Company and Personal News
Scottish tea export to China
Date: 2012-03-23 11:09:44
A businesswoman exports tea from Scotland to China tea, which seems carrying water into sea. Tea is a Chinese invention and has five thousand years of history in the Asian...
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McDonald's: Don Thompson will replace Jim Skinner
Date: 2012-03-22 12:10:25
A leader change will occur at the world's largest fast food chain. Jim Skinner, leader of the chain retires in July – announced McDonald's. Chief Executive Jim Skinner will retire...
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Pasta factory opening in Verpelét
Date: 2012-03-22 12:00:46
A specialized, frozen, stuffed pasta factory is being manufactured in Verpelét, with a base area of 5400 square meters. The factory by Asiafood Ltd. is going to start operating on...
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New City SPAR in the city centre
Date: 2012-03-22 11:26:51
The eight City SPAR store has opened its gates the city centre of Budapest on 22nd March 2010, at Vértanúk tere 1. The first City SPAR store has opened in...
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The meat plant in Debrecen remains closed
Date: 2012-03-21 12:33:14
After several months of agony, now both sides see that all efforts to restart the meat plant in Debrecen may be unsuccesful – Hajdú-bihari Napló wrote on Wednesday. Szűcs Viktor,...
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Deutsche Bank does not invest in food
Date: 2012-03-21 11:33:10
Deutsche Bank stops the issuing of investment products, backed by important agricultural or food products. The bank wrote in its report on responsible corporate behavior, that this year they will...
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Metro has increased the number of its stores
Date: 2012-03-21 11:31:07
Last year, the Düsseldorf based Metro Group’s sales decreased by 0.8 percent to 66.7 billion euros, its after-tax profit decreased by 2.1 percent to 741 million euros. To the results,...
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Card reader connected to Smart phones from PayPal
Date: 2012-03-21 11:30:10
PayPal’s new service, the PayPal Here application allows almost any kind of payment management services for small businesses. The smartphone can be the formed into a full-featured credit card terminal....
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Liquidation proceeding was launched against the Magyar Tejtermék Kft.
Date: 2012-03-20 12:15:33
Liquidation proceeding was initated against the Magyar Tejtermék Kft. (previous name: Tiszatej Kft., before 2011) The company which was profitable earlier, accumulated significant losses in 2010. The company had a...
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Trigránit will not withdraw from Russia
Date: 2012-03-20 12:10:49
The Trigránit group is not withdrawing from Russia, but the planned investment in Moscow will not be accomplished – confirmed Lovas István, country director of the Trigránit group, chief executive...
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Starbucks establishes a juice bar-network
Date: 2012-03-20 12:06:47
Starbucks opened the first unit of its juice bar-network on Monday. The store, named Evolution Fresh, awaits its guest in Bellevue, WA, four months after Starbucks purchased the Evolution Fresh...
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Retail giant plans to close stores
Date: 2012-03-19 13:08:39
The U.S. retail giant Sears plans significant cost reductions. In the first half of this year, the company intends to implement the closure of 62 stores out of its 4010...
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Henkel published its 2011 sustainability report
Date: 2012-03-19 12:30:31
The contents of the Report reflect the Henkel relevant and material challenges of sustainable development. The selected topics include the results of our continuous dialogue with a large circle of...
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Nestlé’s Diósgyőr-based plant manufactures Easter chocolate figurines for twenty countries
Date: 2012-03-19 12:15:29
About 1,300 tons of Easter chocolate figurines were produced for this year's Easter season at Nestlé’s Diósgyőr-based plant. 80 percent of this quantity – more than two billion HUF worth...
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Innovation at PayPal
Date: 2012-03-14 12:08:56
PayPal’s management has unveiled the plans for the transformation of the portal. The popular site becomes a device and platform free electronic payment site. PayPal’s management plans that the fully...
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Szenna-Pack would continue production after bankruptcy arrangement
Date: 2012-03-14 12:08:20
Szenna-Pack’s new owner, the Irish Ardagh Group is already preparing for the production and in addition to the previous 120 workers, they are calculating with the recruitment of 180 new...
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Wizz Air has a new destinatin from Budapest
Date: 2012-03-14 11:52:34
Wizz Air announced it would add direct flights between Budapest and Varna (Bulgaria), Palma de Mallorca and Milan to its summer timetable. Wizz Air will fly to the destinations from...
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Fresh and easy to work with – the advantages of vegetable boxes
Date: 2012-03-14 09:00:07
The vegetables are seriously checked at all stages of the production process. Between harvesting and processing only a few hours tahe place, so the finished product retains the flavor and...
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Agárdi Pálinkafőzde's number one expert receives state award
Date: 2012-03-13 10:43:28
Tibor Véres from Agárdi Pélinkahouse has received a special state award (the Silver Cross) from Sr. Sándor Fazekas, minister of rural development. The expert was also the brewer of the...
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NIVEA Tour is about to start!
Date: 2012-03-13 09:34:41
NIVEA Tour is about to open its gates for the sixth time, and will go on for more than a month with a serious of various sport-events for free in...
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Rézangyal acquires Ördögi
Date: 2012-03-12 12:39:23
Rézangyal has purchased its greatest Budapest-based competitor Ördögi. The company now owns both the pálinkabrand Ördögi and Györkönyi, but the right to produce is still at Raiker td....
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Visegrádi mineral water to conquer in “diamond bottles”
Date: 2012-03-12 12:20:56
After several months of planning and development work, one of the oldest mineral water of Hungary will be distributed on the markets with new design in February 2012. The new...
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Zsolnay Visual Manufactory to open in Pécs
Date: 2012-03-12 12:05:58
The Visual Manufactory – opens on Tuesday in the Zsolnay Cultural Quarter – will acquaint the visitors with the manufacturing procedures of the Zsolnay porcelains. The Zsolnay Örökségkezelő Nonprofit Kft....
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The high level of service remains, the name changed
Date: 2012-03-09 12:01:22
POS Media Hungary continues its futture axctivities under the POS Services. This move reflects the company's commitment to high level of services and wide range of advertising solutions. POS Services...
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The Füleky Winery became the Building of the Year
Date: 2012-03-09 11:58:24
The Füleky Winery in Bodrogkeresztúr won the “Building of the Year 2011” award on the online poll of ArchDaily (www.archdaily.com) architecture portal, in the industrial category. The building received almost...
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New Lidl stores in Budapest and Esztergom
Date: 2012-03-09 11:19:52
Lidl has opened the gates of two stores on 8th March 2012. One of the stores is in the 23th district of Budapest at Ciklámen street 3, whereas the other...
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Red Bull Pilvaker gor the heroes of March
Date: 2012-03-09 09:54:18
A special poetry-competition is about to take place on 14th March 2012, in order to pay a tribute to the heroes of March 15th. Red Bull Pilvaker provides space for...
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The domestic market is in the center of growth
Date: 2012-03-08 12:36:25
On 8th March 2012, PwC Hungary has introduced the 15th Global CEO survey, within the compass of an outstanding press conference. For the first time ever, Hungarian CEOs had the...
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Henkel delivers sales and earnings at record levels
Date: 2012-03-08 12:30:33
“2011 was another very successful year for Henkel. Despite major challenges in a volatile economic environment, we fully achieved our ambitious targets – and even overdelivered on some of them....
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The Agárdi Pálinkafőzde plans a 5 percent revenue growth
Date: 2012-03-08 12:12:24
The management of the Agárdi Pálinkafőzde (Agárdi Pálinka Distillery) plans an about 5 percent revenue growth this year. This means a 350 million HUF annual sales revenue – told Szabó...
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