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YIT Lietuva to Build Leopard Tank Assembly and Repair Plant in Kaunas FEZ

Construction company YIT Lietuva will build a 29 million euro Leopard 2A8 tank assembly and repair plant in the Kaunas Free Economic Zone (LEZ) at the request of Lithuania Defense Services, a company controlled by German defense industry companies KNDS Deutschland and Rheinmetall Landsysteme.

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Construction company YIT Lietuva will build a 29 million euro Leopard 2A8 tank assembly and repair plant in the Kaunas Free Economic Zone (LEZ) at the request of Lithuania Defense Services, a company controlled by German defense industry companies KNDS Deutschland and Rheinmetall Landsysteme.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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There will be a joint YIT Lietuwa to replace Lithuania Defense Services with the Kaunas' factory where the Leopard 2A8 tank repair is close to 30 million.

The project will be recorded in the company's third-quarter order book.

Lithuania Defense Services, a Jonava district military equipment service company managed by German companies KNDS Deutschland and Rheinmetal Landsysteme, has selected a contractor to build a tank assembly and repair plant in the Kaunas Free Economic Zone (FEZ).

The 13,000 sq m factory will become one of the most important parts of the Lithuanian defense industry infrastructure – in the future, the most modern Leopard 2A8 tanks and other heavy equipment of the Lithuanian Armed Forces will be assembled and serviced here. The total value of the project is approximately 29 million euros.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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yle broke the news in Helsinki, Finland on Monday, July 27, 2026.
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