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 "slug": "kaunas-leopard-2a8-plant-construction-begins-epso-g-share-transfer",
 "title": "Construction Begins on the Kaunas Leopard 2A8 Plant; EPSO-G Signs for 25.1 Per Cent — \"Up to 38\" of Lithuania's 44 Tanks to Be Assembled There",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/kaunas-leopard-2a8-plant-construction-begins-epso-g-share-transfer/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/kaunas-leopard-2a8-plant-construction-begins-epso-g-share-transfer/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-01T12:19:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-02T17:19:51.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaunas, 1 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Construction of the 13,000-square-metre Leopard 2A8 assembly and repair plant in the Kaunas Free Economic Zone formally began on 1 October, in the presence of President Gitanas Nausėda and the defence minister, Robertas Kaunas; YIT Lietuva is building it for EUR 29 million, to finish in November 2027, with the first locally assembled tank at the end of 2028\n * A share-transfer agreement signed at the ceremony gives state-owned EPSO-G Invest 2",
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 "tags": [
  "defense-industry",
  "ground-defense",
  "polish-lithuanian-axis"
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 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "germany",
  "knds",
  "leopard-2",
  "rheinmetall",
  "russia"
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