With an investment of more than HUF 5 billion, Schaeffler Savaria Ltd., a manufacturer of automotive components, has upgraded its site with a logistics hall with a floor area of 6,200 square meters and an office building with a floor area of 2,200 square meters in Szombathely, the company told MTI. The new facility includes […]
The Embassy of Ireland in Hungary, the City of Szombathely and the Leopold Bloom Art Foundation have signed a tripartite cooperation agreement for closer cooperation in the Bloomsday project in Szombathely and the placement of the Foundation's art collection in the Szombathely Gallery. "Culture forms a special bond between Ireland and Hungary, and in my […]
Japanese-owned TDK Hungary Components Ltd. installs a new solar and heat pump system in the value of HUF 3.4 billion, which essentially enables the company to disconnect from the natural gas grid. The investment will be implemented from the company’s own funds and the incentives available under the Hungarian government’s Factory Rescue Program. TDK Hungary […]
Budapest-based Eötvös Loránd University is using HUF 2.8 billion of EU funding to develop, modernize and renovate five of its training schools in Budapest and one in Szombathely, the university's rector, László Borhy announced at the opening ceremony of the project held on Tuesday in the hall of the ELTE Bólyai János Practice Primary School […]
Bloomsday will be a two-day contemporary art festival in Szombathely, W Hungary on June 16 and 17 this year, celebrating the centenary of the first book-length publication of James Joyce's iconic work Ulysses. Soma Horváth, deputy mayor of Szombathely, who is also responsible for culture, said at a Bloomsday press conference on Tuesday that the […]
A HUF 26 billion investment by the Hungarian subsidiary of Japanese electronics giant TDK will create 250 new jobs in Szombathely. The Hungarian government is providing HUF 6.6 billion (around a quarter of the total investment costs) to develop a business unit to manufacture sensors for electric cars. TDK, one of the world's leading electronics […]
Schaeffler Savaria's second plant was handed over in Szombathely, the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency reports. The investment is a new facility realizing the development and production of powertrains for electric vehicles, built on a 30-hectare area three kilometers from the old factory with a greenfield investment. As the first electromobility plant of the Schaeffler Group, […]
Artworks from seventeen countries were presented at the 7th International Triennial of Textile Art, which opened on Friday afternoon at the Szombathely Art Gallery. In the nationally announced wall and space textile category, there are 72 works on display, 36 in the textile design category, 92 miniature textiles in the international category as well as […]
Szombathely, in the Western part of the country, is the happiest city in Hungary, followed by Nyíregyháza, according to research conducted on the occasion of World Happiness Day by the Jobb Veled a Világ (The World is Better with You) foundation. According to an announcement carried by the state news agency MTI, the Positive Psychology […]
Plywood producer Falco Co. Ltd. invests EUR 25 million to develop numerous production areas at their premise in Szombathely, W Hungary. The development project will conclude in 2024 and it helps in retaining 302 jobs. HUF 1.2 billion of the HUF 8.2 billion investment costs will be covered by the Hungarian government. The company was […]
