TELTONIKA HIGH-TECH HILL TECHNOLOGY PARK IN VILNIUS

It is planned that by 2028, around 10 new industrial and administrative buildings will be constructed on the 55-ha site in several phases, creating approximately 5-6,000 jobs. The investment in the entire project will amount to several billion euros.

"We plan to have the entire technology park completed by 2028, after which we will spend a few more years increasing the capacity of the factories and gradually introducing additional equipment. We estimate that when the tech-park is fully operational in about 10 years' time, exports will be around €9-10 billion annually. At that time, the benefits for the Lithuanian economy will amount to around 5% of the country's GDP. I believe that together we will implement the planned projects and Vilnius will have the most beautiful technology park in Europe," says Arvydas Paukštys, founder and president of the Teltonika company group.

According to him, Teltonika High-Tech Hill is being developed with the aim of creating a unique vertically integrated manufacturing system from the production of components to the final product. This is a strategic solution that ensures safety, quality, and reduced dependence on supply chain disruptions and suppliers located in Asia.

Read the most important information about the Teltonika High-Tech Hill projects below.

1. R&D centre

The first number in the park's visualisation marks the largest project – a 64,200 m² R&D centre. The building complex on Liepkalnis hill will become a new home for the employees of Teltonika companies operating in Vilnius.

The 2.5-ha site will feature a complex of buildings symbolising a microchip, a key component of high technologies. The buildings will house laboratories, offices, training academies and more. Liepkalnis will also house the Teltonika academies, where young talents can gain work experience in one of two training programmes: Internet of Things (IoT) or Business-to-Business (B2B).

In addition to workspaces, the building complex will include various leisure and recreational areas such as relaxation rooms, massage rooms, a gym, a canteen and separate kitchens, an event and conference space, and a rooftop amphitheatre to watch the planes take off and land.

Buildings with different functions and green courtyards will merge into a seamless common space. The complex will be surrounded by courtyards with different views of Lithuanian nature – meadow, forest, lake, garden, and park. The courtyards include walking paths, picnic areas, gazebos, a conservatory, a pond with a beach, and a basketball court.

Construction of the R&D centre is scheduled to start in autumn 2024, with an investment of around €220 million.

2. Teltonika EMS plant (existing facility)

Currently, IoT products are manufactured in the Teltonika EMS factory located in Liepkalnis, Ditvos str., in two separate buildings. This factory has 5 SMT lines and produces Teltonika's telematics devices as well as provides contract manufacturing services.

The Teltonika EMS factory building, which opened in 2020, will continue to operate as part of the technology park, while the old building, which was built a couple of decades ago, will be replaced by an office complex.

3. Electronics assembly plant

A new, larger electronics assembly plant is needed to accommodate the existing and planned growth of the Teltonika company group and to meet the increased demand for contract manufacturing from other companies.

The new electronics assembly plant is to be built from autumn 2023 onwards. It will have a total floor area of 22,700 m², twice as large as the combined floor area of the two existing Teltonika EMS plants in Vilnius and Molėtai. There will be 10 electronics assembly lines, 20 testing lines, 4 packaging lines, a modern robotic warehouse, and laboratories, all ensuring a production capacity of 18 million products per year.

The new electronics assembly plant will create 700 jobs. It will manufacture IoT products developed by Teltonika and provide contract manufacturing services. The construction of the plant is expected to be completed by mid-2025 and will involve an investment of around €75 million by the Teltonika company group.

4. Printed circuit board (PCB) factory

Construction of the printed circuit board (PCB) plant started in late summer 2023. This will be a unique facility in Europe, where no PCB plant of this type has been built in the last 20 years.

The Teltonika company group needs such a plant to reduce its dependence on third country suppliers and to increase the safety of its products. By producing printed circuit boards on-site, Teltonika will be able to further protect its intellectual property and that of its customers.

The 33,000 m² PCB plant will be one of the most advanced of its kind in Europe, with the highest level of automation and the most stringent environmental requirements. Approximately 250 highly skilled employees will work there. The project has a budget of €143 million. Construction is expected to be completed in mid-2025.

5. Parking

The technology park is expected to employ around 5-6,000 people over 10 years. Given the location of the park and the existing and planned transport infrastructure in this part of the city, it is expected that a large part of the employees will choose to use private transport to get to work. To allow them to park their cars conveniently close to their workplaces, several parking areas are planned to be built in the central part of the tech-park.

6. Data centre

As the Teltonika company group expands, the amount of data used by the group will increase significantly. Therefore, the Teltonika High-Tech Hill park will also include a data centre. It will contribute to Teltonika's strategic goal of ensuring product security as well as enhancing data storage and processing efficiency.

7. Plastic and mechanical components factory with a warehouse

Construction of the plastic and mechanical components plant started in summer 2024. The facility, together with a warehouse, will have an area of 27,100 square metres and will be one of the largest of its kind in Lithuania.

The designers, 2L Architects, have paid great attention to the aesthetic appearance of the building and the surrounding greenery. The main entrance to the factory will be accentuated by a large spruce tree. In order to preserve it, the architects "cut out" a corner of the building.

Construction is expected to be completed in autumn 2025. Once built, the factory will be used for moulding plastic parts and designing and manufacturing prototype and mass-produced plastic moulds. The products will be intended for the Teltonika company group and other electronics manufacturing companies.

The new plant will help to ensure even better product quality and reduce the time-to-market for new products by half. It will also open up new areas of activity, as it will be possible to combine and mould components made of several different materials, such as rubber, plastic, metal, etc.

The plastic and mechanical components factory will create 300 jobs. Teltonika will invest around €53 million in this project.

8. Power module assembly plant

At the end of 2022, Teltonika signed a technology cooperation agreement with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). Under this agreement, ITRI will share the technologies that could lead to the development of a semiconductor chip industry in Lithuania with Teltonika.

After obtaining the right to use the semiconductor chip manufacturing technologies and device licences developed by ITRI, the Teltonika company group plans to develop new activities in Vilnius, including the production of power modules. This will enable the development of niche semiconductor technologies for use in renewable energy, electric vehicles, or other industrial power module solutions.

9-10. Semiconductor chip design, packaging, assembly and testing facility

The main objective of the cooperation with ITRI is to start the production of semiconductor chips in Vilnius.

Chips are becoming one of the most important strategic commodities in the world, given their scarcity and the increase in demand in recent years. A local semiconductor industry would reduce Lithuania's dependence on Asian or American manufacturers. Such a move would also support the European Union's strategy to have at least a 20% share of the semiconductor chip industry in Europe by 2030, create even better conditions for the growth of technology companies, and reduce the dependence on imported chips from third countries.

The cooperation with ITRI opens up access to semiconductor chip manufacturing technologies developed in Taiwan, which supports our plans to build a semiconductor chip industry complex in Vilnius. The plan is to develop semiconductor chip technology for the IoT business, operating such activities as semiconductor chip design, manufacturing, assembly, and testing.

The construction of the chip assembly and testing plant is expected to start in 2025. The cooperation agreement with ITRI, if properly implemented, will create around 2,000 new jobs for semiconductor chip specialists.

According to the technology cooperation agreement between Teltonika and ITRI, the semiconductor chip projects in Lithuania are expected to be completed in 2028.

11. Shopping mall

For the convenience of its employees, Teltonika plans to construct a commercial building next to the technology park. It will house a supermarket, shops, cafes and restaurants, and a range of service providers. More information on the planned activities will be available after designing the building.