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Economy

Swedish manufacturer opens new factory in northern Lithuania

Anva Polytech, a rubber component producer from Sweden, is setting up a production facility in Lithuania, with the aim of creating 50 new jobs in the next 5 years. The factory, which will produce a variety of rubber components, will be established in Biržai town, Panevėžys County, Invest Lithuania said. […]

Faculty of Physics of Vilnius University
Economy

New lab at Vilnius University expected to deal with artificial intelligence in future

On 22 January, Telecommunications Research Centre M2M (machine-to-machine) laboratory was opened officially at the Faculty of Physics of Vilnius University. […]

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Economy

Third of Lithuanian enterprises innovate

In the European Union, just under half (48.9 percent) of enterprises of 10 employees or more reported innovation activity during the period 2010-2012. The proportion of innovative enterprises in the EU dropped in 2010-2012 compared with both 2006-2008 (51.5 percent innovative enterprises) and the peak recorded in 2008-2010 (52.8 percent). This pattern was observed in the majority of Member States, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, announced based on the Community Innovation Survey 2012. […]

Lauri Koponen
Economy

KTU Executive School: Tailor-made competences for business

Every businessperson in his of her life has encountered a situation when they need to upgrade their competence package. However, usually there is no time for proper studies, and the quality of available lectures by individual speakers is often compromised. Lauri Koponen, Head of KTU Executive School says that business breakfast, popular in Scandinavian countries, is a good solution for this problem. […]

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Economy

Lithuanian mobile game reaches USA monthly top 10

Mobile applications performance service App Annie recently announced results for last years’ November in which Lithuanian game Cooking Fever reached top 10 in Apple iOS games charts. Nordcurrent studios’ game squeezed between such industry heavyweights as Candy Crush, Madden NFL, Game of War and others. […]

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Economy

British rail companies interested in Rail Baltica project

UK rail companies working in international projects and providing rail infrastructure services such as planning, construction and management of innovative and sustainable railways met the representatives of the Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications. During the meeting, the companies had the possibility to learn more about Lithuania’s strategic project Rail Baltica 2 and other rail projects implemented in the country, the Ministry of Transport and Communication said. […]

Economy

Google interested in Lithuania and is looking for staff

US Internet giant Google is interested in Lithuania, but it would not disclose any specific plans in the country. […]