The new issue of the Business Incubator news!

It’s time to introduce you with the 2nd issue of the VHTP news.

The Business Incubator of the VHTP in this spring experienced many interesting events and we hope that this tendency will maintain also in future. We want to express our gratitude to you for your participation in period of our positive changes and hope that your summer is to be full of bright emotions!

Students being in friends with business are known

After serious work in length of 2 months, winners of the competition „In friends with business” being held among students of the Ventspils University College (the VeA) have been found out. We are ready to announce the results!

Four student teams 2 months worked on research of business ideas within the competition at the Ideas’ workshop in order to fight for the main prize – exchange of experience trip or funding to develop product prototype.

Opportunities to promote Latvian-American economic relations are to be discussed

On June 14, within the expecting visit of the U.S. Ambassador Judith Garber in Ventspils a meeting with entrepreneurs and discussion about ways to promote and develop Latvian-American economic relations are to be organized in the Ventspils High Technology Park.

Green enterprises of the Kurzeme region prepare for exchange of experience trip

Some months ago owing to initiative of the Ventspils High Technology Park (the VHTP) and Kurzeme Business Incubator, green enterprises of the Kurzeme region established „Green Energy and Environmental Technologies Cluster” in order to improve productivity and competitiveness of enterprises in both domestic and international market, promote generation of new ideas, as well as educate society and encourage green living. The main operational directions of the cluster are green mobility and renewable energy.

Interview with Edijs Brauners: „We can not rest on our laurels and think that this will be forever”

Edijs Brauners is an experienced entrepreneur for long years successfully operating into textile industry – since 2011 his enterprise “Textilu4U” has been working in Ventspils after orders of the Laume Lingerie, as well as at the beginning of May a new enterprise of women lingerie tailoring “Baltic Textile Production” in Talsi began its operation providing 37 work places for Talsi people.  

Competition to develop social entrepreneurship in Latvia – informative seminar in Ventspils

Mentor club of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE) by support of the Soros Foundation – Latvia announces the competition „Sākums” (“Beginning”) giving access to funding and support of experienced entrepreneurs to new social entrepreneurship projects. Ideas for entrepreneurship solving particular social issues can be submitted for the competition by July 9.

Ventspils gets experience in Finland

Recently representatives of the Ventspils High Technology Park (the VHTP) returned from Finland where meeting with representatives of the Heureka Science Centre and „Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation” was held in order to discuss cooperation opportunities between Finland and Latvia for implementation of future projects, as well as establishment of an interactive science centre.

VACANCY: An enterprise of the Business Incubator offers a job

Enterprise producing liquid crystal products, the EUROLCDS is searching for a Sales and Client Relationship Specialist to join their team.  

The vacancy calls everyone feeling sales-talented and wishing to develop his or her competence in fields of B2B (work with business clients) improving him- or herself as a sales professional in the sector of high technology.

Building of 3D technology factory

An enterprise of the VHTP Business Incubator, EUROLCDS LTD., by the end of this year will have a new home – factory of three-dimensional picture producing in area of 4,300 m2. Construction works are performed by Skonto Būve LTD.

Along with the liquid crystal displays (LCD) and spectacles, one of the main business segments is to be glass of welding shields automatically darkening in case of bright light, as well as displays of traffic signs and information.

To see the world through camera lens

Not a month has passed since the enterprise Windau Studio entered the VHTP but already now establisher of the enterprise works actively to gain hearts of Ventspils inhabitants and guests – very soon a professional photo studio will be available allowing broadening a range of photo services in Ventspils and improving quality of customer service. While the photo studio is being equipped, the Windau Studio does not waste time and already from June offers PHOTO TRAINING for all who want to see the world through camera lens.