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A total of LTL 9.4 million (EUR 2.7 million) has been invested by the company in this manufacturing development project, Enterprise Lithuania says in a statement.

From the very beginning of its operation the Jotron Group has positioned itself as a leading specialist in several areas of the manufacturing of air traffic and ship control systems such as maritime satellite systems, automatic vessel identification systems, internal vessel communication equipment, alarm systems for offshore oil platforms, ATC radio and recording equipment. The company primarily produces various microchips, radio sets, batteries, remote control equipment, vessel black boxes, and alarm transmitters. The company's major customers include civil aviation authorities, airport operators, along with shipping and oil production companies. The Lithuanian civil aviation authorities also use Jotron production.

The finished goods of the plant are sent to the company's facilities in Norway, where they are assembled, tested and shipped to the customer. Jotron utilises logistic services in which the goods are taken from Kaunas to Norway by trailers and in cases of urgent orders even by airmail.

Almante Medziausiene, Director of the company, says that Jotron's ambition is that in the course of the next year or two all of the finished goods will be tested in Kaunas and delivered to the customers directly from the distribution centre. "When we meet in a couple of years, we will have exciting news for you," the manufacturers confidently predict.

The Jotron factory in Kaunas has fulfilled only a fraction of its commissioning for complete electronic equipment thus far, and the move to new facilities has provided an opportunity for a more convenient arrangement of work conditions and the accommodation of new equipment. This means that the company can undertake to meet more commissions and also to develop, produce and test end products. At present, UAB Jotron develops and builds about 10 end products and will add 5 to 7 more this year. The Jotron Group in Kaunas manufactures about 300 different articles of production altogether.

The company expects to set up a distribution centre in a year or two with the aim to distribute the end production, finished and tested, directly to the customer, thereby reducing production costs.