Company and Personal News
MPF announced its intention to buy Praktiker
Date: 2013-11-21 11:10:12
The MPF Holding would purchase and recapitalize the Praktiker stores in Hungary; the Singapore-based parent company of the group together with a Chinese investor officially announced their buying intention –...
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Rexona F1: the best of the race track on international stage soon
Date: 2013-11-21 11:01:49
With its Rexona F1 installation, Unilever Magyarország not only gained the first place in the “non-durables” category of the domestic POPAI Awards POP competition, but also won the special prize....
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Hungarian wine is catching up in China
Date: 2013-11-21 09:23:58
The Ostoros-Novaj Bor Zrt. was present at the China International Fair in Beijing with its full product range. The largest interest was towards Bikavér (Bull's Blood) but all the products...
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KSH: earnings grew by five percent in September
Date: 2013-11-20 12:20:33
The gross average earnings increased by 5.0 percent, while the average net earnings by 6.4 percent in September, compared to a year earlier – the Central Statistics Office (KSH) told...
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The new sugar silo of the sugar factory of Kaposvár with a capacity of sixty thousand tons was handed over
Date: 2013-11-20 12:15:29
The ceremony was held on Tuesday. The modern facility is capable to store sixty thousand tons of sugar. The new sugar silo was implemented with a three billion HUF investment....
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Szeretet.éhség campaign again in the Tesco stores
Date: 2013-11-20 11:17:35
The Tesco and the Ökumenikus Segélyszervezet launched this year’s fundraising campaign, in the scope of an unconventional press event. The fundraising campaign runs in all the Tesco stores in Hungary...
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More than 2 million LEGO ® DUPLO ® elements are manufactured in Nyíregyháza per day
Date: 2013-11-20 11:15:42
The LEGO ® DUPLO ® toys not only give joy to the little ones under the Christmas tree, but also stimulate creativity and improve problem-solving skills as well. The success...
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200.000 plates of dry food for dogs and cats in shelters
Date: 2013-11-20 11:12:27
Three Hungarian animal shelters will be given 200.000 doses of dry food products from Mars Hungary, the distributor of Pedigree® and Whiskas® brands. The pet food is sufficient to supply...
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Coface CEE Top 500: Top companies with increasing turnover but sharply declining profits
Date: 2013-11-20 11:00:53
– Poland again ranked first, Hungary and Romania catching up while Ukraine dropping out of the Top 3 – More turnover did not lead to a stable development in net...
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The cherry tree is the most popular in the tree school of the State Fruit Tree Researcher
Date: 2013-11-20 11:00:05
Plant counterfeiting is a significant problem every year. The counterfeiting activities are causing damages to the customers, to the State Fruit and Ornamental Crops Research Institute and the tree schools...
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The NAV warns: check your orders until 25 November
Date: 2013-11-19 12:50:07
The online cash registers can also be ordered online at the magyarorszag.hu site – the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) told MTI on Tuesday. The NAV also pointed out...
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Retail sales of drugs without a prescription rose by ten percent
Date: 2013-11-19 12:30:10
Retail (including pharmacies and other outlets) reached 10 percent more revenue from nonprescripted drugs and medicinal preparations (OTC) in the first nine months of the year, compared with the same...
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Collaboration to restart the mineral water plant of the Margaret Island
Date: 2013-11-19 12:20:02
The Metropolitan Waterworks and the Szentkirályi Mineral Water Ltd. with the support of the Municipality of Budapest will join their forces to restart Hungary 's oldest bottled mineral water; the...
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Regus: flexible working conditions are stimulating creativity
Date: 2013-11-19 12:10:53
According to the recent survey of Regus, nearly three-quarters of the Hungarian respondents, believe that flexible working conditions are increasing productivity. The most important results of the survey: · 74...
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Hungary is in the middle field in terms of late payments
Date: 2013-11-19 12:03:44
Among the EU Member States Hungary is in the middle in terms of late payments. Four percent of the annual total business turnover should be written off, due to late...
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Tokaji wine on the Top 100 list of Wine Spectator
Date: 2013-11-19 11:36:13
The 2007 vintage 5 butt Tokaji Aszú Wine of the Chateau Dereszla became the twentieth on the Top 100 list of one of the World’s leading professional wine magazine. The...
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Foreign eggs unfit for consumption were withdrawn from circulation in Kecskemét
Date: 2013-11-19 11:20:36
The Veterinary and Food Administration Authority of the Bács-Kiskun Government Office withdrew foreign origin eggs, that were unfit for eating from circulation – the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) informed...
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L'Oréal is expanding in China
Date: 2013-11-19 11:15:35
L'Oréal opened a new manufacturing base on Monday in China. The company considers the Chinese market as strategic important in long-terms. Paris-based cosmetics giant L'Oreal plans to expand a factory...
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Pankucsi: PC-based cash registers can be ordered from now
Date: 2013-11-18 12:50:23
Despite the difficulties, the deadline for the introduction of the online cash machines does not change. Governmental proposal of this kind is not on the agenda. Among the small cash...
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GfK : consumers spent about one-fifth more on small household appliances in the third quarter
Date: 2013-11-18 12:30:52
The sales of consumer durables increased by 24 percent in the third quarter of 2013, compared to the same period of the last year and amounted to 108 billion HUF....
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Food Avalanche has helped to tens of thousands people
Date: 2013-11-18 12:01:03
Almost one hundred tons of grain was harvested by the local governments and non-governmental organizations that are involved in the Food Avalanche of the Hungarian Food Bank Association and Syngenta....
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HELL IceCool: winter surprise from HELL again
Date: 2013-11-18 11:50:11
After the overwhelming success of the Winter Ice Cool and SummerCool limited edition products, the market leader Hell Energy spoils its customers with another surprises. This Winter, the Hell IceCool...
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Fazekas Sándor: the goal is to transport more local products to the markets
Date: 2013-11-18 11:31:09
According to the Minister for Rural Development, the goal is to transport more local products to the markets. Fazekas Sándor spoke about this in Lengyeltóti this Saturday on the forum...
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Heineken greeted the 140-year-old Budapest with a huge party
Date: 2013-11-18 11:27:37
Budapest is 140 years old this year. On this occasion, Heineken held an exclusive party on Saturday, on which visitors and celebrities greeted the 140-year-old Budapest after midnight on November...
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External trade turnover increased in the EU and in the Euro Zone in September
Date: 2013-11-18 11:25:52
According to the datas of Eurostat, the external trade turnover both increased in the EU28 and in the Euro Zone in September as well. According to seasonally adjusted datas export...
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Parndorf: the Christmas shopping trip is everyone's favorite
Date: 2013-11-18 11:01:37
On 14 November, thousands of people visited the Parndorf Designer Outlet Center, where the Christmas season has started with extended opening hours and 80 percent discounts. The highlight of the...
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New Supply Chain Director at Heineken
Date: 2013-11-18 10:45:19
Ed van Willegen, new supply chain manager becomes the new channel manager for Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia....
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National sweeteners growing more popular
Date: 2013-11-18 09:31:29
Stevia is a natural, non-caloric, sweet-tasting plant used around the world for its pleasant taste, as well as for its increasingly researched potential for inhibiting fat absorption and lowering blood...
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More and more applications yet for the hungarikums
Date: 2013-11-18 09:00:09
Nearly one hundred applications arrived to the Hungarikum Commission until Thursday: to support the collection, research and promotion of Hungary’s national values, the hungaricums. Horváth Zsolt, the depository coordinator commissioner...
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650 tons of sweets for two and a half billion HUF for Santa Claus and Christmas
Date: 2013-11-15 13:10:21
In recent years, the food retail sector reached an about two and a half billion HUF revenues from the seasonal sweets of the December holiday season. In 2012, 1 percent...
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