There are many clothing and textile companies of various sizes and types in Lithuania. Some of them - Lithuanian capital, others - develop their activities with the help of foreign partners and their experience. We will review the path of LATIA Export Development cluster companies in Lithuania. The first of them is the Norwegian capital UAB MITTET, which, thanks to the long-standing traditions and enthusiasm of the founders, has successfully expanded its activities in Europe and abroad.

Lithuanian textile and apparel industry struggles with an operation in a small market, it is more difficult to sell in such a particular market, the batches of products are smaller, thus there’s a need to develop new outlets of trade and expand the geography of trade.

Some members of Cluster Development of LATIA Export specifically producing garments related with functionality, whether its work clothing or specific daily wear, oriented to last long for specific reasons, such as during a motorcycle ride.

In order to achieve high set goals of creating a new channel of trade in foreign markets and expand the trade geography, members of Cluster Development of LATIA Export set a goal to use lean business procedures in cluster everyday activities.

Cluster Development of LATIA Export seeks to gather thought leaderships and via this profound method develop trending new trading channel development strategies.

Representational production line of Cluster Development of LATIA Export, that comes from a small country, needs to cover one the major actual trends in textile: ergonomics.

Cluster Development of LATIA Export is aiming to develop export to target countries and thus is seeking to apply up and coming worldwide trends, such as sustainability.

Member of Cluster LATIA Export Development UAB Dizaino vejas chose for cluster line to showcase as a product white fabric skirts-shirts in one aims to reduce the amount of styles used, taking into account nature, to use fewer products made from organic organic fabric. The fabric is made by a Spanish supplier - Tejidos Rebes, which specializes in organic, ecological fabrics.

Textiles are one of the fastest growing areas, constantly developing and improving materials with various functional properties or providing functionality to already produced materials. One such area of ​​functionality is the development of textiles with antibacterial properties.

Norwegian capital company Mittet based in Lithuania is producing pile that can be nominated as thermo-isolaton fabric keeping the same long lasting thermo-isolation features even after many washings.

In the end of the April during the meeting of the LATIA Presidium and Cluster LATIA Export Development took place.

As a sign of times, Lithuanian Apparel and Textile Industry Association and Cluster LATIA Export Development has joined the initiative of other business organizations to raise funds for physicians who are on the front lines of COVID-19 and who are exposed to the virus on a daily basis or who are already infected to purchase protective equipment.

E-meeting with the Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas, temporarily replacing the Minister of Economy and Innovation, proposals in writing to the Government, compiling the list of Lithuanian producers of personal and medical protection production and provision of it for all relevant authorities, coverage of the difficult situation of apparel and textile industry in the media. These are only a few steps among all that Lithuanian Apparel and Textile Industry Association (LATIA) has taken.

JSC “Textilis” - awards for the best innovation of technical textile The Best Technical Textile Innovation Award of 2019 was awarded to UAB Textilis, a member of the LATIA Export Development Cluster, for the delivery of antibacterial textiles to kill or inhibit the growth of microorganisms, bacteria, molds.

Member of Cluster LATIA Export Development Vitameda has introduced the first product from cluster product line, that represents Lithuanian apparel and textile that is functional, sustainable, ergonomic.