In 1878, industrialists Wyszwianski and Szereszewski hailing from Berlin came to Naujoji Vilnia and established German-Russian nail factory with 90 workers. In 1882, the factory was bought by the wealthiest man in Lübeck of the time . Additional 60 specialists from Styria were invited to work at the plant. Raw materials, from which scythes were produced were from Emil Possehl's steel factory in Sweden. In 1886 1 million scythes were produced. In 1900 scythes, produced in Naujoji Vilnia were demonstrated at The World's Fair in Paris. In 1905 there were 450 laborers working in the factory. Before the World War I, more than 3 million scythes were produced at the factory. The scythes and nails factory in Naujoji Vilnia was the sole largest in the World at the time.