Magyar Suzuki Corporation has announced to restart manufacturing activities in Esztergom on April 29th. The plant is preparing to ramp up production starting in a single shift while introducing complex and extensive health and safety measures.
2020.04.25 01:57
Covid-19 and its economic effects continued to be in our focus last week. Several OEMs announced extended stoppages, but efforts to resume production have also started to make their way. Let’s recap what last week brought in Hungary’s automotive sector.
2020.04.06 22:43
Magyar Suzuki Corporation has extended the shutdown at its Esztergom plant by two weeks, moving the original end date from March 23rd to April 3rd.
2020.04.03 23:59
Several OEMs, including Fiat-Chrysler, Ford, VW and PSA Group, halted production partially or completely at their European and North American production sites last week as a response to the coronavirus pandemic. Decisions made last week brought a total stoppage in car manufacturing activities in Hungary. Let's recap what week 11 brought in the region's automotive industry.
2020.03.24 08:00
Similarly to other manufacturers around the globe, Magyar Suzuki Zrt. has also taken measures to limit the spread of Covid-19.
2020.03.14 09:29
Starting in 2020, the Magyar Suzuki Corporation plant in Esztergom will only manufacture hybrid vehicles for EU markets. The cars will appear in the European and Hungarian sales network at the end of January.
2020.01.22 22:05
Magyar Suzuki Corporation led annual new car registrations for the fourth consecutive year in 2019 with 25,766 units sold and a 16.32 percent share in the Hungarian passenger car market.
2020.01.11 10:45
The 500,000th Suzuki Vitara has rolled off the production line at Magyar Suzuki Corporation. First launched in sprint 2015 and refreshed in September 2018, the Vitara has been the company’s largest success yet.
2019.03.17 11:23
Plant director to head BMW’s Debrecen plant revealed, Suzuki concludes wage agreement, Continental opens development centre and Lufthansa opens repair centre in Miskolc. Let’s recap what last week brought in Hungary’s automotive sector.
2019.02.25 17:39
The wage talks between Suzuki and the Workers’ Council that began in December last year have reached a turning point.
2019.02.20 22:59
The current, fourth-generation Vitara first made its debut in 2015 as Suzuki’s response to growing market demand on compact-sized cars. In 2018, the Vitara is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a new look and more advanced safety features.
2018.09.26 22:48
Development, interviews and labour shortage. Let’s recap what week 37 brought in Hungary’s automotive sector.
2018.09.17 16:02
Labour shortage is posing a massive challenge in nearly all sectors, and even a handsome salary is often insufficient to attract an adequate number of workers. Let’s recap what last week brought in Hungary’s automotive sector.
2018.05.14 09:00
Suzuki’s plant in Esztergom was established 25 years ago, on 7th May 1993, in the presence of then prime minister József Antall and company owner Osamu Suzuki.
2018.05.07 14:55
Although all Hungary-based vehicle and engine production activities halted at the end of 2017 to enable OEMs to carry out their annual scheduled maintenance work, most factories already restarted production in the first week of January. Let’s recap what the first week of 2018 brought in Hungary’s automotive sector.
2018.01.08 15:12
The 3 millionth car, a Suzuki SX4-Cross, has rolled off the production line at Magyar Suzuki Corporation’s Eszergom plant.
2017.04.20 23:57
Suzuki is expecting to sell 11,780 new vehicles in Hungary in 2017, which would represent an over 11 percent share in a market with a new-car registration volume projected at 103,000 units.
2017.02.19 22:50
Magyar Suzuki Corp. ended 2016 with a record high in its sales in Hungary. The Japanese manufacturer’s Hungarian market share grew from 9.72 percent in 2015 to 11.67 percent in 2016.
2017.01.04 19:49
Rail Cargo Hungaria Zrt. (RHC) has been the freight partner of Magyar Suzuki Corporation for 25 years.
2016.10.05 20:45
New Suzuki model launched in Esztergom, foundries, anodizing, primary and higher education: let’s recap what week 39 brought in Hungary’s automotive sector.
2016.10.03 12:51
Magyar Suzuki Corporation began the serial production of the new SX4 S-Cross before the end of this summer.
2016.09.30 16:21
Yoshinobu Abe has been appointed to the position of Managing Director at Magyar Suzuki Corporation. His predecessor, Naoyuki Takeuchi, has been promoted inside the parent company Suzuki Motor Corporation.
2016.09.07 00:22
Automotive body panels manufacturer Kirchhoff has handed over a 6,100 sqm warehouse at the local business park.
2016.08.27 22:32
With local OEMs going on summer break, Hungary’s automotive industry enters in safe mode. Let’s recap what the first week of August brought in Hungary’s auto sector.
2016.08.08 01:40
Work will not stop completely at the Esztergom-based Suzuki plant even during the summer shutdown. The summer break allows the company to continue the technological development started earlier.
2016.08.03 11:37
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