Continest Inaugurates HUF 50 Million Unit

Hungary's Continest, which makes foldable containers that can be used as temporary accommodations, offices, first aid stations and for other purposes, inaugurated a HUF 50 million painting facility at its base in Székesfehérvár, southwest of Budapest, on Tuesday.

Continest is supplying containers for Sweden's civil defense forces, NATO as well as the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, strategic director Dániel Tegzes said at the ceremony.

The director noted that the establishment of the new painting plant, where the unique, foldable containers and their components will be painted largely using the company's own resources and state-of-the-art technologies, does not mean the end of their previous subcontractor partnerships, as they will continue to rely on them for certain tasks.

He mentioned that further developments had been made at the Continest factory in 2025: a new extraction system had been installed in the locksmith's workshop, and a new office and server room had been built in the assembly workshop.

Dániel Tegzes emphasized that the plant unit was built in six months, the investment was made from the company's own resources at a cost of nearly HUF 50 million, and the cost is expected to be recouped within two years. The new painting plant is Continest's fourth production unit, alongside the sheet metal plant, the locksmith's workshop, and the assembly plant, he added.

Creating the company's own painting capacity reduces logistics costs, shortens processes, strengthens quality control and improves efficiency, according to production director Bence Juhász-Kriston.

Continest Technologies had revenue of HUF 4.2 billion in its 2024 business year, public records show.