ALYTUS REGION Sparkling centre for manufacturing
YOUR BUSINESS LOCATION IN LITHUANIA
We have benefited from Alytus’s long standing textile and furniture competences. The talented specialists that the region has to offer have given us the confidence to recently invest in a region.
Esben Lund Jakobsen General Director, Jakobsen Home
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Živilė Kazlauskaitė INFORM you on business costs, labour, tax & legal settings and other business areas. Head of Regional Development Team CONNECT you to partners and organise your business meetings in Lithuania. T: +370 5 204 7816 FACILITATE the set up and launch of your company, as well as help you access E: [email protected] governmental support. www.investlithuania.com SUPPORT your investment by lobbying for more business friendly laws and assisting in one-off problems. KEY POINTS 1 2 3 4 With its long history of top The region is home to the The Alytus industrial park, Famous for its natural springs quality textile production, the only refrigerator producer in which is managed by the local and outstanding scenery, the region has successfully adapted the Baltic Sea Region, and municipality, can guarantee Druskininkai resort is a prime to the modern market — has a well established record a fast commencement for location for the wellness and producing high-end textiles, in manafacturing electrical all manafacturing facility rehabilitation industry. upholstery and soft furnishing. appliances. construction projects.
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND WOOD PROCESSING TEXTILE COMPETENCES ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE Refrigerators, freezers, Prefabricated houses, timber Technical textile and ventilation household appliances, stainless processing, wood pellets, solutions, furniture upholstery, steel products, storage tanks and upholstered and wooden, home textile, knitwear, pressure vessels, and electronic furniture, furniture components, sportswear and apparel. components. mattresses and foam production.
LABOUR POOL
8 Vocational schools 2 Colleges
74 500 Labour pool
Number 4 289 of students
Employees 20% in manufacturing THE MAIN FIELDS OF STUDY
5% 39% Other Engineering, Manufacturing and % 4 Construction Humanities and Arts 11,5% Unemployed 7% Health and Welfare
28% 17% Services Region Social sciences, € 694 average salary Business and Law INFRASTRUCTURE LATV A
TELŠIAI BALT C PALANGA ŠIAULIAI SEA KLAIPĖDA PANEVĖŽYS UTENA
TAURAGĖ
KAUNAS Kaunas Airport 82 km RUSS A VILNIUS MARIJAMPOLĖ Vilnius International Airport ALYTUS 105 km
Port of Klaipėda 280 km P LAND BELARUS
SEZ SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
Alytus Industrial Park www.alytus-industrial-park.eu
MACROECONOMICS
GDP FDI IN THE REGION (2010-2015) 12% 138m 49% GDP growth 2010-2015 FDI stock growth, € FDI growth
Top 5 investors by country EXPORT Russia, Poland, Estonia, Austria, Denmark.
28,3% TOP FDI INDUSTRIES (2015) Share of export of Lithuanian origin Manufacturing production 58% Top export countries: Wholesale and Retail Poland, Germany, United Kingdom, Latvia, Sweden. 14%
Real Estate Operations 5%
Construction 3%
Other 20% TOP MANUFACTURERS BY SECTOR
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WOOD PROCESSING AND FURNITURE TEXTILE AND MACHINERY
OTHER LEADING MANUFACTURERS IN THE REGION
CONTACT US:
We are a government agency that provides free investment advice, contacts and data. Let’s talk if you need someone to:
Živilė Kazlauskaitė INFORM you on business costs, labour, tax & legal settings and other business areas. Head of Regional Development Team CONNECT you to partners and organise your business meetings in Lithuania. T: +370 5 204 7816 FACILITATE the set up and launch of your company, as well as help you access E: [email protected] governmental support. www.investlithuania.com SUPPORT your investment by lobbying for more business friendly laws and assisting in one-off problems.