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Latvia Health Care, Green Tech and Life Science sectors

The Latvian healthcare sector has large healthcare centers to provide comprehensive health services. There are many opportunities due to its high growth rate and relatively low expenditure compared to the European Union average. Latvia is a leading European country in terms of specialization in renewable energy sources. Hydropower accounts for the largest source while biomass and biofuel are increasingly used in co-generating electricity and heat. The life sciences sector has experienced high growth in value added both in pharmaceuticals and medical devices. The R&D on red biotechnologies, white biotechnologies and green biotechnologies pharmaceuticals has a high growth potential.

Intelligent Systems

Intelligent Systems are experts in software development for automated logistics solutions. E.g. for baggage handling in airports, fully automated warehouse and distribution centers, and automated logistics for hospitals. Intelligent Systems’ field of competence is the cross-section between robot and automation technology, information and communication technology (ICT), and logistics, automated material handling and resource optimization. Healthcare logistics include fully automated and integrated storage, transport and logistics for hospitals; Intelligent tracking, monitoring and automated handling of blood samples and other samples for hospital bio-chemical laboratories; Instrument tracking and fully integrated automation for central sterile supply and operating equipment

Metis Baltic R & D and Innovation Management

Metis Baltic is a Research and Technological Development management company with extensive experience in research project proposal preparation; consultation regarding RTD funding sources; intellectual property management; commercialisation of research results. Metis Baltic offers wide spectrum assistance for researchers from universities, research centres and private organisations in preparation of European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme proposals, and well as proposals for Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme, EUREKA, EUROSTARS, and Structural funds in all research areas.