Nestle Hungária has confirmed it will shut down production at its factory in the Diósgyőr area of the city of Miskolc (NE Hungary) by year-end because of a decline in demand for seasonal chocolate figurines. Staff were informed of the decision early in July, Nestlé Hungária said. Talks on the sale of the factory and […]

Nestlé has finished a HUF 900 millin upgrade of the road connecting to its plant in Bük (NW Hungary). The company widened a more than half-kilometer section of the road and built dedicated lanes for lorries and buses. The entire project took seven months to complete, and the new road will be opened to public […]

Hungary is reopening its doors to the film industry as the registration limit for tax rebates imposed by the previous government has been lifted, Ervin Nagy, the deputy state secretary for culture, said in a video posted on social media on Thursday. The registration limit for tax rebates was a cap imposed in 2025 by […]

Listed Hungarian insurer CIG Pannonia has signed a blanket purchase agreement on the acquisition of the Czech and Slovak businesses of YOUPLUS Assurance, based in Liechtenstein, the company said in an announcement on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange. The acquisition will provide a "stable foundation" for CIG Pannonia's entry onto the Czech and […]

Listed car seller AutoWallis's vehicle first-half sales edged down 1% year-on-year to 26,125, falling on the performance of the wholesale division, a preliminary report released on Wednesday shows. Sales of the wholesale division dropped 4% to 17,946, although the decline slowed in the second quarter, AutoWallis said. A fall in KGM brand sales and production […]

First-half domestic revenue of the local unit of Italian building materials maker Mapei rose 14.6% year-on-year to HUF 20.6 billion, Mapei Ltd. said on Tuesday. Export revenue of the unit, mainly to Romania and Serbia, surged 183.2% to HUF 584 million. The press release quoted Béla Markovich, managing director of Mapei Ltd., who pointed out […]

K+H’s large company growth index improved to 9 points in the second quarter from -3 points in Q1, Tibor Bodor, K+H’s corporate division said on Monday presenting the lender’s report. The macroeconomic subindex jumped 31 points in one quarter to a record high of 17 points. The corporate subindex increasing by 5 points to 6 […]

OTP Bank became the first European Union financial institution to launch a EUR 7 billion Medium Term Note (EMTN) program on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the bank said on Wednesday. The launch of the program was celebrated with a gong ceremony on June 30. As the first step of the new program, a EUR […]

N7 Defence Holding, Arzenál Fegyvergyár ['Weapons Factory'] and Colt CZ Hungary signed a binding term sheet with firearms manufacturer Colt CZ Group International on Monday, parent company 4iG said on Tuesday, MTI reports. The term sheet sets out the framework for the recapitalization of Colt CZ Hungary, the restructuring of its ownership structure and the […]

Hungarian pharmaceutical company Richter Gedeon has announced mass layoffs of more than 30 people over a 30-day period, the company announced in a statement on Monday. Richter is quoted by MTI to have said that the planned reductions will affect pharmaceutical manufacturing, particularly active ingredient manufacturing. Maintaining the competitiveness of active ingredient manufacturing is a […]

Hungarian property developer Indotek Group purchased the remaining 53% stake in Auchan Magyarország from Auchan Retail International to become sole owner of the company that owns and operates the retail chain, Indotek said on Friday. Indotek added that it the financed acquisition from internal funds. The sides did not reveal the value of the transaction. […]

Industries based on design are particularly vulnerable to counterfeiting: according to estimates, the fashion and apparel sector suffers annual losses of EUR 12 billion due to counterfeiting, while the handbag and jewelry sectors suffer losses of EUR 2.7 billion. In Hungary alone, counterfeit goods cause more than EUR 160 million in losses in design-based industries, […]

PHOENIX Pharma on Friday inaugurated a 6,550sqm logistics center in Győr (NW) Hungary built with investing HUF 8 billion of its own funds, MTI reports. PHOENIX Pharma board chairman Tamás Kaló said the center, established as a greenfield investment, serves the pharmacies, hospitals and the population of Győr-Moson-Sopron, Komárom-Esztergom, Veszprém and Fejér Counties. The base […]

Singapore-based Vulcan Shield, which supplies high-temperature insulation solutions to a range of industries and is building a plant in Békéscsaba (SE Hungary), has started test production with 12 workers at a plant rented from Linamar Hungary, executive manager of the Hungarian unit, Lóránt Komjáti is quoted by MTI as saying. Speaking at a local council […]

ContiTech Rubber International Ltd. has started recruiting more staff for its business service centre in Szeged (SE Hungary), the local unit of Germany's ContiTech said on Monday. ContiTech Rubber International Ltd. plans to hire 130 more white-collar workers at the BSC by the end of 2027, for positions in sales, business development, supply chain, engineering, […]