Company and Personal News
Capacity-building investment at Rondó
Date: 2010-12-03 13:48:45
Rondó Hullámkartongyártó Ltd. has carried out a capacity-building investment of mearly two billion HUF in Budapest. The company, with its new production hall and inner transportsystem, is now ready to...
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Chocolate Santa Clauses in the Auchan and in the Tesco
Date: 2010-12-03 13:30:32
The Santa Claus season lasts until Sunday evening, Monday morning in the domestic stores. The supply is abundant, but this year it is projected to be less sweet for the...
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Bulgarian pensioners stormed the Lidl stores
Date: 2010-12-03 12:58:24
Pensioners stormed Lidl stores in Bulgaria last Thursday. The stores advertised huge promotions, offering bananas and cucumbers for pennies. In Sofia, a Lidl store opening attracted mainly pensioners living in...
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New 85 inch Panasonic plasma display set to impressin conference rooms
Date: 2010-12-03 11:57:07
A new 85-inch Full High-Definition (HD) Plasma display has been rolled out by Panasonic South-East Europe and its partner CubeMedia Ltd. Designed initially for the commercial market the screen was...
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40 years of learning
Date: 2010-12-03 10:55:37
Balázs Pászti received the Lifetime Achievement Award of Trade magazin and Lánchíd Club. Mr Pászti was born in Budapest in 1948 and worked at only two places during his 40-year...
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From being an architect to working in the sugar industry
Date: 2010-12-03 10:54:03
Béla Fischer received the Lifetime Achievement Award of Trade magazin and Lánchíd Club. Mr Fischer was born in Esztergom in 1952 and earned a degree in architecture, which was later...
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Another Hungarian director at the Eckes-Granini Group
Date: 2010-12-03 10:13:28
From 1 October 2010 Marianna Bartos fills the position of HR and organisational development director at Eckes-Granini Group. She graduated at ELTE’s Faculty of Arts and in the last 18...
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The brand Házi Arany received a Magyar Bransa award in 2010
Date: 2010-12-03 10:00:30
Házi Piros Paprika Ltd. is celebrating its 20th anniversary now, and its brand Házi Arany received a special award now. The fully Hungarian-owned company selling and distributing paprika, spices and...
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Pizza Hut will not withdraw completely from Hungary
Date: 2010-12-02 14:40:26
The Pizza Hut restaurant chain, operated by AmRest Ltd. will not completely withdraw from the Hungarian market, despite many signs suggested this – reports Világgazdaság Online. “In our long-term plans,...
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Dreher won the Green Frog Award
Date: 2010-12-02 14:25:29
The jury of the Green Frog Award alias the Central European Environmental Report set up by Deloitte juried 44 applications from three countries this year. The best sustainability report was...
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Pepsi’s five billion dollar deal in Russia
Date: 2010-12-02 14:19:23
U.S. PepsiCo, bought the largest Russian food and beverage producer, the Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods (WBD) for 5.4 billion USD. According to the Thursday announcement; in the first round, PepsiCo will acquire...
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Bonbonetti comes up with a wide selection of Christmas candies
Date: 2010-12-02 12:59:49
This year, Bonbonetti has launched a number of new products, such as Bombonetti Szaloncukor Selection, a wide range if special Christmas candies. In the year of 1868 the biggest chocolate...
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The brand Kecskeméti resurrects with Univer jams
Date: 2010-12-01 22:56:41
In order to introduce a number of new products such as a new jam-family and tomato-drink, Univer Product Ltd. held a pressconference on 1st December. The most important characteristics of...
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The final decision: the Visegrádi mineral water is not harmful to health
Date: 2010-12-01 16:00:09
The appellate court found that the amount of fluoride in the water do not exceed the 1.5 milligram per liter limit laws – reports Privatbankar.hu. The Metropolitan Court of Appeal...
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The Spar does not want to stay out of the travel market
Date: 2010-12-01 13:55:59
After several large retail networks, the Austrian Spar group also enters into the travel market. On the company’s online site, more than one thousand journeys are available. So far, Tesco,...
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Lidl opens its first chocolate factory
Date: 2010-12-01 08:53:22
Lidl is opening its own chocolate factory in Übach-Palenberg near Aachen, Germany, Lebensmittel Zeitung reports. According to the newspaper, Lidl is working with one of its suppliers, Ludwig Weinrich, on...
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New marketing director at Heineken Hungária
Date: 2010-12-01 05:10:43
Starting from this month, a new marketing director is in charge of Heineken HUngária's marketing communication. Bram Westenbink is coming from the Dutch side of the company, and has been...
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Élelmiszerbank and Red Cross are sponsored by Tesco, METRO and Auchan
Date: 2010-11-30 15:08:42
A special charity event launched by Élelmiszerbank and Hungarian Red Cross have started their charity action in order to turn Chrismas-time into a beautiful event for those in need too....
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Djuice: the favorite of the youngsters
Date: 2010-11-30 12:10:46
The djuice is Hungary’as only mobile brand, which sells its services to only the 15-26 years age group. Since its April launch, djuice increased its popularity to sevenfold, now it...
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Auchan to launch a 3D virtual webshop soon
Date: 2010-11-30 11:48:59
France-based hypermarket retailer Auchan is about to launch a 3D virtual shopping mall called Aushopping which has been developed by the company's property subsidiary, Immochan. The online shopping centre will...
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Straight from the bakery – special award goes to SPAR
Date: 2010-11-29 12:54:45
The Hungarian Point of Purchase Advertising International (POPAI) has selected the winners of the POP Show. SPAR has received an award in the POS category for its product titled “Right...
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Sealed Air: Website in the spirit of sustainability
Date: 2010-11-29 12:25:03
The leading manufacturer of packaging, the Sealed Air Corporation recently announced a new initiative, called SmartLife ™. This integrated, organization-wide approach is intended to draw attention to how packaging can...
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Heineken Hungary's charity program goes on this year, too
Date: 2010-11-29 11:43:23
Heineken Hungária Ltd. has launched its charity program for the third time this year. The company running a brewery in Sopron and Martfű intends to support the inhabitants of the...
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Wal-Mart expands in South Africa
Date: 2010-11-29 10:59:52
Wal-Mart enters into the South African market with company purchasing. The world's biggest retailer network announced on Monday, that the company would buy the 51 percent of the South African...
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Tesco, Coca-Cola and Pfizer received the Good CSR awards
Date: 2010-11-26 14:16:06
The gala of Good CSR 2010 was held on Thursday evening, in Budapest. Among the members of the responsible companies, Tesco, Pfizer, and Coca-Cola won prizes. The three awards were...
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The bottler of Visegrádi Ásványvíz expects rising sales
Date: 2010-11-26 14:04:17
Next year, the revenue of Pet-Pack Ltd., bottler of the Visegrádi mineral water is expected to increase by 5-7 percent – said Solymos János, the company's managing director. Despite the...
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New Tesco outlet opened in Dunakeszi
Date: 2010-11-26 09:17:12
A new Tesco outlet has opened its gates in Dunakeszi on 26th November, at a 5000 m2 area. The new Dunakeszi-Fót based Tesco outlet is located at Fóti street 120,...
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Vértesi Power Plant bout to lay off 200 people
Date: 2010-11-26 08:06:41
Vértesi Power Plant has informed MTI about the company' plan to lay off 200 people to the local labor office. There are no exact details of the subject matter yet,...
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Prestige Award 2010: Which will be the most precious Hungarian winery of 2010?
Date: 2010-11-26 05:40:55
Prestige Awards, founded by Prestige Reserve Club is one of the most famous and most creditable price awarded to the Hungarian winery with the best reputation. László Doszpod, president of...
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Two significant awards go to NeoNoir
Date: 2010-11-26 04:42:32
Instead of hosting a bunch of Christmas-celebrating coctail parties centered around customers, NeoNoir has closed the year with prizes and new projects. The PR-company founded by to Hungarian PR-experts won...
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