Hungarian automotive industry: week 46 2017 edition
Audi Hungaria to launch serial production of electric motors in 2018, Kravtex-Kühne Group presents purpose-built mobile clinic for gynaecological and dental screenings. Let’s recap what week 46 brought in Hungary’s automotive sector.
Manufacturers
Kravtex-Kühne Group, a bus manufacturer with production sites in Győr and Mosonmagyaróvár, will deliver ten purpose-built mobile medical clinics to the Hungarian Public Procurement and Supply Directorate (KEF).
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Audi Hungaria has been hard at work to prepare for a new era in its history of car manufacturing: in 2018, the company will launch the serial production of electric motors at the Győr-based plant. The first batch of production equipment has been already integrated in the manufacturing process.
Suppliers
Automotive parts manufacturer Ames Hungária Kft. has begun the construction of a new, 6,000sqm production unit in Szentgotthárd. Ames will be the first company to establish the technology of powder metallurgy in Hungary. The HUF 3.5 billion investment will expand the Szentgotthárd unit’s capacity and create 75 jobs.
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The Rába Group closed 2017 Q3 with consolidated revenues of nearly HUF 31 billion, realizing a 6.4 percent increase in turnover from the previous year.
In Q3, the company registered a consolidated revenue of HUF 9.2 billion, representing a 9.1 percent growth, Rába Járműipari Holding Nyrt. reported last week on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange.
Indian-owned SMP will launch the manufacture of bumper and dashboard components at its Kecskemét plant in 2018. The 100,000sqm plant will also produce dashboard elements.
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Service providers
At the invitation of the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA), Hungary will be the first international destination besides the United States of America where the world’s most renowned investment location advisory board will visit.
Their aim is to become acquainted with Hungary’s investment opportunities, which could strengthen the country’s position in the eyes of multinationals in the advisory board’s clientele.
5G is the only way of the future of mobility: being connected will not only concern smart cities, smart homes and intelligent cars, but it will also bring higher levels of cooperation between device manufacturers, institutions and players of industry.
Christopher Mattheisen, the CEO of Hungarian telecommunications firm Magyar Telekom, told us in an interview how he views the future of mobility.
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| Christopher Mattheisen, the CEO of Magyar Telekom |
Hungary is currently in talks with Germany on a potential HUF 290 billion investment and the creation of 4,000 jobs. There are currently 24 German projects pending approval, and once they get under way, major investments could begin in Hungary.
Tamás Bakonyi has been appointed as the new president of the Hungarian Tire Association. He replaced Gergely Buczkó, who will remain a member of the presidency as one of the original founders.
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| Tamás Bakonyi has been appointed as president of the Hungarian Tire Association |
Trend
Tibor Czvikovszky, one of the founders of the Department of Polymer Engineering, has been conducting research at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics for 25 years. He believes we have to prepare for an era when our oil reserves will be going dry.
The Professor Emeritus of The Department of Polymer Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering has received the József Nádor Medallion as recognition of his achievements and activities at the institution.
Education
Tatabánya training centre offers high-tech lasers to students. The more then 50 mechatronic engineer students at Edutus College in Tatabánya have two advanced lasers at their disposal at the institution’s applied laser technology laboratory.
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TechTogether
The following names will sound familiar for many motorsport enthusiasts: Norbert Michelisz, Dávid Bári, Gergely Bári, Attila Tassi. Team owner, team leader, engineer and driver.
They all work for M1RA Motorsport, a team on the verge of becoming champion of the TCR International Series in only their first season. The Gáspár András Vocational School of Kecskemét Vocational Training Centre is one of the team’s key sources when it comes to the recruiting young mechanics.
Production line
Development of autonomous vehicles to launch in Székesfehérvár. An EU-subsidised project will develop driverless trolleys and a fleet control system using the latest autonomous technologies.
The new solutions will create systems that are cheaper, more tolerant towards the work environment and as a result more cost efficient and flexible than existing technologies.
