Hungarian automotive industry: week 29 2018 edition
Labour shortage in full-time positions require new employment models, no summer shutdown at Mercedes Kecskemét, interviews on IoT and introducing the new MAJOSZ secretary general. Read our recap of the 30th week in 2018.
"Those who make a move today will receive a competitive advantage, those who wait can only make up for their disadvantage.
"S&T was among the first ones in Hungary to start talking about the importance of the Internet of Things (Iot) following our experience of witnessing IoT sweeping across the industrial sector," Ferenc Nírő, head of IT consultancy firm S&T Consulting Hungary Kft.’s industrial digitalisation division.
No summer shutdown at Mercedes Kecskemét.
Autopro is conducting a joint survey with SAP to gauge the progress Hungarian companies in digitalisation.
According to data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH) from May, wages increased by 11 percent in Hungary.
"MAJOSZ members have received a marketing expert and business developer in me. I hope my scope of duties will include tasks related to these fields," Zsuzsa Fieszl, the new secretary general of MAJOSZ, said in an interview last week.
Waberer’s representatives held talks at Tesla’s headquarters on the testing of electric trucks and the possibilities of introducing their products to the European market.
The electric car is a good albeit immature product. It’s not capable of offering all the services customers expect from a car. The bottleneck is price, range and the low availability of charging stations.
"This year, more than 1,000 EVs are expected to be sold in Hungary, a number that is still insignificant in light of a total registration volume of 130-140,000 units. We still don’t quite see the long queues for electric cars. We see a reluctance towards the technology," Péter Erdélyi, chairman of the Hungarian Vehicle Importers Association (MGE), said in an interview last week.
BMW is placing large emphasis on further increasing customer satisfaction. Our aim is to make sure that in addition to new customers, buyers of used BMW cars also receive true value in our products, András Salgó, communications director of BMW Group Hungary, said last week in an interview.
Mol Nyrt. has given an award to Jenő Hancsók, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) and professor emeritus at the Mol Department of Mineral Oil and Coal Technology of Pannon University.
János Takács, lecturer at the Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, has received the highest recognition from the university for his outstanding work in the last four decades. Takács also acts as chairman of the Hungarian Scientific Society of Mechanical Engineers (GTE).
Széchenyi István University held a graduation ceremony for 188 graduates of the Audi Hungaria Faculty of Vehicle Engineering and 216 graduates of its Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Informatics and Electrical Engineering.
We followed all Hungarian teams at this year’s Formula Student East competition.
There are approximately 1.8 million inactive people in Hungary. Their inclusion is set to be crucial in the expansion of the Hungarian labour market.
