On October 26th “The Experience Exchange forum of BACC sales managers” took place at Hi-Steel.

Special thanks to Dainius Volskis, Director of Hi-Steel and Liudmila Valinčienė, Sales manager of the same company, for the nice reception of all participants. During the meeting sales managers shared their experience and Audrius Gruodis, charismatic moderator of the Event, presented sales technics and led them “out of their comfort zone”.

Dainius Volskis, director of  Hi-Steel,  presented an interesting tour of the factory, showed installed innovative technologies and production processes. Darius Lasionis, Executive Director of BACC, presented the sustainability and “green course” requirements for the European Union companies which will be established by law in the very near future.

During the Forum, participants analysed ways of sales during the crisis (supply chain challenges, energy prices, management of customer expectations) and actively shared their companies’ experience in today’s economic situation.

This week, the international conference “Automotive Supplier Summit @IZB2022” took place in Wolfsburg, Germany and was attended by Darius Lasionis, Executive director of BACC, Arūnas Šarka, Commercial attache in the Embassy of Lithuania in Germany and representatives of „Invest Lithuania“.

The leading theme of this year‘s Automotive Supplier Summit @IZB2022“ was “Rethink Automotive“ and it was based on these pillars:

• sustainability
• resilience
• software.

During the conference, relevant topics such as broken supply chains, the war in Ukraine, the energy crisis and great uncertainty about the future were discussed. Speakers emphasized the importance of further development of electric vehicles, infrastructure development, new software solutions, stabilization of supply chains (searching for alternative suppliers), and implementation of sustainability in Automotive companies.

The Lithuanian delegation had a possibility not only to listen to reports of representatives of the Automotive industry, to visit the exhibition “International Suppliers Fair IZB 2022”, but also to meet Automotive companies and Clusters with serious plans to find common projects with Lithuanian companies of this sector.

We would like to express our thanks to UAB Teltonika Telematics for giving the leaders and managers of BACC member-companies the opportunity to visit the factory as well as for making an especially thorough and informative presentation!
After the excursion, we had an exceptional opportunity to invite the leaders and managers of companies to define strategic objectives in the short term and the long term.
During the gathering, Visvaldas Kasperavicius, head of plant quality at UAB HELLA Lithuania, was elected by a unanimous vote to be the new member of the Board, replacing Tobias Pohlschmidt, who has moved to the HELLA company in the USA.
The leaders and managers of BACC member-companies actively participated in the discussion about setting the most important objectives for BACC, planned future activities, events and forums, and shared their experience in the current business environment.
The shared objectives of BACC member-companies motivate us to work even more actively on behalf of Lithuania’s Automotive community!

One of the first stages in Baltic Filter’s #sustainability #strategy is a #reduction of #emissions and an increase in the use of recycled materials.
By systematically increasing efficiency in energy use in manufacturing processes and by starting to use renewable #energy sources, Baltic Filter is working toward carbon neutrality.
By 2035, the company seeks to reduce by 10 % the amount of electricity used to produce a filter, and by 2050 to produce filters with zero-carbon emissions in all manufacturing processes.

Continental Lithuania has completed in less than a year the first stage of its project to develop its electronics factory in Kaunas. The production zone was expanded by 5,000 square metres, and additional office space amounting to 1,600 square metres was built. The newly-expanded production zone will operate at full capacity in 2023. In the second stage of development, facilities for production, office space and warehousing will be expanded.

The portfolio of products manufactured at the Kaunas factory will remain the same; the focus will remain on automotive parts for safety, comfort and autonomous steering functions. The electronic components manufactured in Kaunas can be found in the latest car models.

It is planned to begin the second stage of development at the beginning of 2023. When the second stage is completed, the office and warehouse facilities will expand by 3,000 and 2,500 square metres, respectively. The production area will also expand by more than 5,000 square metres. The Continental factory in Kaunas will expand by a total of more than 17,000 square metres.

After the last stage of development, the company’s production capacity in Kaunas will more than double. Total investment in the Kaunas factory will amount to more than 190 million euro.

The Continental Automotive Lithuania factory building has been designed and built in accordance with the LEED Gold international sustainable building standard, which requires exceptional attention to building processes, the environment and sustainability. The building design received the Lithuanian BIM Projects 2022 prize in the manufacturing-building category.

The factory’s operating parameters and energy management system control are automated, with smart environment-friendly engineering solutions. The systems ensure effective climate control and efficient use of energy. Smart interior lighting solutions are used in the buildings; lighting intensity is regulated and managed remotely, selecting the optimal lighting for employees. A healthy microclimate is maintained inside the facility, with precise control of temperature, humidity and dust levels.

UAB Continental Automotive Lithuania was registered in Lithuania in October 2017. The factory, located at the Kaunas FEZ, began manufacturing operations in autumn 2019. At present, almost 700 employees work at the company, and it is planned to have a team of 1,500 by 2025.

14 separate electronic components are produced at the facility in Kaunas, including control units for car doors and seats as well as electrochromic glass control units to reduce light passing through car windows automatically or according to user settings.