Company and Personal News
Modern packaging system from Cryovac
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
FLOW-VAC system by Cryovac® is one of the most successful packaging systems available in Europe. Designed in cooperation with ULMA, FLOW-VAC guarantees a perfect packaging for cheese and meat products....
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New finance director at METRO
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
From 19 April, Csaba Mándoki is the new finance director of METRO Hungary. He started his career at METRO Hungary in 1995 as head of the controlling department. From March...
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STI Group acquired Line Packaging & Display company
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Europe’s leading POS solution provider and top-quality packaging material manufacturer STI purchased UK company Line Packaging & Display Limited, on 31 March 2010. The company has 100 employees and its...
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Sialogue for improving the conditions of dogs
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Mars organised a meeting for experts, NGOs and public authorities who work for solving the problems of domestic animal keeping. Participants of this Social Dialogue discussed problematic issues and proposed...
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Equipment for firefighters in Sopron and screenings for Martfű dwellers
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The two winner foundations spent the HUF 3 million they won in the ‘Heineken Hungária for Sopron / Martfű’ charity programme on the projects mentioned above. Heineken announced its charity...
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Industrial Oscar for Tetra Pak
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The Budaörs plant of Tetra Pak is the first Hungarian packaging material manufacturer that has won the Manufacturing Excellence Award of the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance. The industrial ‘Oscar’...
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The most popular women’s handball team in League 1 receives one million Forints
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
From 8 April, those supporters who buy Arany Ászok can vote on their favourite women’s handball team for a month. The team with the highest number of votes receives HUF...
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The source of fresh and safe products
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
József Surányi, the head of METRO’s quality assurance department says: – Our major goal is providing partners with quality, fresh products. Our customers can be sure that fresh food products...
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Wage increase at Kométa
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Kométa ’99 Zrt. was the first meat-industry company to start negotiations with trade unions and to increase the wages of employees by 3.5-4.5 percent as of 1 March. The average...
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Personalised rejuvenation
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Cosmetics manufacturer Skin Mood offer perfectly personalised cosmetics products to consumers. They employ dermatologists, chemists and geneticists who create face creams based on consumers’ own genome; it takes 20 days...
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Bestillo is the favourite of Gyula dwellers
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Bestillo Pálinkaház’s raspberry pálinka was the spectators’ favourite at the 11th Kisüsti Pálinka festival in Gyula, where the jury tested 851 pálinkas and distillates. Boldogkő Fruit Kft., the manufacturer of...
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Puskás Öcsi is the face of Szentkirályi in Australia too
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
At the end of April, Szentkirályi launched its new advertising campaign that uses the image of Puskás Öcsi – not only in Hungary, but in Australia and the US as...
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Riceland’s prize game continues!
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
This year started well for one participant of Riceland’s loyalty programme – players only had to collect 5 Riceland logos – as in both January and April one lucky winner...
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Design and brand building the P&G way
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The significance of in-store marketing keeps growing. According to a report by Nielsen, in-store tools are more influential in shaping awareness than television. So Phil Duncan, the head of P&G...
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New CEO at Cerbona
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
From 6 April, Gábor Gosztonyi is the new CEO of Székesfehérvár company, Cerbona Zrt. His predecessor, Tivadar István Szabó will remain a member of the Board of Directors. Gábor Gosztonyi...
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It removes stains and preserves colours
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
DunaPro Zrt., a Hungarian-owned company is the distributor of the Clorox brand, they supply 7,500 stores directly. In 2008, they introduced chlorine-free stain remover Clorox Color to the Hungarian market....
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STI Packaging RO Srl officially opened its gates
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
On 15 April 2010, STI Group’s 13th plant was officially inaugurated in Cluj-Napoca (production already commenced in January). Dr. Tom Giessler, the group’s chief financial officer and a managing director...
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The world has been drinking Nescafé to wake up for 70 years
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Nestlé Hungária Kft. celebrated NESCAFÉ’s 70th birthday from 14 May until 1 July in 2009, with a series of promotions. In SPAR, Coop, Tesco and Penny stores there were several...
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Pampers and UNICEF continue the battle against newborn tetanus
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
In 2010, Pampers and UNICEF keep fighting for eliminating newborn tetanus by 2012. This year Gabriella Jakupcsek will represent the campaign in Hungary. After every Pampers product bought from 1...
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New CEO for BAT Hungary and BAT Austria
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
From 1 January 2010, Octavian Dascalescu (39) is replacing Emil Moskofian in the CEO’s seat of British American Tobacco (BAT) Hungary. He started his career at BAT Romania in 1997...
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dm changes the design of its shop windows
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
dm Kft. will refurbish the shop windows of 32 stores by September and in 5 years time all of their units will look different. The idea for the new façade...
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Smile Magic Lifestyle Days programmes commenced
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
On 17 April a series of programmes started, with the goal of raising awareness of a healthy lifestyle. Organised by Mosoly Alapítvány, Tesco and Procter&Gamble, the programme will travel to...
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METRO focuses on private labels
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
From 15 April, METRO Hungary will carry out a 2-week campaign that focuses on their six private label products (Aro, Fine Food, Horeca Select, H-Line, Rioba, Sigma), offering several hundred...
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POS Media helps with advertising surface
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
In 2010, POS Media Hungary will support PCOS Szívügy Foundation with advertising surface that is worth HUF 8 million. The foundation helps those (about 10 percent of Hungarian women) who...
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Tesco recruits regional suppliers
Date: 2010-05-20 00:01:20
Tesco Global Stores Ltd. invites the local producers of Győr-Moson-Sopron, Zala, Vas and Veszprém counties to a supplier meeting. The Regional Supplier Forum, that will be held on the 3rd...
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Wal-Mart's first-quarter profit is a positive surprise
Date: 2010-05-20 00:00:40
The world's largest retail company, the Wal-Mart performed over the market expectations, primarily due to the good indicators of foreign sales, which offseted the weak domestic market performance. The company's...
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Flexibility remains the most important feature of the Cryovac ® BDF
Date: 2010-05-20 00:00:10
The new Cryovac ® BDF SOFT and Cryovac ® BDF Easy Opening solutions open up new horizons for product design, such as packaging and reducing costs. The new Cryovac ®...
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Another gold medal for the Demeter Winery
Date: 2010-05-19 00:01:33
The Demeter Winery of Eger was highly competitive at the Bordeuax-based Challenge International du Vin competition this year. The winery’s Hanga 2009 wine received Gold medal at the prestigious wine...
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Kür Club: help to build up confidence
Date: 2010-05-19 00:01:20
The SMEs, that want more attention are in a very difficult situation. It is difficult to excel among the competitors, find new customers or even retain the old ones. The...
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Tesco helps the victims of the flood in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county
Date: 2010-05-19 00:00:50
Several million HUF worth donations were allocated by Tesco for those who live in the North-Eastern region of Hungary. Tesco helps the families, who are in trouble, because of the...
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