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Europe’s defence ambitions are increasingly constrained not by demand, but by industrial capacity and fragile supply chains. Shortages in critical inputs - particularly energetic materials such as nitrocellulose, primers, and RDX - are emerging as structural bottlenecks to defence production.

CanBalt Ventures (CBV) has established a European defence industrial platform designed to address these constraints by integrating:

• Strategic industrial land and infrastructure

• Defence and dual-use production assets

• A dedicated Defence / Dual-Use Investment Fund

• Embedded research and innovation capability

CBV is inviting industrial leaders to participate as Strategic Anchor Investors, Industrial Partners, and/or financial investors.

2. The Strategic Opportunity

The European defence sector is entering a prolonged phase of expansion, driven by:

• Structural increases in defence spending across NATO and Europe

• Urgent need for regionalisation of supply chains

• Growing demand for secure, scalable industrial capacity

However, key constraints remain:

• Limited availability of permitted industrial sites for defence production

• Fragmented and externally dependent supply chains

• Long lead times for greenfield project development

CBV addresses these constraints directly by providing a platform where industrial partners can deploy, scale, and integrate production capacity efficiently within Europe.

3. CBV Platform Overview

CBV operates an integrated model across three pillars:

1. Industrial Infrastructure

• Defence-zoned land

• Pre-developed utilities and logistics

• Shared infrastructure (storage, transport, safety systems)

2. Project Development

• Origination and structuring of production facilities

• Execution via SPVs and build-to-suit models

• Access to public financing mechanisms

3. Investment Platform

• Dedicated Defence Club-deals / Dual-Use Fund

• Long-term capital mobilisation

• Alignment with institutional and strategic investors

4. Core Industrial Assets

Jonava Defence Industrial Park (~200 hectares)

Focus: Explosives, propellants, and energetic materials

• Primer production facility

• Nitrocellulose production (critical EU shortage)

• Black powder and RDX ecosystem

• Cluster model enabling co-location of suppliers and producers

Rudninkai Defence Industrial Park (~12 hectares)

Focus: Non-explosive manufacturing and systems

• Assembly and integration facilities

• Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO)

• Armoured vehicle and protective systems production

• Rail-connected and industrially zoned