Brussels, 06/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - With a €25 million loan to Bologna group Marposs, the European Investment Bank (EIB) launched, on 19 December 2013, a new pilot financing scheme for midcaps (i.e. companies with between 250 and 3,000 employees) in Italy. The scheme, called the Growth Finance Initiative (GFI), is a joint initiative of the EIB and the European Commission to promote investment in innovation, research and development by European midcaps. (OL/transl.jl)