Electrical engineering company ABB will invest HUF 5 billion to expand capacity at its base in Kecskemét (East Central Hungary), the company has announced. As part of the development project in Kecskemét, new machines, injection molding equipment, robotic solutions, and additional production lines will be installed. The investment will enable increased production of several medium-voltage […]
The Hungarian soldiers serving in NATO’s advisory and training mission in Iraq have arrived safely and unharmed in the military base in Kecskemét, East Central Hungary. They were withdrawn from Baghdad along with soldiers from other nations after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization suspended the mission indefinitely due to the deteriorating security situation, the Chief […]
Mercedes-Benz launched serial production of the fully-electric GLB model at its base in Kecskemét (C Hungary) on Monday, MTI reports. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade notes that the base in Kecskemét would soon be able to turn out 350,000 vehicles annually, bringing Hungary closer to its goal of producing […]
Klaudia Pataki, the mayor of Kecskemét, southeast of Budapest, presented Markus Schäfer, a member of the board of Mercedes-Benz AG, with the Key to the City award at a ceremony in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Budapest on Tuesday. Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó called […]
Mercedes-Benz is launching a research and development (R&D) project in Kecskemét, marking the first time the premium German car manufacturer has chosen Hungary for one of its highest value-added investments. The EUR 54.4 million project - about a quarter of which is covered by Hungarian taxpayers through a government decision to provide state support - […]
Mercedes' new factory in Kecskemét will also start serial production early next year, doubling the company's production capacity in Hungary, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced in Stuttgart on Tuesday. The minister said that Mercedes decided to build a factory in Hungary about a decade and a half ago, and now a […]
Logistics service provider Dachser, strengthening its Kecskemét branch in east central Hungary, has launched a new direct transport route between that city and the Bulgarian capital Sofia, the Hungarian subsidiary told MTI in a statement on Thursday. Liegl & Dachser Forwarding and Logistics Ltd. pointed out that the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the […]
The two millionth car was completed at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Kecskemét in October, a blue, five-seater EQB with pure electric drive, Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Ltd. told MTI on Thursday. According to the information, the plant is currently producing Mercedes-Benz A-Class models, the CLA Coupé and Shooting Brake models, as well as Mercedes-Benz EQBs. Last […]
The new 16,600-square-meter state-of-the-art production hall of the internationally owned ZF Chassis Modules Hungary was inaugurated in the Kecskemét Premium Industrial Park (KEPI) this Thursday. The state-of-the-art manufacturing building, developed by leading industrial real estate specialist Panattoni Hungary, was built under a build-to-suit (BTS) agreement with ZF Chassis Modules Hungary as a joint investment between […]
The Embassy of Switzerland in Budapest is organizing Swiss Days in Helvécia and Kecskemét in cooperation with its local partners and the local governments of the two Eastern Hungarian municipalities. On September 6 and 7, Switzerland will be the guest of the Harvest Days in Helvécia, followed by a week-long program in Kecskemét between September […]
Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Ltd. in Kecskemét, east-central Hungary, continued to increase its revenue in 2023, from almost EUR 4 billion in the previous year to more than EUR 5 billion last year; and its profit before tax also increased, from more than EUR 96 million in 2022 to about EUR 103 million last year, the […]
Germany-based technology group ZF invests EUR 62.5 million to implement two large-scale projects in Debrecen and Kecskemét, two automotive strongholds in Hungary. The investments that promise to create 313 new jobs are set to provide capacities to manufacture auto parts in the EV segment. Global technology group ZF is expanding its operations by setting up […]
Ola Källenius, chairman of the board of Mercedes-Benz, visited Hungary and told the news portal Index that the company will invest EUR billions in its Kecskemét plant, located southeast of Budapest. In the interview, reviewed by portfolio.hu, Källenius said that the Kecskemét plant is a very important part of their global production network and that […]
Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Ltd. achieved sales of nearly EUR 4 billion in 2022, compared to EUR 3.1 billion in the previous year; its profit before tax also increased: from nearly EUR 75 million in 2021 to more than EUR 96 million last year, the company told MTI. According to the report, the significant positive change […]
