Hungarian automotive industry: week 47 2018 edition
Wages, autonomous driving and business ethics. Let’s recap what last week brought in Hungary’s automotive sector.
The new Audi Q3, the latest addition to Győr-based plant’s production portfolio, is now up for orders.
Skoda has decided to outsource some of its production due to a lack of available workforce in the Czech Republic. Slovakia is once again lobbying for a car manufacturing plant.
Steel structures producer Ferrokov is building a new production hall: the company will build a 1,800-sqm floor area facility, to be equipped with 40 welding stations.
The Business Ethics Awards were handed out last week, where Hajdu Autotechnika Ipari Zrt. was honoured in the segment of medium-sized businesses.
Saser Elektronik Kft. makes 2,5 million cable assemblies and cable bandage products every year with a portfolio consisting of more than 100 different products.
“Our staff costs per employee have doubled in recent years. On one hand, this is a result of the increase of minimum pay and wage increases in double digits in all areas. There are fields where salaries have doubled. Manual workers, specifically skilled ones, received the most significant pay rise. The market also dictated this tendency,” Anna Dedé Novotni, CEO of Hajdu Autotechnika Ipari Zrt., told us in an interview.
Eger and Maklár-based Robert Bosch Automotive Steering Kft. is celebrating its 15th anniversary.
Szabolcs Hunyadi, sales director at Bridgestone Magyarország Kft., has replaced Tamás Bakonyi as the chairman of the Hungarian Tire Association (HTA). Bakonyi will remain a presidency member at HTA.
The National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) has discovered a series of tax fraud, causing damages to the extent of billions of forints, with the help of the National Toll Payment Services. The suspects transported legal goods with a transport contract but failed to pay public fees and road tolls, which allowed them to provide services 20 percent cheaper.
The Hungarian Trade Union Federation deemed the government’s new bill proposing a higher cap on overtime unacceptable.
In September, the gross average wage in Hungary was reported at HUF 322,800.
Invitations for this year’s Hungarian Innovation Grand Prize have been announced.
András Háry, CEO of Zalazone Automotive Test Track, held a presentation at Széchenyi István University of Győr, introducing the project and various aspects of responsibility of autonomous vehicles in traffic accidents.
The Zala Autonomous Vehicle Cluster was established last week.
Plug-in petrol hybrid cars have not lived up to expectations in terms of their eco-friendly characteristics according to a new survey. The average consumption of the 1,500 hybrid cars surveyed was 6 litres/100km as opposed to the 2 litres with which they are advertised.
The latest CNC machinery at Dana’s Győr plant has finally entered operation. Integrated into a Mazak HCN6800 flexible production cell, the procurement and installation of these units was this year’s largest investment at the Off Highway plant.
The renovation of worn-out industrial areas requires thorough planning, but it is good news that floorings can be renewed in a short time frame and with cost-effective methods using advanced equipment.
The Hungarian Association of Logistics, Procurement and Inventory Management (HALPIM) has held the HALPIM Congress for the 26th time. This year’s event focused on the possibilities of connected supplier chains and Logistics 4.0.
How does the spread of electric cars affect the domestic automotive industry? Are the players prepared for these changes? These are some of the questions the experts at Tequa are exploring.
Flexible workplace, base wages and co-workers are the most important factors for future employees. PwC Hungary has surveyed nearly 7,000 students and fresh graduates about their job-seeking preferences.
Hays Hungary has inaugurated its new recruitment office at Bank Center, Budapest. The opening ceremony was a good occasion to celebrate Hays’ 50th anniversary, where they pointed out that engineers are most likely to switch workplaces in February-March.
Mátyás Matolcsy, honorary co-president of the Hungarian Scientific Society of Mechanical Engineers (GTE), held a presentation last week on the challenges of autonomous vehicle development, their approval for use in traffic and the most common obstacles autonomous systems have to face.
He listed several practical examples for possible obstacles to the spread of self-driving technologies. In connection with Hungary he pointed out the fact that road markings are often invisible and the condition of road surfaces is extremely bad.
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