Bid opportunity for technological change of food industry suppliers

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The State Secretary of the GFM explained that applications for the non-refundable subsidy of HUF 300 million to HUF 500 million can be submitted between October 12 and 26. it can also be a loan.  Márton Nobilis emphasized: the food industry is a strategic sector, here too we need national champions who can export and supply the domestic market, and they need suppliers. Gergely Fábián emphasized that the first Food Industry Supplier Development Program (ÉLIP BP) of 2021 was successful, with 57 projects worth HUF 23 billion under implementation. As an example, he mentioned that, among other things, a solar park, cold storage development, and production line development were implemented. The success of the first tender also shows that the program must be continued, he declared. He explained that companies can apply for, among other things, the procurement of new equipment, the development of new technological systems and capacities, information technology development, production licenses, production know-how, the acquisition of intangible assets, real estate and infrastructure investment, technologies utilizing renewable energy sources, consortia.

The State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture emphasized that it is important to develop, make the food industry more efficient and modern

The current supplier tender also contributes to this. According to State Secretary Márton Nobilis, if efficiency is increased in the food industry, Hungarian food products will be much more present in domestic stores. Previously, there was an agreement with the grocery chains that they would sell as many Hungarian products as possible. On the other hand, it appears that they are increasingly directing their purchases towards less safe imported products, he added. Márton Nobilis drew attention to the fact that the Operational Program for Rural Development will start in the spring, which will allocate 750 billion forints for the development of the food industry instead of the previous 468 billion forints.

MTI