Visaginas TECH joins the Plastics cluster

Congratulations to Visaginas TECH on joining the Lithuanian Plastics Cluster!

“We are the only training center in Lithuania preparing specialists for the plastics industry, so we will train new employees and upskill existing staff for cluster members,” emphasizes Dr. Vytautas Petkūnas, Director of Visaginas TECH. “This is one of our institution’s key objectives. At the same time, we look forward to smooth integration into the cluster’s activities and contributing to the strengthening of Lithuania’s plastics industry.”

Today, the plastics manufacturing sector faces an acute shortage of technological equipment maintenance specialists. In response to this challenge, the center trains plastics molding equipment setup technicians, operators, and maintenance technicians capable of promptly troubleshooting both mechanical and software faults. The training covers all three primary plastics processing technologies: injection molding, extrusion, and blow molding.

The foundation of this success is the German dual education model (apprenticeship), implemented in close cooperation with manufacturing companies. Prospective specialists spend the majority of their training in real production environments at factories, while reinforcing theoretical foundations and core technical skills at the modern Visaginas TECH facility, which is equipped with advanced industrial machinery and staffed by practitioner instructors straight from the industry.

The benefits of this model have already been recognized by manufacturers from Vilnius, Kaunas, Šiauliai, Biržai, Pabradė, Molėtai, Utena, and other regions. In cooperation with Intersurgical alone, over 200 highly qualified mechatronics specialists have already been successfully trained.