The goal of Invest Lithuania is to attract international companies, contribute to the creation of new jobs, strengthen the competitiveness of Lithuania’s economy, enhance the country’s investment appeal, and increase its global visibility.
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Priority sectors for your investments
In attracting foreign and local investors and aiming to grow strong ecosystems that benefit all participants, Kaunas focuses on several priority sectors that ensure the city’s long-term economic growth.
(Business ecosystem)
Priority Sectors
Kaunas has around 400 information and communication technology (ICT) companies, employing more than 8,000 professionals. The city’s strongest and most popular IT study programs continually expand the sector’s potential by supplying the labour market with new specialists. In addition, strong electronics expertise enables the growth of globally competitive communication technology solutions.
More than 9,000 employees working across 140 business services centres (including IT) in Kaunas are significantly contributing to the growth of an advanced economy. The top-rated IT study programs in Lithuania—offered by Kaunas universities—and the wide range of language training available in the city ensure the sector’s strong and continuous development.
The combined qualifications and expertise of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU), Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and Vytautas Magnus University (VDU), together with the Santaka and Nemunas innovation valleys, newly developed innovation centres, and over 35 companies employing more than 2,500 professionals, form Kaunas’ current life sciences ecosystem. Its substantial growth potential lies in the still-untapped opportunities within medical technologies, medical and agri-biotechnologies, and the bioeconomy industries.
Kaunas is not only a historic but also a modern industrial centre of Lithuania. From being one of the most prominent electronics and automotive components hubs in Central and Eastern Europe to its rapidly developing aviation engineering sector and a broad range of other advanced engineering industries, the city’s economy is built on a strong and diverse industrial backbone.