LEGO Opens HUF 54 Billion Expansion in Hungary

Danish toy maker LEGO opened a HUF 54 billion expansion at its manufacturing base in Nyíregyháza (NE Hungary) on Tuesday.

The investment, which expanded packaging and manufacturing capacity and created 300 jobs, was supported with a HUF 4.3 billion government grant.

The base in Nyíregyháza is now the world's second biggest LEGO plant and the only one in Europe where all manufacturing processes are present.

The number of solar panels supporting the plant's operation is expected to soon increase to 35,000 from the current 24,000.

The area of the base has more than doubled to 262,000 sqm from 120,000 sqm at the time of its inauguration in 2024, LEGO said in a statement.

The LEGO Group aims to reduce its reliance on fossil energy and absolute carbon dioxide emission compared to 2019 levels. In the next two years, it will build the infrastructure and technology necessary to using geothermal energy to heat the base in Nyiregyhaza. The closed system, in which pumped-out water will be pumped back near the extraction site, will become fully operational by 2028, it said.