News and articles
Consolidation in truck production
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Half of the world market of medium and heavy commercial vehicles is shared between six companies. Volvo (already the owner of Renault VI-t and Mack) acquired Nissan Diesel in March....
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Bored professional or enthusiastic amateur?
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
At the June meeting of Trade Marketing Klub, I heard the remark that “I would rather work with an enthusiastic amateur than a bored professional” from one of our colleagues....
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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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Maspex investing in The Ukraine
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Maspex is to establish a sugar processing plant in the Ukraine. The EUR 50 million .project of the Polish soft drinks manufacturer will be completed in three years. Revenues of...
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Fighting common taste
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
The block of people who regard cheese as being identical with trappista is still substantial and constitute the majority. The situation is however, changing slowly. – In Hungary, there is...
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Good days for palinka
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Palinka sales in the HoReCa sector grew by 10 per cent in terms of value in the June 2006–May 2007 period. Total palinka sales in the HoReCa sector exceeded HUF...
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Tesco presenting Tesco Színes
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Tesco has presented its Tesco Színes private label products at a press conference. Some of these have been developed specially for the Hungarian market, some have only been available in...
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Disney Advent calendar
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
We have compiled a gift package composed of an Advent calendar with popular Disney characters and jugs....
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From March no more HUF 1, 2 coins
Date: 2007-09-24 00:00:00
The ratio of lost 1 and 2 forint coins has been very high for years and the price of base materials, primarily copper, nickel and zinc, also rose considerably in...
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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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Palinka and Sausage Festival in the Buda Castle
Date: 2007-09-24 00:00:00
The best palinkas and the most delicious sausage with popular Hungarian bands can be tasted on the event 5-7 october 2007. The guest can taste the real Hungary, and...
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Less sale from basic food too
Date: 2007-09-24 00:00:00
According to KSH the retail sales of food products dropped drastically in the first seven months. Hungarian retail sales dropped by 0.4% month on month in July, according to data...
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Outlet center in Polgár
Date: 2007-09-24 00:00:00
From HUF 4billion investment a mall is built near to M3 motorway in Polgár. The M3 Outlet Center will be finished on March, the construction work is made by Strabag,...
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The biggest Hungarian trade union wants real wages correction
Date: 2007-09-24 00:00:00
According to delegates of employers, the are several sectors, where in 2008 the agreed wages increase can't be given. Because of the tightening actions and the high inflations rate the...
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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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Fake Gillette made in China
Date: 2007-09-21 00:00:00
Two Chinese brothers have been charged with making 160,000 fake “Gillette” razor blades. The brothers, surnamed Zhang, were accused of assembling Gillette Mach 3 razor blades at home with family...
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Hungarian-Italian gastronome and culture event
Date: 2007-09-21 00:00:00
The Culture Bridge Festival from 21-27 September, take place in the down town on the street Mihaly Karolyi at seven places. Nearby the gastronome shows, there will be fashion shows,...
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Hungarian food industry campaign in Germany
Date: 2007-09-21 00:00:00
German customers can buy hungarian food products and wines at four cities' at five Kaufhof stores between 10-22 September. The Hungarian Weeks in Berlin, Leipzig, Halle and Chemnitz is protected...
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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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Price cartel at milk products in UK
Date: 2007-09-21 00:00:00
Britain's big supermarkets are facing substantial fines after being accused of fixing the prices of milk, butter and cheese with the dairy industry. The alleged price collusion is estimated to...
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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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Hungarian customers need product with good quality
Date: 2007-09-21 00:00:00
According to Gfk research, the first aspect at shopping is the good quality, at the second place is the price-value rate, on the third is the nationality of the product....
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Event for a better sale
Date: 2007-09-21 00:00:00
Forum for sales specialist by Karrier és Stílus Tanácsadó Kft. on 18 October at Grand Hotel – Margitsziget. Presentments by Akos Kozak – Gfk, Miklos Ostermayer – HPS, Csaba Belovai...
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The beverage companies reformulate products
Date: 2007-09-20 00:00:00
The industry is progressively removing the colours concerned from the products it produces for young children. Southampton University study suggested that: "eating or drinking certain mixes of additives together with...
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After chinese products there is the chinese trade union too
Date: 2007-09-20 00:00:00
Trade unions should work together more closely to cope with the challenges posed by economic globalization – ACFTU President Wang Zhaoguo said. The trade union leaders from Albania, Bulgaria,...
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Travelcard from Accor
Date: 2007-09-20 00:00:00
Thanks to the cooperation between BKV and Accor, seven kind of travelcard can be ordered together with the Ticket Restaurant voucher. It is a simply and economy solution, and the...
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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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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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