The Soudal Group is the largest independent European manufacturer of sealants, adhesives and polyurethane foams for professional and private users. The Belgian family business was founded by Vic Swerts in 1966, with its Hungarian branch set up 33 years later, in May 1999, in Budapest. As Country Manager János Oltyán explains to Diplomacy&Trade, “at that […]
Last year, domestic and foreign investors invested a total of EUR 225.3 million in venture and private capital in 241 transactions in companies based in Hungary, while the number of companies decreased by 0.4% compared to 2020, while the amount invested increased by 5%, resulting in a slight increase in the average investment amount, approaching […]
VPK Group looks back close to nine decades of history, providing the current management and staff with plenty of experience in this business. The company is present with production facilities all over Europe, offering economic and ecological packaging solutions to its customers. As Bart Dobbelaere, the Managing Director at VPK Packaging Salonta in Romania, also […]
A consortium led by Salgglas Plc. of Salgótarján, NE of Budapest, has developed a smart windscreen, the project with a total cost of nearly HUF 1.5 billion was supported by the Economic Development and Innovation Operational Program (GINOP), the company told the Hungarian state news agency MTI. As they wrote, the pioneering solution allows the […]
Porsche Hungaria Trading Co. Ltd. has a special, distinguished role in the domestic automotive distribution as it has been the market leader since its establishment three decades ago. Since January 2021, its CEO has been Balázs Németh, an experienced crisis manager who has spent almost his entire professional career at the company. After graduating from […]
Having started production in 1973, the history of Borsodi Brewery dates back almost half a century, and it went to private ownership 20 years later when privatized by the Belgian firm Interbrew. In 2012, the latter was taken over by the American-Canadian Molson Coors Brewing Company, the world’s fifth biggest brewer. Borsodi’s General Manager Zsolt […]
The official foundation stone-laying ceremony of BMW Group’s new plant in Debrecen has taken place to mark the latest milestone of the investment. Worth over EUR 1 billion and creating 1,000+ jobs, the project is set to implement the three dimensions of the BMW iFactory vision, namely lean, green and digital. BMW Group establishes a […]
AutoWallis Group, present in 14 countries in the region, closed the first quarter with growth that far exceeded the market average and an exceptional improvement in efficiency. The Group’s net earnings increased more than five-fold to HUF 1.9 billion, its EBITDA more than doubled to HUF 3.1 billion, and its revenue increased by 18%. This […]
The Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) representation office in Budapest has two main missions: assisting Flemish companies in their export activities to Hungary and attracting Hungarian potential investors to Flanders. As the head of the office, Trade & Investment Counsellor Szonja Bender, explains to Diplomacy&Trade, most of the Flemish companies who contact their office are […]
The inauguration of Nissho Hungary Precíziós [‘Precision’] Ltd.’s new plant in Újhartyán, SE of Budapest, is an important milestone for the Japanese-owned company that manufactures secondary processed products made of film and adhesive tape and optical film primarily for automotive electric components. The EUR 10 million investment, 35% of which is covered by Hungarian taxpayers […]
Belgium’s primarily French-speaking region, Wallonia and the (bilingual) Brussels-Capital Region maintain a joint representation office in Budapest, operating under the umbrella of the Belgian Embassy. The AWEX (Wallonia Export & Investment Agency) office, in charge of foreign trade promotion in Hungary and foreign investment attraction to these regions, is headed by Edit Ránky as Trade […]
Leading global automotive supplier KOSTAL Group establishes a new business service center (BSC) in Budapest that will employ up to 360 highly skilled workers. The office facility will support and enable the Group’s existing operations in Europe and across the globe. The company is reported to launch a HUF 1.15 billion training program for future […]
Gum-Tech Ltd., a company based in Cegléd, SE of Budapest, has expanded its capacity with a rubber products production line with an investment of about HUF 340 million, the company told the state news agency MTI. According to the company's statement, the branch was developed with the help of the HUF 170 million EU support […]
Otthon Centrum's (OC) net sales amounted to HUF 6.2 billion in 2021, compared to HUF 4.4 billion a year earlier, the real estate brokerage firm said on the Budapest Stock Exchange's website on Tuesday. Last year, the group achieved a record in both real estate network turnover and loan intermediation, the report said. The company's […]
Continest Technologies Plc. has received a total of HUF 2.4 billion in capital from three domestic venture capital fund managers to support its growth plans. The Székesfehérvár Municipal Fund and Hiventures, a member of the MFB Group, each made a HUF 1-1 billion capital injection to become minority shareholders in the company, which develops and […]
