- To Sapa Operations (Gipuzkoa) corresponds 5.84 M€, to Spool Sistemas (Gipuzkoa), 434.475 euros and to Kautenik (Bizkaia), 218.631 euros within the award in Spain of 29 new projects of line B for 72 M€
- Marisol Garmendia highlights “the great positive impact that the arrival of these funds to the Basque Country has to boost and revitalize the industry and the creation of quality employment”
- Basque participation in the PERTE VEC (Electric and Connected Vehicle) amounts to about 400 million euros
The latest provisional awards of PERTE VEC II meet the requests of the Gipuzkoan company Sapa Operations with 5.84 million euros, the Gipuzkoan company Spool Sistemas with 434,475 euros and the Vizcaine Kautenik with 218,631 euros.
The delegate of the Government of Spain in the Basque Country, Marisol Garmendia, highlighted “the great positive impact that this aid has to promote and revitalize the industry and the creation of quality employment in the Basque economy. The Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan designed by the Government of Spain is contributing to the good progress of our economy and, in particular, the PERTE of the Connected Electric Vehicle, to the transformation of the industry towards a model committed to decarbonization and sustainable with the planet.”
The objective of this line is to promote investment plans for the industrial value chain of the electric and connected vehicle, its systems, subsystems and components, as well as certain auxiliary infrastructure systems necessary for its deployment.
For Marisol Garmendia, “the gradual electrification of the car park contributes to the adaptation of the automotive industry, a sector that is key in the Basque Country, to the challenges of electric vehicles and sustainable mobility”.
The participation of Basque companies in the two phases of the PERTE VEC amounts to about 400 M€ including these latest awards.