The factory would create approximately 150 jobs for local logistics professionals, packagers, designers and developers in the next 12 months, Invest Lithuania, the government's foreign investment promotion agency, said in a press release on Thursday.
"Closeness to new markets is very important for expansion thereto – this way we can be more flexible and respond better to customer needs. Among the sites considered in the region, Lithuania stood out as the most attractive solution with a convenient site, well-developed logistics and a good price-to-quality ratio," the press release quoted Ulrich Oppenhejm, Oppenhejm & Jansson CEO, as saying.
Until now, the company has been producing most of its products in China. In Lithuania, it plans to complete the production process, improve its products and the packaging design as well as to adapt products to the needs of specific customers.