- German giant Daimler has decided to invest € 800 million creating 2,500 jobs to build Mercedes A and B class in Kecskemét. The factory will produce 100,000 cars annually from 2011;
- Audi Hungária Motor Ltd., invested € 80 million in its new machine-tool factory in Győr;
- Renault-Nissan has invested € 13 million to set up a regional spare parts supply centre in Győr for the Hungarian, Slovak, Czech, Slovene and Romanian markets;
- Japanese Denso has recently invested about € 100 million to enlarge its diesel engine fuel-injection factory in Székesfehérvár, which is ultimately expected to employ over 2,000 people;
- Suzuki Hungary PLC invests € 400 million to double production at its plant in Esztergom to 300,000 pieces a year by 2007;
- By 2006 Robert Bosch Electronika Ltd. production centre in Hatvan became the Bosch Group’s largest producer of electric parts all over the world;
- Hungarian affiliate of Norsk Hydro, Hydro Aluminium starts to build a new factory beside its current one in Győr with a greenfield investment;
- Japanese Bridgestone has brought its cutting-edge BIRD production system from Japan to Hungary. By investing € 195 million in Tatabánya, the company establishes a production facility with a daily capacity of 8,000 tyres and employs 185 new employees;
- Korean Hankook Tire will invest € 528 million by 2010 in its brand-new tyre factory in Dunaújváros that will produce 10 million tyres per year and employ 1,500 people;
- Japanese Asahi Glass Co. has invested USD 162 million to build its facility in Tatabánya that will employ 600 people to produce safety glasses;
- Japanese Ibiden has invested more than €100 million in the first phase in its factory in Dunavarsàny and will employ 1,200 people to produce ceramic filters for diesel engines;
- German ZF Hungária Ltd. is investing € 74 million in Eger to build its second manufacturing plant. In 15,000 sqm premises and with 1,400 employees, ZF will manufacture 1.2 million steering gears, 1.7 million A/C pumps and 120,000 gearboxes per year.
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