the Netherlands. In France, the EIB, Societe Generale and Brittany Ferries announced the success of the first green maritime financing under the EIB’s EUR 750 million Green Shipping Guarantee (GSG) programme while the European Investment Fund (EIF) and Crédit du Nord Group together with its regional banks signed a guarantee transaction to increase lending to innovative SMEs and small mid-caps.