Cargo City opens, technical secondary education welcomes major reform - week 47 2019 edition
Cargo City opens its gates in Ferihegy, Germany avoids recession, Hungarian technical secondary education transformed. Let’s recap what last week brought in Hungary’s automotive industry.
A bill on the total reform of vocational secondary education in Hungary has been passed, converting technical secondary schools into technical institutes and introducing a bridging programme for students unable to enrol in such training. The minister is promising a more competitive system over the current one.
After Miskolc and Debrecen, the Regional Innovation Programme has been launched in Győr to promote Hungarian innovation. Beckhoff, a company engaged in measuring technology and industrial automation, has inaugurated a reference laboratory at the University of Debrecen to allow students to become acquainted with industrial automation and measuring technologies using industry-grade equipment.
Cargo City has opened its gates in Ferihegy, in the direct vicinity of Budapest Airport, to be home to several suppliers utilizing air transport. Among others, Maurice Ward, a Vecsés-based forwarding firm with an impressive automotive portfolio, is also looking to relocate to Cargo City.
Vodafone, AIMotive and HERE have developed a autonomous solution for underground parking garages. The joint venture has developed a technology for finding parking spaces and parking autonomously.
After only two years at the head of the German auto maker, Bram Schot is stepping down as CEO of Audi AG. His position will be taken over by former BMW executive Markus Duesmann.
Continental has announced to lay off over 5,000 employees but ensured that Hungarian staffers will stay unaffected.
Reassuring news broke from Germany claiming the EU’s largest economy is likely to avoid recession after being able to post a 0.1 percent growth in the third quarter.
We reported from CEE Automotive Forum, where presentations touched upon the subjects of supplier dependence and innovation minister László Palkovics gave an opening speech.
We reported from the Wiehler Forum in Germany, where it was revealed that the developments of axle systems manufacturer BPW are capable of drastically reducing the time, fuel and cost requirements and carbon emissions of its customers.
The same can be said of drivetrain specialist Delphi Technologies that is striving to achieve similar results with improvements to its petrol engine components and next-generation speed assist system.
Order volumes are steady at the Eger and Maklár-based Bosch plants, the technical plant director gave us insights about the two locations in an interview last week.
Gergő Tímár, service manager at GGW Gruber Hungary Kft., told us in an interview that the company had recently developed a measuring technology portfolio for customers with lower budgets.
Autopro participated in a factory tour at Knorr-Bremse’s Kecskemét plant as part of the Night of Modern Factories.
We also reported from a technical workshop on waterjet cutting technologies held by Lamitec Kft., a company engaged in the sales, automation and servicing of sheet metal processing machinery.
