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 […]
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 […]
Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company Sandoz came to be an independent company in October 2023. For 20 years prior to that, it was the generic businesses division of Novartis. Now, Sandoz is a global leader in generic pharmaceuticals and biosimilars with the focus on bringing high quality medicines early to patients at affordable cost. The local subsidiary, […]
Stadler Trains Hungary Ltd., a subsidiary of Stadler Rail Group, the Swiss manufacturer of railway rolling stock, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year as it was established on December 1, 2005, after winning the public procurement procedure for the purchase of 30+30 suburban trains from MÁV Hungarian Railways. As Chairman Dr. Róbert Homolya describes to […]
Hungary’s leading innovative pharmaceutical company, Novartis has been present in this country since the early nineties. The head of the local subsidiary, Novartis Hungary Ltd., Colette Matz tells Diplomacy&Trade about the company’s activities on the Hungarian market with special regard to the company’s contribution to Hungarian healthcare. The General Manager states that Novartis is proud […]
The most important task of the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA) is to provide professional assistance to foreign and Hungarian companies wishing to invest in Hungary. In 2024, with the help of HIPA, foreign investors decided to launch 77 projects in Hungary, which is estimated to bring more than EUR 10 billion in fresh capital […]
