Hungarian automotive industry: week 20 2019 edition
News broke about BMW and Mercedes breaking from the original plans of their respective development projects in Debrecen and Kecskemét. Last week brought clarification about the manufacturer’s intentions. Let’s recap what last week brought in Hungary’s automotive sector.
The government has laid down the guidelines: 6,000 new – preferably electric – buses are needed. Ikarus are already working on an electric bus with a target range of 800 kilometres.
BH Heros will build a new fire engine plant in Kaposvár.
Rába has announced to acquire Rekard group, a Győr-based manufacturer of drivetrain units and parts.
German news outlets have suggested that BMW could put on hold its new investment in Debrecen due to the German car maker’s poor financial results. Instead, the manufacturer’s CEO said the Hungarian project is his primary concern.
Others implied a halt in the latest Mercedes expansion in Kecskemét. However, the car maker’s communications department disclosed reassuring data.
Last week, the government held talks with Japanese companies, particularly automotive suppliers, about potential large-scale investments in Hungary.
An automotive research centre will be built in Zalaegerszeg with a headcount of 135.
A new business park is under construction in South Buda, which will be home to six warehouses and other facilities.
Accounting for almost one-fourth of all rail transport, single car routing in rail freight transport is an uneconomic branch. If it doesn’t receive state support, the supply of 700 Hungarian companies could be in danger.
We reviewed the current state of car sharing in Budapest, looking at potential ways of getting from A to B.
Workers’ hostels have been inaugurated in Zalaegerszeg and Szentgotthárd.
The seam is everything. Seam quality depends on the technology, which depends on the tool, be it robot or manual welding. This was the main message of the Industry Days expo.
The automotive industry is also a beneficiary of Veszprém University’s x-ray tomography technology: the special tool is capable of the non-destructive analysis of moulded products.
5G, one of the fundamental technologies of smart manufacturing processes and autonomous driving, has seen its experimental launch in Győr.
Ágoston Vermes, former head of Rába’s department of development, has passed away. One of his greatest achievement was introducing the manufacturing of bus air conditioning systems in Hungary.
Engineer students of Arrabona Racing Team from Győr triumphed at student competition Techtogether, held last week by autopro.hu on the final day of industry trade fair Industry Days / Mach-Tech.
