Oxygen ball for the Leitat Technology Center. The Generalitat of Catalonia has approved a Injection of up to a maximum of 14 million eurosthrough the Catalan Institute of Finance (ICF), to ensure the financing of the entity, in which some 400 people work and accumulate “significant” losses.
The agreements approved by the Consell Executiu On Tuesday they collect that in order to maintain his activity, Leitat needs financing to deal with his accumulated debt. From the Government They ensure accumulate “significant” losses of exercises 2022 and 2023, when exceptional measures were adopted aimed at recovering the economic-financial situation.
One of the objectives of the Pla Cataluña leaders It is to strengthen the technological centers so that innovation levers occur in the economic fabric of the community. “Given Leitat’s current financing needs, the Government has agreed Government.
In this way, with this guarantee, from the Generalitat they intend to prevent the operation from having effects on the result of the ICF, either as a result of the financing operations that formalize in favor of the entity or the granting of guarantees to other financial entities. “The Generalitat will work together with the entity to seek more participation and control in its current and future governance bodies,” they point out from the Catalan Executive.
Leitat is a non -profit association that develops R&D projects, laboratory tests and certifications in areas such as circular economy, decarbonization, health, biomedicine or applied chemistry and materials. Founded on Terrassa In 1906, it is one of the oldest technological centers in Europe, and collaborates in R&D projects with other international centers. Thus, in the last 10 years he has developed projects for more than 3,100 companies (about 60% Catalan) and has managed more than 300 competitive projects in European field and more than 700 state level.
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