The pro forma net profit for the first half of 2025 at the Graphisoft Park office complex in Budapest is EUR 3.88 million, which is almost EUR 400,000 less than the same period of the previous year. However, the difference is primarily the result of one-off items from the previous year, as the lump-sum compensation […]
Group's consolidated EBIT for the second quarter of 2025 was EUR 18 million, and EUR 29 million for the first half of the year, representing an increase of 68% and 51%, respectively, compared to the same period last year, according to a report published on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange. The Group's consolidated […]
Syrian-born entrepreneur Bassam Abou Watfa, with a background of business education in Switzerland (Geneva, Lausanne), is the representative of several high-end Swiss brands in Hungary. He talked to Diplomacy&Trade in the elegant Hublot Boutique in Budapest about his career from his family business in Syria to ventures in Budapest. Bassam Abou Watfa’s family business was […]
The vegetable processing firm Eisberg Hungary, located in Gyál, just southeast of Budapest, is renowned for great working culture, inclusion and innovation. The company, part of the Swiss Bell Food Group, has been maintaining its market leader position for over three decades. A year ago, Eisberg Hungary saw a change in top management as Zoltán […]
Emil Frey Group Hungary, the Hungarian subsidiary of Swiss-based Emil Frey AG, began operating in Budapest in 1993. Its Country Director, György Balkányi and Emil Frey Hungary Retail Managing Director, Andrea Pethő outline to Diplomacy&Trade how the company has developed over more than three decades, from initially dealing in Toyota retail sales to now importing […]
MOL Group announced its financial results for Q2 and H1 2025 on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange. In the second quarter of the year, MOL Group delivered USD 236 mn profit before tax, marking a 56% decrease year-on-year. According to the statement, slowing regional macroeconomic environment impacted performance adversely in Q2, however, this […]
Compared to the previous year, Flextronics' sales revenue decreased by 16.2%. At the same time, the added value has remained essentially unchanged, the company says in its annual report published this Thursday. The primary reason for the decline was the termination of a partnership agreement with a significant share of materials in the industrial business, […]
Group revenue remained broadly stable year-on-year in Q2 2025, as a continued increase in service revenues driven by sustained demand for data and connectivity was offset by lower System Integration and IT revenues, declines in equipment sales and the impact of ViDaNet fixed-line subsidiary deconsolidation, the Hungarian telecom company announced on the website of the […]
Gedeon Richter Plc.'s performance in the first half of the year was in line with its annual plans, so it has not changed its expectations for this year, CEO Gábor Orbán said at a press conference following the flash report on Wednesday in Budapest. He said that, excluding exchange rate effects, they expect growth of […]
Nestlé has been a key player in the global food industry for over 150 years and has actively shaped economic and social processes in Hungary for more than three decades. In an interview with Diplomacy&Trade, the CEO of Nestlé Hungary, Péter Noszek discusses the importance of the Szerencs solar park, net-zero emission targets, the expansion […]
Erste Bank Hungary Plc. closed the first half of the year with operating income of HUF 187.5 billion and after-tax profit of HUF 69.2 billion, Chairman and CEO Radován Jelasity said at the company's press conference on Wednesday. Year-on-year, operating income increased by 6%, while after-tax profit decreased by 7%. Operating profit exceeded HUF 123.5 […]
The Hungarian pharma company Gedeon Richter Plc.'s consolidated sales revenue for the first half of the year was HUF 465.5 billion, 10.9% higher than a year earlier, the company announced on the Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) website on Wednesday. Net profit for the first half of 2025 was HUF 120 billion, which is 13% lower […]
In the second quarter of this year, OTP Bank exceeded expectations, achieving a consolidated adjusted after-tax profit of HUF 330.015 billion, which is 23% higher than in the same period last year, according to information published on the Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) website early Tuesday morning. The consolidated adjusted after-tax profit for the second quarter […]
This Monday, Shopper Park Plus Plc. (SPP), which owns 14 grocery-anchored retail parks in Hungary through its subsidiary, with Tesco as the leading anchor tenant, signed a letter of intent with Dome Facility Services Group Ltd. to extend the cooperation regarding the technical operation of retail parks. Dome Facility Services Group Ltd. has been responsible […]
Givaudan, a global leader in flavors and fragrances, has significantly increased the production capacity at its Makó manufacturing site in southeast Hungary following HUF billions in investments. With the successful transfer of specialized technology from its Swiss facility, the Makó plant has emerged as a regional hub for special reaction-based technologies. “Our company growth strategy […]
