Hungarian automotive industry: week 27 2020
Fotó: Audi MediaCenter
Partnership including Audi Hungaria Zrt. establishes research centre for renewable fuels in Szeged, Continental relocates production cooling and heating systems from Vác to Makó. Let’s recap what last week brought in Hungary’s automotive sector. Clicking on the highlighted items will open the full stories.
Audi Hungária Zrt., Mol and the University of Szeged have established a joint research centre in Szeged to conduct R&D into crude oil and petroleum products for renewable applications.
Continental are relocating the production of heating and cooling systems from Vác to Makó, temporarily terminating the contracts of some 120 employees until July next year.
Sensirion have chosen Debrecen as the location of their latest production site, and celebrated the new unit’s groundbreaking ceremony last week.
According to data published by the European Environment Agency, the CO2 emission levels of new passenger cars and light trucks increased last year once again, placing car makers in a difficult position.
Although at one stage it seemed the merger of BorgWarner and Delphi would fall through, the stockholders of the latter voted in favour of the acquisition, clearing all obstacles in the way of a successful deal.
An analysis published by the Hungarian Vehicle Importers’ Association (MGE) reveals data on the volume of new car registrations and used car imports in the the first half of 2020.
According to the growth strategy of AutoWallis, the car trader has acquired a 40 percent stake in Iniciál Group.
Automotive Hungary and Industry Days will be held simultaneously this year. We interviewed the CEO of Hungexpo Zrt. about the decision to group the two events and the health precautions expected to be in place.
Cybersecurity is receiving more and more attention in the auto industry. McKinsey have published an analysis on new requirements and how OEMs and suppliers might need to adapt to achieve compliance.
