00:01We are located in Livani, close to the eastern border of Latvia.
00:06And Livani is a small town with a very long industrial tradition.
00:10And the history began here with the glass factory,
00:14which manufactured glasses, vases made of glass for the whole Soviet Union.
00:24In the beginning of the 1980s, what we call a secret department was formed
00:30that worked specifically with optical fiber.
00:34And as usual, all scientific developments start somewhere.
00:38It started with optical fiber for military and space applications.
00:42And the founders of this company were also part of the team
00:46that started this optical fiber tradition in Livani.
00:54Over the time, the team of these talented engineers succeeded in preserving this technology.
01:00So even though the economy changed and the world order changed,
01:04they were able to save this competence within this small town.
01:09This knowledge and this competence, it is not imported from anywhere.
01:15It's local.
01:17It was born and raised here from the beginning.
01:20It's up to me, that we are still in rural Med mini per he zouden,
01:20and let us know that ittae has been on the floor to stay yachting.
01:22That we have made up to the contact Democratic Speaker...
01:26But you can see on Sunday at the Eastern
