Hungarian automotive industry: week 18 2019 edition
A new facility will be built in Kisvárda to be engaged in aircraft engine maintenance, while Hévíz will be home to a pilot training centre. Is there a new successful Hungarian industry on the horizon? Let’s recap what last week brought in Hungary’s automotive sector.
Jaguar Land Rover has announced that it will manufacture the Defender at its Slovakian plant, rather than in Great Britain. The question is, how many potential employees will the project attract from Hungary.
New Hungarian fire engines were unveiled last week, featuring a number of Rába-made components.
The Miskolc-based Bosch plant has appointed a new technical director. Roland Ahl has been a loyal part of the Bosch team for 24 years.
At a conference held last week, an expert from Continental spoke about the specialist know-how small businesses can learn from them in order to improve the efficiency of their production. Among other information, they can attain useful insight into how to calculate a robot’s return on investment.
“In the region people still have a negative perception when a company performs production in China. I would go so far as to say that if someone were to step in our plant in Shanghai, he wouldn’t be able to tell the difference from the high-tech conditions we are used to in the western hemisphere. Quality requirements are strictly observed there as well,” Viktor Agárdi, CEO of connectors manufacturer Fath Components, told us in an interview.
The model table MIT sent to BME is not child’s play. The model city allows people to test autonomous algorithms without any risk.
Tamás Laufer will begin his fourth cycle as president of the ICT Association of Hungary.
Heinz Hermann Thiele, honorary president of Knorr-Bremse AG’s supervisory board, met with Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán, where they discussed the possibility of a new facility in Budapest.
Mol is building a new rubber bitumen plant in Zalaegerszeg. The plant will process half a million used rubber tyres annually, producing a surface that is almost completely pothole-free.
Tunsgram will engage in the maintenance of aircraft engines for GE at Kisvárda plant.
A new pilot training centre is under construction in Hévíz. The facility will train 300 pilots annually.
