Company and Personal News
From grape to bottle
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
2007 is really a difficult vintage. It was started with a very mild winter, early budding, but spring frost limited our crop at some vineyard-sites. Hot and dry summer made...
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Friesland moving production capacity
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Friesland Hungária zRt. will relocate its production capacity from Nagybánhegyes to Debrecen at the end of September, as the last step of its consolidation process announced in November 2006....
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Knoppers for joggers
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
The slogan “quality nutrition + exercise = active life” will be used to promote Knoppers wafers, a Storck product among joggers taking part in the races of the autumn season....
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Hungarians travelling domestically
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
The combined number of nights spent in commercial places of accommodation by Hungarian and foreign guests in the first half of the year has grown by 1 per cent compared...
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Unilever Magic world camp
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Unilever has paid the cost of a one week holiday for students of Burattino Iskolaalapítvány as part of its charity program. The students also received ice cream, tea, tooth paste,...
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European Milka tour
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
The Milka Alpine Experience Tour of 16 countries came to Hungary between 18-26 August, visiting 5 cities and introducing the world of Milka....
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Jubilee champagne success
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
The champagne made for the 125th anniversary of the foundation of Törley, Jubileumi Cuvée has won a gold medal at the Jubilee National Wine Competition. The 2006 Szent István Korona...
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Awards in HUNGAROPACK Packaging Competition
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
74 nominations from 34 companies were entered for the 24th HUNGAROPACK Hungarian Packaging Competition. A jury composed of industry experts and representatives of trade organisations and ministries selected the projects...
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Gramex entering the international market
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Tesco experts have found Gramex 2000 Kft. suitable to become an international supplier of soft drinks in PET bottles for Tesco. Gramex will supply drinks for Tesco in Hungary, Slovakia,...
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HUNGAROPACK 2007 award winners
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
1. Dunapack Zrt. Nyíregyházi Hullámdobozgyár: cardboard box for motor vehicle engines 2. M-real Petőfi Nyomda Kft.: „Medicine” cardboard box with anti-counterfeit protection 3. Szenna Pack Kft.: aluminium aerosol can for...
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French chains innovating
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
The French supermarket chain Casino is testing a new type of store, which focuses on selling private label products. Apart from food, classic non-food products, kitchen utensils and even books...
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Winners of special awards
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
A+C Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. (Display for installations) Béres Gyógyszergyár Zrt. („Béres Egészségtár” uniform image consumer packaging) Coca-Cola Beverages (Magyarország) Kft. (Refillable glass bottles for Fanta product line) Dunapack Zrt....
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Interfruct organising new chain
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Interfruct Kft. intends to establish a new retail chain under the name Ria by providing support for independent small stores which meet the defined requirements....
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Certificates awarded
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
A+C Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. (Wahl display bulk packaging) CRYSTAL Institute Kft. (packaging for Nano Gold, Nano Silver and Medicannabis pharmaceutical product lines)) Dunapack Zrt. Nyíregyházi Hullámdobozgyár (Cardboard box range...
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Mattel's executive vice-president said not the chinese producers made mistake
Date: 2007-09-24 00:00:00
The vast majority of those products that were recalled were the result of a design flaw in Mattel's design, not through a manufacturing flaw in China's manufacturers U.S. toy...
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Coop protects closing on Sundays
Date: 2007-09-24 00:00:00
Most of the 32,000 employees are women, who could be with their family on Sundays – said Laszlo Muranyi, CEO of Coop Hungary Zrt. Coop is owned by 300,000 small...
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Paul Bulcke is Nestle's next chief executive
Date: 2007-09-24 00:00:00
The 53 years old Bulcke will take over the role in April, when current chief executive and chairman Peter Brabeck relinquishes his executive responsibility and becomes simply chairman. The...
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HostLogic development direct for food industry companies
Date: 2007-09-21 00:00:00
The new ERP based service developed by HostLogic, an audited SAP hosting partner, covers the food industry's special demands. The program models the food industry companies all business and producing...
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Silver medal for György-Villa Pinot noir rosé
Date: 2007-09-21 00:00:00
Two hungarian wines won silver medal at the Mondial du Pinot Noir, in its 10th year, one of them was the product of the György-Villa Kft. This Pinot noir rose...
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Coop rally secondly
Date: 2007-09-20 00:00:00
The racers, suppliers of Coop visiting stores and producer plants too. CEOs of hungarian food industry companies by the dozen will tour the country on Thursday and Friday at the...
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Foot-and-mouth disease again in Britain
Date: 2007-09-20 00:00:00
Foot-and-mouth disease has spread to two more farms in the UK, underlying fears that a EU-wide ban on the country's exports will be prolonged. The new outbreak is yet another...
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Héliosz-Coop Kft. closed the producing
Date: 2007-09-20 00:00:00
The excellent quality hungarian Salina cooking oil disappears from the stores' shelves. The small plant, as the other minor plants couldn't manage the cost decrease of raw material. Last year...
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Confectionery giants cut the chemicals
Date: 2007-09-19 00:00:00
In the wake of a damning scientific report on the health effects of artificial additives, Cadbury Trebor Bassett and Mars UK said they will not use chemicals in their products....
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Unilever the third valuable brand in Europe
Date: 2007-09-19 00:00:00
Finnish phone maker Nokia is Europe's most valuable brand is Nokia, which the study estimates is worth EUR 32.332 billion.According to the brand value study by the European Brand Institute,...
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Gabor Flesch top manager of Netpresso Hungary
Date: 2007-09-19 00:00:00
Nestle's premium coffee line's new director is 36 years old and has ten years experience at business developing and commerce. The specialist worked one year as business developer, than he...
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New Ibis Hotel in Győr
Date: 2007-09-19 00:00:00
The 96-room 3-star hotel is located close to the downtown area waits businessmen in the week and tourists on the weekends. The Accor financed hotel, which has only 14 employees,...
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Hame buys another Romanian food maker
Date: 2007-09-18 00:00:00
Czech food producer Hame has bought Romanian firm Antrefrig, raising thus its share in the Romanian delicatessen market. Production of pates and canned meat will not continue in Antrefrig, it...
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Patrón Spirits at East-Europe
Date: 2007-09-18 00:00:00
Las Vegas-based Patrón said its entry into the Czech market follows a record-setting year for the company in Europe. Company has finalised a distribution deal for the Czech market with...
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Careful optimism at autumn
Date: 2007-09-18 00:00:00
Autumn is a popular period for city breaks but the riots in the streets of Budapest last September and October have scared away many potential visitors and high service charges...
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The Hungarian Unilever probably will be not closed
Date: 2007-09-18 00:00:00
A supervising is probably, but the good efficiency indexes protect the hungarian arm of Unilever from the axe. From June the Hungarian Unilever is the middle east-european regional center and...
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