Belgium’s PUNCH Group bags €40M loan from EIB to develop EV propulsion tech

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The European Funding Financial institution (EIB) introduced on Wednesday, January 18, that it has granted €40M finance contract to Punch Group, a Belgian mid-cap that develops propulsion and management techniques for hybrid and electrical automobiles.

Punch Group says the funding can be spent largely on the firm’s essential vegetation in Turin (Italy) and, to a lesser extent, in Strasbourg (France). 

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The capital can be used to develop hydrogen and electrical propulsion applied sciences and associated vitality storage techniques (gas cells) for the automotive, business and industrial automobile sectors.

The funding from the EIB is supported by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI).

European Commissioner for Economic system, Paolo Gentiloni, says, “Investing in applied sciences that promote sustainable mobility is vital to reaching our local weather targets. So it’s nice information that the EIB, backed by the Funding Plan for Europe, will present this financing for the event of applied sciences for hydrogen engines for business and industrial automobiles in Italy and France. It will create jobs and help the event of modern inexperienced applied sciences for the advantage of all Europeans.”

PUNCH: What it is advisable know

Based in 2005, PUNCH is an unbiased provider for growing, integrating, and producing aggressive transmission and engine options. 

PUNCH Torino is the corporate’s essential facility for growing modern propulsion techniques and management options. PUNCH’s vary consists of transmissions (PUNCH Powerglide) and kinetic vitality restoration and storage techniques (PUNCH Flybrid). It has 1,750 workers in seven places in Europe and Asia, and has an annual turnover of over €600M.

“The EIB’s help can be a key consider implementing our imaginative and prescient of sustainable mobility for all. We want to increase our technological experience within the area of electrical and hydrogen propulsion, and we imagine within the large potential of hydrogen engines, particularly for heavier or business automobiles, off-road automobiles, and the marine sector,” says Guido Dumarey, proprietor, founder, and CEO of the PUNCH Group.

EIB: What it is advisable know

The European Funding Financial institution (EIB) is the long-term lending establishment of the European Union, owned by its Member States. The Financial institution funds initiatives in 4 precedence areas: infrastructure, innovation, local weather and surroundings, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). 

EIB Vice-President, Gelsomina Vigliotti, says, “Operations like this one with the PUNCH Group are key to selling the decarbonisation of the automotive, industrial and business automobile sectors by the event of modern options reminiscent of hydrogen, fuel-cell, and electrical engines. Because the EU local weather financial institution, the EIB performs an necessary function in remodeling mobility and transferring it in the direction of a low-carbon future.”