Global Business Services

Vilnius is home to a mature yet growing Global Business Services (GBS) sector characterised by diversity and a truly international scope of the services it provides.

Overall, the sector provides support to global operations in more than 35 different languages and supports functions as diverse as IT, Finance, Legal Support and Customer Support for a wide range of services.

Lasers

With half a century of expertise behind it, the laser industry in Vilnius is renowned for delivering innovative solutions to the likes of NASA, CERN, and companies such as IBM, Hitachi and Toyota. And the sector continues to grow and innovate, with Lithuanian lasers products being exported worldwide.

90% of production is exported to over 60 countries worldwide

40+ laser sector companies in Vilnius

(Source: Lithuanian laser association, 2019) Over 1000 specialists employed in the field

Laser sector achievements

One of the most powerful laser systems in the world SYLOS, which began work at Hungary’s LaserResearch Centre in 2019, was built by two major Lithuanian laser manufacturers Ekspla and Light Conversion.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) incubator in Vilnius is the first of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe. 90 out of Top 100 universities in the world (QS Ranking) are using Lithuanian lasers and laser systems.

The local laser sector generated around 1% of the world’s laser revenues of €13.8 billion I 2018. (Source: Lithuanian laser association, 2019)

Meet in Vilnius

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