Hungarian automotive industry: week 27 2018 edition
László Finta, legendary designer of Ikarus and an icon of Hungarian bus manufacturing, passes away at the of 84. Let’s recap what last week brought in Hungary’s automotive sector.
"It is a loss to our national economy if Hungary fails to utilise the knowledge, experience and value accumulated by women in scientific and technical fields," Fanni Szigeti, head of the Association of Hungarian Women in Science (NaTE), said in an interview last week.
Taiwan-based Giant Global Group is building a bicycle manufacturing plant in Gyöngyös with a HUF 15 billion investment.
László Finta, legendary designer of Hungarian bus manufacturer Ikarus, has passed away at the age of 84.
"The latest technology developed by Bosch is ready to cater to autonomous driving applications. Driverless mobility is based around the same sensors that can already be found in today’s cars," head of Robert Bosch Kft.’s Budapest Development Center, said last week.
Audi Hungaria, the Mol group and the University of Szeged have signed a strategic partnership agreement on the development of renewable fuels.
"The industry does not knock on any university’s doors on its own. How should it know that the measurement technologies and research it requires are available there? Our accredited material testing and measuring laboratory is striving to advertise its services on as many forums as possible.
"Today, we are capable of offering the most advanced material testing package in the country," Pál Lukács, head of department at Neumann János University’s Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Automation (GAMF), said last week in an interview.
By October 2019, South Korea-based Doosan will complete an investment at Tatabánya Business Park, where it will manufacture 50 tonnes of copper foil annually.
Arconic will open an aluminium laboratory at Váci Mihály Vocational Secondary School in Székesfehérvár, capable of housing vocational courses in compliance with the latest requirements of the aluminium industry.
"The problem of expensive and non-recyclable batteries weighing hundreds of kilos must be addressed. Among other tasks, the Budapest-based development centre is focused on the development of solid batteries," Bosch CEO Oliver Schatz said last week at an international conference held in Budapest.
First and foremost, Industry 4.0 requires a solid foundation, and only after we have decided how deeply we want the manufacturing process to be supported with sensors can we immerse ourselves in production simulation and optimisation and the analysis of big data, reads the summary of a Bosch round table meeting held recently. Experts say that IT technicians have no idea about the sheer amount of work awaiting them.
According to a new survey by Deloitte, two-thirds of Central European companies are planning their R&D expenses 3-5 years into the future. For most companies, the biggest challenge is to identify R&D activities eligible for support or tax benefits.
The largest demographic applying for jobs abroad are skilled male workers between the ages of 25 and 44, with 85 percent of them seeking employment in Austria, Germany and the United Kingdom. The most leave from Győr-Moson-Sopron, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Vas counties and the capital, according to a survey released recently.
ICT Association of Hungary expert Balázs Tordai says besides best practices we also have to think about ‘bad’ practices.
"We have to dig deep and set up a diagnosis. Especially that most Hungarian SMEs are family businesses, where everyday business activities and paths are a result of constraint-driven solutions."
He believes that the technological step up only pays off if we identify a primary objective and 2 or 3 additional gains during the drafting and implementation of Industry 4.0 solutions.
Gabriella Szentkuti has resigned as CEO of Microsoft Magyarország Kft.
Miskolc Vocational Center and Szerencs Vocational Center received a HUF 549 million and HUF 550 million non-refundable aid, respectively.
The long-term goals of the programme is the improvement of student skills. A secondary objective is the comprehensive development of the entire institutional system, including teacher training and infrastructure development.
