12.5 billion HUF worth food industrial investment in Mélykút

The Hunent Zrt. is building a new waterfowl processing plant in Mélykút County Kiskun county. The investment of approximately 12.5 billion HUF will also create 350 new jobs – the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations announced in Budapest on Monday.

Szijjártó Péter, Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Minister and Kiss István, chairman of the Hunent Waterfowl Processing Plc., at the press conference held at the Ministry on 10 April 2017. MTI Photo: Kovács Attila

Szijjártó Péter added that the government will provide 4.4 billion HUF, for the European high-tech, green-field investment.

According to the minister the competition is increasing at the international food market, and in Hungary a well-focused strategy should be implemented, concentrating on premium quality. (MTI)