Audi Hungaria manufactures 164,000 cars in 2019 - week 3 2020 edition
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Consortium receives funding to develop packaging technology, Audi Hungaria reports on growing production volumes in 2019, Opel Szentgotthárd prepared for new-gen engines. Let’s recap what shaped the region’s automotive industry last week.
Audi Hungária Zrt. reported on a significant increase in its production volumes in 2019. Last year, the company manufactured a total of 1,968,742 power units, 14,441 more than in 2018. Car volumes grew by 64,817 units from the year before to 164,817.
A consortium comprising DS Smith Packaging Hungary Kft., the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and Polifoam Műanyagfeldolgozó Kft. has received a support totalling HUF 552.21 million to develop a new packaging system.
“Six Sigma once again is playing a key role in quality management and continual improvement (CI) processes,” Zoltán Döncző, international partner of ICG Integrated Consulting Group for process development, told us in an interview on the old-new methodology of Six Sigma.
A manufacturer with a history of more than 27 years, the Opel Szentgotthárd plant has been prepared for the serial production of new PureTech engines with a €38 million investment project.
The Irinyi Plan, the industry development scheme of the Hungarian government, has a total budget allocation of HUF 2.5 billion for 2020.
Eligible companies include Hungarian businesses leading the way in technological renewal and pioneering a more economic, cost-effective and sustainable operation.
Railway-related projects co-financed by the European Union have amounted to a total value of more than HUF 1,300 billion since 2010.
This year, HUF 300 billion, a new annual record, will be allocated to railway developments. 2020 signifies the beginning of a new era in railway transport, marking the arrival of the first double-decker motor trains.
A few weeks ago, the National Platform of the Future of Mobility disclosed a set of proposals in Germany on transforming autonomous mobility. We interviewed Dr. Csaba Nyalka, associate attorney of DLA Piper Hungary, about the document.
