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All R&D operations will be carried out by researchers from Lithuanian institutions of higher education. The estimated investment in the establishment of the new centre will equal EUR 0.6 million. The centre's 10 researchers will develop new biometric algorithms for products intended for authenticating IDs of all types and preventing document forgery.

"Encouraged by high professional level of the country's researchers and its attractive business environment, we decided to establish this unit in Lithuania," Tamlyn Thompson, head of IDScan Biometrics, said, Invest Lithuania reports.

The new company to be established in Lithuania will work primarily with researchers from Kaunas University of Technology and Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.