Company and Personal News
Lidl is developing the fastest in the British market
Date: 2017-12-01 18:10:36
Lidl has been the fastest developing retailer in the United Kingdom for five consecutive quarters. Lidl’s sales increased by 15.1 percent last year. The discount supermarket chain now has a...
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Croatian giant
Date: 2017-12-01 17:39:07
Croatian consortium Agrokor performed better in every segment (food, agriculture, retail and wholesale) in the first three quarters of 2017. Sales revenue in retail and wholesale reached EUR 1.52 billion....
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Cuban flavours from Nestlé
Date: 2017-12-01 17:28:04
Nestlé has announced a new investment in Cuba: the company is going to build a factory 45km from Havana until 2019. Nescafé, Nestlé fitness snacks, Nesquik instant drinks and Maggi...
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Growth strategy transforms Invitech Solutions
Date: 2017-12-01 16:53:32
Invitech Solutions – a member of the Invitel Group – wishes to increase its share in the domestic ICT market. To this end the company has created a single sales...
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Kométa appoints new domestic meat product sales director
Date: 2017-12-01 16:48:18
Due to the increase in sales turnover, Kométa will divide meat and meat product sales into two areas, which will be managed by two different directors. Newcomer Gábor Zab will...
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Automation at eMAG
Date: 2017-12-01 16:46:29
The logistics centre of eMAG in Üllő, which was built 2 years ago and already operates on 21,000m², is waiting for this year’s Black Friday and Christmas periods with 600,000...
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METRO gives car to happy winner
Date: 2017-12-01 16:40:28
On 27 November László Török from Dunakeszi received the main prize of the METRO Winning Weeks prize game, a brand new TOYOTA Yaris Hybrid. Those METRO customers could participate in the...
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Auchan offers discounts to families with small children
Date: 2017-12-01 16:23:01
Auchan Hungary launches a new loyalty programme for pregnant women and families with children under the age of 6, called Auchan Bébé Program. The programme runs under the retailer’s Bizalomkártya loyalty...
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Soproni Démon becomes an Óvatos Duhaj
Date: 2017-12-01 16:19:57
Soproni Óvatos Duhaj is to turn into a product range: after the huge success of Soproni Óvatos Duhaj IPA that debuted this summer, dark beer Soproni Démon also bears the...
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Szentkirályi Talent winners announced
Date: 2017-12-01 16:15:53
The Szentkirályi Talent Programme is realised in cooperation with the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB). A six-member board of trustees has selected the programme’s three winners: kayaker Ádám Varga, swimmer Nándor Németh and sailor Máté Benyó. They...
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Joint Henkel-SPAR campaign for ill children
Date: 2017-12-01 16:10:03
From November the children in Szent Borbála Hospital in Tatabánya can regularly meet the Red Nose Clown Doctors. The programme has been organised for the seventh time: every shopper who bought...
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ALDI starts selling discount motor fuels in Hungary
Date: 2017-12-01 16:07:15
In January 2018 ALDI is going to open filling stations in the parking lots of several stores. OMV Hungária will partner with ALDI to sell high quality, MSZ EN 590 and...
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Isomalt factory inaugurated in Tiszapüspöki
Date: 2017-12-01 16:02:14
On 30 October Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga and Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas ceremonially opened the isomalt factory of KALL Ingredients Kft. The new factory...
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Praktiker: the online shop develops the fastest
Date: 2017-12-01 15:59:44
Although Praktiker operates 20 DIY stores in Hungary, it is the ‘21st’ unit, the online shop that develops the fastest. The online shop had been launched in 2009 but it went...
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Strong third quarter for Henkel
Date: 2017-12-01 15:57:14
In the 3rd quarter of 2017 Henkel’s sales revenue augmented by 4.9 percent to EUR 4,981 million. Organic growth was 3 percent, while adjusted operating profit (EBIT) rose by 7.1...
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ALDI Hungary’s green programme rewarded
Date: 2017-12-01 11:41:40
ALDI Hungary’s 2017 complex energy project won the CSR Hungary award in the ‘Environment-Green Excellence’ category. As a responsible company, ALDI Hungary continuously develops and introduces environmentally friendly solutions that reduce...
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L’Oréal recognised for leadership in environmental matters
Date: 2017-12-01 11:39:31
L’Oréal is a global leader in corporate sustainability. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), an independent organisation that issues environmental certificates, has recently announced that L’Oréal scored an ‘A’ for all three...
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Nearly 180 tons of food products were donated by Tesco customers
Date: 2017-12-01 11:33:02
Tesco’s customers donated 178 tons, ie 445,000 servings of food, in the Christmas fundraising campaign of the Hungarian Food Bank Association. In addition to the donations of the buyers, Tesco...
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The happy winner of the METRO prize game could take his car home
Date: 2017-12-01 11:30:07
Török László, the lucky winner of METRO’s “Play and travel with us!” prize-winning game, was handed over the main prize the TOYOTA Yaris Hybrid passenger car on 27 November. Török...
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Henkel teams up with Plastic Bank
Date: 2017-12-01 11:19:46
Henkel has entered into a partnership with social enterprise Plastic Bank. The organisation’s goals are to stop polluting oceans with plastic and to create opportunities for people living in poverty. New plastic...
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Entries are now open for the Consumer Protection Manager of the Year competition
Date: 2017-12-01 11:07:40
The Consumer Protection Manager Association (FORE) wishes to reward the efforts of Hungary’s more than 2,000 consumer protection managers with the ‘Consumer Protection Manager of the Year’ prize. Winners will be...
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Intersnack employs more people than last year
Date: 2017-12-01 08:41:22
Thanks to the increase in export Intersnack – the manufacturer of Chio products – employs 11 percent more people this year than last year. At the moment Intersnack has 400 employees,...
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Market leaders in telecommunications counselling
Date: 2017-12-01 07:29:23
SciamuS Kft. was established in 2003 and one of the biggest milestones in their history was developing a cost optimisation method for telecommunication companies. Later SciamuS also started to offer counselling services...
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Excellent wines from Nagyrada
Date: 2017-12-01 07:25:51
Cezar Winery Kft. has Swedish roots. Sales director Katalin Császár told our magazine that they had won medals with their wines in several international competitions. They sell their products via wholesalers and don’t...
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The goal is to enter the European market
Date: 2017-12-01 07:21:21
75 percent of Scanimpex Kft. used to be in Swedish ownership – we learned from managing director Tibor Szöllős – but in 2004 the family sold their shares to Spanish company...
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The leaders in urban gardening
Date: 2017-12-01 07:17:18
Green Fortune Kft.’s mission is to put the theory of urban gardening and plant growing into practice. They have installed more than 550 so-called plant walls in 19 countries – informed...
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The company name changes, the quality stays the same
Date: 2017-12-01 07:11:44
Essity/SCA Hygiene Products Kft. is a member of Swedish company Essity/SCA Group. They manufacture and sell hygiene products such as Libero diapers, Libresse feminine hygiene products, Zewa household tissue papers, TENA incontinence...
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Innovations serving energy efficiency
Date: 2017-12-01 07:08:25
Swedish company ABB is a leading developer and supplier of innovative technologies in the fields of energy products, robotics, industrial automation and energy networks. ABB is present in more than 100...
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Ericsson contributes to economic growth with 5G technology
Date: 2017-12-01 07:04:48
Ericsson Magyarország Kft. employs nearly 2,000 people. The company is one of Hungary’s biggest telecommunication and informatics researchers, software and hardware developers. They have a laboratory where they do network research. Ericsson is also...
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Affordable home furnishing solutions
Date: 2017-12-01 07:01:14
IKEA’s goal is to provide people with a nicer environment in their daily lives. Eszter Varga-Nagy, PR manager of IKEA Hungary explained to our magazine that the company sells affordable furniture...
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