Sweden, Jan. 29 -- The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €400 million to support Swedish health and hygiene company Essity's research, development and innovation (RDI) activities in three European Union countries.The loan will support Essity research centres in Sweden primarily as well as in Germany and France. The goal is to develop goods and production processes for personal care, professional hygiene and medical wound care solutions in ways that replace plastics with bio-based materials and cut emissions of greenhouse gases, while also improving digital solutions.Essity's RDI programme underpins the development of global brands such as Tempo handkerchiefs, Libresse menstrual pads, Libero diapers, TENA urine absorbers, Tork ...