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Swedish industrial technology company Cemvision has been selected for an EU Innovation Fund grant of up to €27.5 million to support construction of its first commercial-scale low-carbon cement plant in…
Western Shipyard Group (VLG), part of Estonia’s BLRT Grupp, has begun construction of a new floating dock to expand its ship repair operations in Klaipėda. The dock is expected to…
Latvia’s Vidzeme Regional Court has ordered IT company Squalio Group to pay €2.3 million in a case involving the bribery of a Belarusian official in 2015. The appeals court overturned…
Lithuania’s government has endorsed proposed changes to natural gas supply rules that would give additional protection to agricultural and food-processing businesses during an energy crisis. The proposal would expand the…
Source: Government of LithuaniaEstonian meat producer Nõo Lihatööstus has commissioned a new cold storage facility under a €4.7 million construction contract awarded to Embach Ehitus, a subsidiary of the listed construction group Nordecon.…
Canadian industrial materials group Neo Performance Materials has been selected for up to €126 million in EU Innovation Fund support for a major expansion of its rare earth processing and…
German maritime technology company Gabler Group AG has acquired a 75% stake in Tallinn-based DECK Marine Systems OÜ. The transaction was completed on 16 October, with the purchase price remaining…
Canadian aerospace company Volatus Aerospace has agreed to acquire Lithuania’s AISPECO in a transaction valued at an initial US$10.5 million, bringing a Vilnius-based manufacturer of airborne sensor systems into its…
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…
The 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…
A satellite developed and tested in Vilnius has successfully reached orbit and established contact following its launch aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission. The First Customer Link satellite is a demonstration stage…
International IT company ELEKS has acquired a controlling stake in Tallinn-based software developer ADM Interactive. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ADM’s existing shareholders and management will remain…
Nordecon group company Embach Ehitus has signed a €5.6 million contract with the Estonian University of Life Sciences for the reconstruction of part of its academic complex in Tartu. The…
5 October 2026 · Estonia Estonian industrial group Viru Keemia Grupp has pushed the investment decision for its planned bioproducts complex in Lüganuse to the first quarter of 2028 as…
5 October 2026 · Baltic Latvian alcoholic-beverage producer Amber Latvijas balzams has moved production of its Rīgas šampanietis sparkling wine from Latvia to Lithuania as the company restructures operations amid…
Analysis · Industry & Manufacturing
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…
Analysis · Industry & Manufacturing
he same downturn is producing different outcomes across Baltic dairy:
Analysis · Industry & Manufacturing
Baltic Focus analysisEditor: Galina Molochkova Riga has just hosted a dense run of investor-facing events built around stability, innovation, competitiveness and aftercare. But Latvia’s domestic administrative…
GMO tomato seedlings in Latvia exposed a regulatory gap: Norfolk Purple moved through a gardening fair and informal seed channels.
PhotoStorent’s 35% revenue growth is real, but it is not a simple Baltic market growth figure. The company’s 2025 pro-forma results combine Baltic performance, the U.S. acquisition of Connect Rentals, bond-financed expansion and a wider shift in the…
PhotoLatvia’s bread producers say the domestic market is slowly shrinking as demographics, changing food habits, retail bake-off formats and rising costs reshape one of the country’s most traditional food sectors. Latvia’s bread market is becoming smaller, but not…
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E-Piim bankruptcy signals structural stress in Baltic dairy sector
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