Lithuanian Engineering Industry at Hannover Messe exhibition

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LINPRA together with 10 companies, members of association, will take part and represent the Lithuanian engineering industries sector in one of the largest world’s trade fairs Hannover Messe on April 1–5. Find us at Hall 4, Stand 51 F.

LINPRA also initiates an introductory event focused on doing business in Lithuania. German companies that are already operating in one of the prominent Baltic markets – Lithuania – will share their unique experience. The event will occur on April 2 and will be followed by a networking session.

Find out more about the Lithuanian companies in this list: Hannover_Messe_LINPRA_companies.

For more information regarding the event and LINPRA stand at the exhibition contact rokas.bekeris@linpra.lt.

 

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Europe’s technology industries at the heart of a renewed EU: Orgalim launches industry vision ahead of 2019 elections

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Orgalim – Europe’s Technology Industries – has launched ‘2030: an industry vision for a renewed Europe’. Aimed at European policymakers ahead of the EU elections in May 2019, the campaign advocates a proactive policy agenda to support European technology companies in shaping a future that’s good for the EU’s economy and society.

“Despite the challenges ahead, this is a time of immense opportunity,” explains Malte Lohan, Orgalim Director General. “Our vision for 2030 is of a Europe where innovation drives competitiveness, a strong industry spreads prosperity, and technology responds to citizens’ needs – improving quality of life while enabling the transition to a greener, cleaner future for our planet.”

The technology sectors represented by Orgalim comprise Europe’s largest industrial branch, directly employing 11 million people. A global industrial powerhouse, these industries have been growing consistently ahead of the wider EU economy and account for a third of Europe’s manufactured exports. As such, Orgalim’s vision marks an important contribution to the ongoing debate on the future of Europe. The campaign makes a number of concrete recommendations centred around three calls to action:

• Embrace the innovation-led transformation of European industry (action areas: AI, cybersecurity, data framework, network infrastructure including 5G)
• Enable European industry’s long-term global leadership (action areas: open, rules-based trade, EU investment and R&I programmes, Internal Market framework, agile regulatory approaches)
• Transform societal challenges into future drivers of prosperity (action areas: low-carbon and energy transition, sustainable resource use, sustainable and connected mobility and buildings, education and training for a digitalised world of work)

Orgalim will be promoting these messages widely in the months ahead. “At this crucial moment, we need decisive political leadership to unlock Europe’s future drivers of prosperity, sustainability and wellbeing,” concludes Malte Lohan. “The time to act is now – and our industries stand ready to play their part.”

More information – on the renewed Orgalim webpage HERE.

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International engineering matchmaking event in Lithuania, March 21

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Kaunas, Park Inn Hotel, K. Donelaičio str. 27 | March 21, 2019 
International B2B matchmaking event  

Lithuania has deep manufacturing and engineering industry traditions – it is capable to deliver quality products with an attractive quality-to-price ratio.

An international engineering B2B event, co-organized by the Engineering Industries Association of Lithuania LINPRA and Enterprise Lithuania, will take place on 21 March 2019 in Kaunas. It will host TOP Lithuanian companies from metal, plastics, electrical, machinery equipment, robotics and other sectors. The matchmaking session is open and kindly invites international guests, interested in finding new suppliers from the Baltic States.

Companies participating in the matchmaking event will be able to book a series of 20-minute meetings with the companies of their interest, in search for opportunities of mutually beneficial cooperation. The event enables a company to meet with up to twelve other companies in just one-day’s session – which is an easy and cost-effective way to find reliable business partners in the Baltics.

Field of interest and main sectors:

  • Metal, plastics and rubber processing
  • Electrical and machinery equipment
  • Automatization, robotics and lasers

The day before the B2B event all guests are also welcome to the international conference “Making Industry 4.0 Real”. Save the date for a two-day business professional event in Lithuania: digital transformation conference on March 20 and B2B matchmaking event on March 21 in Kaunas, Lithuania.

More information HERE.

Registration for the B2B event required. Register HERE.

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ORGALIME GENERAL ASSEMBLY HELD IN VILNIUS: EUROPE REQUIRES AN AMBITIOUS INDUSTRY STRATEGY

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In order to enable the European technology industry to make a full contribution to the evolution of the Old Continent’s economy and society, in the European Union and its Member States, targeted investment in industrial digitization and innovation must be strongly promoted. Such a position was heard at the General Assembly of members of one of the largest and most influential European industry organizations, the engineering industry association ORGALIME. Orgalime’s General Assembly is the time for the European technology industry to meet, exchange and discuss. This year’s summer edition took place in Vilnius, Lithuania, hosted by LINPRA – Orgalime’s member association.

Delegates from more than 40 organisations of engineering industry gathered to plan the organization’s activities and to participate in a conference, addressing the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution, changes and trends in the industry and society.

The event on 12-13 June brought together CEOs from across Orgalime’s members to explore the latest industry trends and burning policy issues at European level, while charting the future for the association in the year ahead.

The meeting began in closed-door sessions where members reviewed the past year’s achievements and discussed a roadmap for the future.

The public event that followed saw representatives from select companies share their experiences and discuss how transformation in the technology industries is driving positive change in Europe’s economy and society.

Contributions from Gintaras Vilda, Lithuania’s Vice Minister of Economy, and Lasionis on behalf of LINPRA gave participants an insight into Lithuania’s status as an emerging powerhouse in industrial engineering and its enormous growth potential.  To cite just one impressive figure: the national industry output jumped by a massive 18 % in the last year alone.

A diverse programme of keynotes and panel debates gave participants the chance to hear directly from some of the country’s most successful technology industry entrepreneurs – with case studies ranging from innovative digitised production models to low-carbon building systems.

Participants of the conference, representatives of engineering industry associations and companies shared their experience on the implementation of technological solutions, which could improve the efficiency of industrial and manufacturing enterprises in several ways. The production volumes of Lithuanian companies operating in this sector have increased by one third, 34 % over the past decade. However, in order to ensure further development of the sector and global competitiveness, it is necessary to focus both private and public sector efforts on creating an investment-friendly environment in the area which has so far been under-emphasized.

The ORGALIME Association, founded in 1954, unites engineering industry organizations. The industries represented by ORGALIME employ nearly 11 million people in the EU and in 2017 accounted for some €2000 billion of output. Association members create about 28 percent of European goods, accounting for about one-third of European Union production exports.

Read more about the General Assembly on ORGALIME page.

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