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Neo Performance Materials is preparing to change the raw material supply arrangements at its Silmet rare earths facility in Sillamäe, Estonia, as the company advances plans to modernise its European separation operations. In an update released on 13…
Amber Latvijas balzams, the historic producer of Riga Black Balsam, is facing possible bankruptcy after creditors rejected its restructuring plan and Latvia’s tax authority froze its bank accounts again. The future of one of the country’s largest spirits…
PhotoThe European Commission has selected Silmet 2.0, an investment and development project at Estonia’s NPM Silmet plant, among 46 new strategic projects under the EU Critical Raw Materials Act. The project aims to adapt the plant’s infrastructure and…
Lithuanian food producer Mantinga Group is advancing plans for a new chilled-food factory near Marijampolė, with the project now in the design and environmental assessment stage. The planned production building would be constructed at Šunskų kelio 1 in…
BLRT Grupp has opened a new €14 million industrial foundry in Kohila, around 35 kilometres south of Tallinn, expanding the group’s ability to produce larger and heavier cast components for Nordic industrial customers. The factory was built by…
London-listed minerals group SigmaRoc has agreed to acquire Lithuanian dolomite producer AB Dolomitas for €110 million, strengthening a Baltic platform that already includes operations in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
.Estonia’s Agrone is moving downstream just as Baltic dairy processing enters a new round of consolidation. The RPK deal shows why timing — and financing — now matter.
Datahe same downturn is producing different outcomes across Baltic dairy:
PhotoApril gave Baltic Focus the first detailed regional industry comparison of 2026. May does not overturn that reading. It updates it.
PhotoThe Baltic states share a region, but not one agricultural model. Latvia stands out in egg production, Estonia through high-yield dairy cows, while Lithuania has the broadest agricultural scale. The Baltic states are one regional economic space, but…
PhotoGMO tomato seedlings in Latvia exposed a regulatory gap: Norfolk Purple moved through a gardening fair and informal seed channels.
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