Marijampolė Free Economic Zone or Baltic FEZ ( lt, Marijampolės laisvoji ekonominė zona) is a special economic zone located in Marijampolė, Lithuania. It has 77.73 ha area, which was established in 2011 December 23 near

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. The zone was established for 49 years, specialize in four industries: Science,

Forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. Th ...

Metalworking Metalworking is the process of shaping and reshaping metals to create useful objects, parts, assemblies, and large scale structures. As a term it covers a wide and diverse range of processes, skills, and tools for producing objects on every scale ...

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Food processing Food processing is the transformation of agricultural products into food, or of one form of food into other forms. Food processing includes many forms of processing foods, from grinding grain to make raw flour to home cooking to complex industr ...

, and is oriented to the investors from Scandinavian countries.

Infrastructure

Marijampolė FEZ has 15 industrial type plots from which some are dedicated for medium-level pollution businesses. Using European Regional Development Funds every plot was developed with essential infrastructure: electricity, water, drainage, C and D class roads, lighting and gas pipelines as needed. There is also a planned connection to

Companies

In 2018 Danish manufacturer Dovista plans to invest over €100 million over the next ten years to open new manufacturing line in Baltic FEZ. In 2018 May there was 20 ha of unoccupied industrial plots left. It is planned to expand FEZ territory as by Marijampolė region development strategy and international investors suggestions.Marijampolės LEZ naujakurių lauks jau po pusantrų metų
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References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marijampole Free Economic Zone Economy of Marijampolė Free economic zones of Lithuania 2011 establishments in Lithuania