Company and Personal News
Praktiker is optimistic, despite recession
Date: 2010-05-28 00:00:20
Praktiker reached a 41.8 billion HUF gross revenues in Hungary, in the 2009 business year. Despite the decline in purchasing power, Praktiker opened a new business in Esztergom and developing...
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Henkel among the super brands
Date: 2010-05-27 00:00:20
Four of the brands of Henkel Hungary Ltd. have received the Superbrands excellence status. The company, has now a superbrand status within each business lines. Vademecum in the Beauty business,...
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Young woman in the lead of Hungarian McDonald's
Date: 2010-05-27 00:00:10
In May 2010, Horváth Ágnes was appointed as the Managing Director of McDonald's Hungarian Restaurant Network Ltd.. The 36 year old Horváth Ágnes joined to McDonald's, after graduated from the...
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Törley: Rain of medals in England
Date: 2010-05-26 00:01:12
Törley Group's products gained success this year, in three very prestigious international wine competitions. On the Decanter World Wine Awards, International Wine Challenge, the products of Törley Group won 8...
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The Poznan International Fair for sale
Date: 2010-05-26 00:00:30
The Polish government plans the privatisation of the organising company of the Poznan International Fair. The Treasury Ministry will start the negotiations with the potential investors, later this year or...
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PEDIGREE ® again the most reliable pet food brand in Hungary
Date: 2010-05-25 00:01:00
The Hungarian readers of Reader's Digest voted for the Pedigree ® brand as the best in the pet food category of the “European Trusted Brands”. The brand has received the...
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Nestlé recals three of its coffees
Date: 2010-05-25 00:00:50
Nestlé Hungária Ltd. recalls the Alta Rica, Cap Colombie and Espresso instant coffee product lines – published the Hungarian Food Safety Office, on its website. The reason of the recall...
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SIÓ: Twenty pallets of Fruit juice for the volunteers
Date: 2010-05-25 00:00:42
The SIÓ-ECKES Ltd. offered several millions HUF worth of fruit juice to the professionals and the volunteers, who are fighting against the flood in Northern Hungary. Friday afternoon, with the...
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Metro continues its Asian expansion
Date: 2010-05-25 00:00:30
German trading group Metro is massively expanding in China and at other growing markets in Asia. In long terms Asia, and in particular China always played an important role in...
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Tesco supports the introduction of minimum alcohol prices to combat against abuse
Date: 2010-05-25 00:00:20
Tesco supports the prohibition of the distribution of alcoholic products below cost prices in Britain. The new British government would impose minimum prices for drinks in order to discourage excessive...
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The PepsiCo also invests in Chinese agriculture
Date: 2010-05-25 00:00:10
The U.S. PepsiCo. will invest 2.5 billion USD in China in the next three years – announced Indra Nooyi, president and CEO of the company in Friday in Shanghai. The...
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We can trust only in certified organic products
Date: 2010-05-21 00:00:50
The Biokontroll Hungária Nonprofit Ltd. will install mobile laboratories in order to test organic food production and the products. The three vans will carry out at least 500 checks in...
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The Hungarian Food Bank Association surprises 28 thousand children
Date: 2010-05-21 00:00:30
As the result of the fundraising initiative of the Hungarian Food Bank Association a total of 28 thousand needy children will receive gifts on the occasion of children’s Day. The...
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Recognized artists in the national jury of Henkel.Art.Award 2010
Date: 2010-05-21 00:00:20
Henkel Hungary Ltd. invited four artists to assess the works of Hungarian artists who take part in the Henkel.Art.Award 2010 competition, and to select three of them who can participate...
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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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Forest helps protecting birds
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Forest-Papír Kft. and the bird hospital in Hortobágy organise a prize game – with Kiskokas napkins and Selfness Ecoring handkerchiefs – to call attention to the beauties of nature and...
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Tesco and Rosenthal announced a new loyalty point collecting promotion
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The promotion is called ’The art of cuisine from point to point’ and it will give shoppers the opportunity to buy products from the exclusive Thomas dinnerware range with a...
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Another environmentally conscious step from Mars
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Mars Incorporated’s pet food manufacturing company was the first to announce that by 2020 they will only be using fish from sustainable sources for pet food production. At the end...
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S-Budget is two years old
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
SPAR Hungary’s private label product range celebrates its 2nd birthday. Back in April 2008 40 products were launched, now SPAR offers 240 S-Budget products, 75 percent of which are Hungarian...
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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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