Hungarian automotive industry: week 40
Kecskemét, Miskolc, Győr: aircraft manufacturing, supplier industry, Audi development. Let’s recap what week 40 brought in Hungary’s automotive sector.
Manufacturers
The Audi RS3 Sedan, the latest addition to the Audi RS series and the sportiest variant of the Győr-made A3 Sedan, made its world première last week at the Paris Motor Show.
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| New RS3 Sedan made its debut at Paris Motor Show |
Hungarian aircraft manufacturing has a huge potential, the CEO of Kecskemét-based Magnus Aircraft told Autopro in an interview last week.
We sat down with Imre Katona, who spoke about the potential in a relatively new segment of the domestic vehicle manufacturing industry in relation with their newly developed electric aircraft, powered by a Siemens-made electric motor.
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| Imre Katona |
Groundworks for the new body shop at Audi’s Győr-based manufacturing plant started last week according to plan. According to the company’s communication, 1,800 8-metre deep foundation bollards will be laid down to stabilise the 80,000 sqm facility.
Suppliers
Fully automated trucks are already here, and we can also thank Hungarian engineers for it. The Hungarian engineering team of Knorr-Bremse has played a key role in the development of the supplier giant’s latest autonomous technologies presented with huge success at the 2015 IAA trade show in Hanover.
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| The team behind the latest autonomous technologies from Knorr-Bremse |
Peter Laier, member of the executive board of Knorr-Bremse AG responsible for the Commercial Vehicle Systems division, said that after years of development dominated by the aspects of safety and fuel efficiency in global markets, innovation is now driven in different areas, such as autonomous driving.
According to Gábor Perity, the sales director of Kuka Robotics Hungária Ipari Kft., automation can be a direct solution to labour shortage.
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| Gábor Perity, sales director of Kuka Robotics Hungária Ipari Kft. |
Suppliers
Rail Cargo Hungaria Zrt. (RHC) has been the freight partner of Magyar Suzuki Corporation for 25 years. On the 25th anniversary of their partnership, RHC deployed the 4,000th block train carrying 200 Suzuki cars bound for Zeebrugge, Belgium.
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| 4,000th block train leaves Esztergom-based Suzuki plant |
Miskolc Business Park is looking at further development, the town is currently negotiating with a number of potential companies with plans to move to the region. György Vécsi, the county seat’s deputy mayor, also has a career model in mind, he said last week in an interview with Autopro.
Trans-Sped is set to strengthen its market position in West Hungary with a HUF 3.5 billion (€110 million) merger.
Effective on September 30, Tatabánya-based Trans-Sped Trint Kft. merged into Trans-Sped Kft. Beginning nearly a year ago, the merger is an important step in the group’s move towards the western region in the country.
Education
The refurbished facilities at the Alba Regia Technical Faculty of Óbuda University were handed over last week: the development project was supported from Higher Educational Structure Reform Fund of the Ministry of Human Resources.
TechTogether
We revealed last week that student competition TechTogether Automotive Hungary will welcome professional motorcycle racer Gábor Tamácsi and racing driver Barna Kőváry.
