Latest Ex-Im Bank Stories

Financing will support 1,300 American Jobs WASHINGTON, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) authorized more than $190 million in financing to support the export of Boeing 737-900ER aircraft to El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd. (El Al). According to Boeing, this transaction will help the company create and sustain more than 1,300 American jobs. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110414/MM83673LOGO ) "This...

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) announced today that the owner of a produce company in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced today for making a false statement to Frost National Bank, concerning loans insured by Ex-Im Bank. Gilberto Salazar-Escoboza, 49, was sentenced by Chief Judge Fred Biery in U.S. District Court in San Antonio, Texas, to $500,000.00 in...

Transaction To Support an Estimated 7,300 American Jobs WASHINGTON, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has approved a final commitment of $1.1 billion to finance the export of a fleet of Boeing 737-900ER (extended range) aircraft with CFM International aircraft engines to Lion Air, the largest privately owned airline in Indonesia. The aircraft will be delivered to Lion Air, Malindo Airways (Malaysia) and Batik Air (Indonesia)....

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) and AirFinance have been awarded "Most Innovative Business Jet Financier 2013" by the Corporate Jet Investor Web site in recognition of Ex-Im Bank's Qualified Advisor program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110414/MM83673LOGO ) The award was announced at the International Corporate Jet & Helicopter Finance 2013 Conference held recently in London, U.K. The...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) voted to guarantee a loan of more than $500 million provided by Apple Bank for Savings to OJSC VEB Leasing (VEBL) of Moscow for the export of a fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft to Russia to be operated by Aeroflot Russian Airlines (Aeroflot). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110414/MM83673LOGO) Boeing delivered the first of the aircraft earlier this...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A U.S. solar-module manufacturer and a Mexican company are both benefiting from the support of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). In a recently approved transaction, Ex-Im Bank will guarantee a $780,000, 10-year loan to be made by UPS Capital Business Credit to finance the export of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules from Suniva Inc. in Norcross, Ga., to a rooftop solar-power project of Grupo Metal Intra S.A.P.I....

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized an $87.1 million guarantee of a loan extended by Credit Agricole and other European lenders to Hispasat Canarias S.L.U., a Hispasat S.A. (Hispasat) subsidiary based in Madrid, Spain, that will finance the assembly and purchase of a satellite to be manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital) of Dulles, Va. (Logo:...

Transactions will support more than 500 American jobs WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than a $150 million worth of American-made energy equipment will head to Uruguay and Mexico because of transactions approved this week by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). The Bank approved a $78.6 million direct loan to Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B), a company in Seville, Spain, that applies technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a decision that will support nearly 10,000 high-tech jobs, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has approved a $1.03 billion loan to GLOBALFOUNDRIES to finance the export of American-made semiconductor manufacturing equipment to Germany. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110414/MM83673LOGO ) The transaction, which is Ex-Im Bank's third with GLOBALFOUNDRIES and its related entities, will support...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) announced today it will guarantee financing to support the export of U.S.-made helicopters to Brazil. This marks the first time the Bank has financed high-tech AW139 helicopters destined to be operated by Omni Taxi Aereo (OTA) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Omni Helicopters International S.A. (OHI) will buy the aircraft and assign them to its operating subsidiary, OTA....