All entries located in Central Transdanubia (Hungary), newest first. tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:en:en/regions/central-transdanubia 2026-10-22T06:00:00Z Eurotrack tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:1202d7c4:en 2026-10-22T06:00:00Z

According to the LIMÉSZ union group, several Hungarian employees at the Iváncsa battery plant were dismissed without warning on 21 October 2026, and staff expect further cuts. The company told news agency MTI that adapting the plant to current business conditions required difficult but unavoidable headcount decisions; it gives no figures. The union is asking for the scale and reasons and points out that a collective redundancy would have to follow the legal requirements (Portfolio, 22 Oct 2026). Update (28 October 2026): after Iváncsa, SK On Hungary has also started layoffs at its Komárom plant; according to the Liga union federation, several Hungarian and at least 20 Ukrainian workers lost their jobs there. The company speaks of difficult but unavoidable staffing decisions due to business conditions but gives no overall figure (444.hu, 28 October 2026). — Sources: https://www.portfolio.hu/gazdasag/20261022/megerositette-az-akkugyar-tobb-dolgozot-elbocsatottak-871636 · https://444.hu/2026/10/28/az-ivancsai-utan-most-a-komaromi-akkugyarban-is-elbocsatasok-kezdodtek

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:59a885f5:en 2026-09-15T06:00:00Z

Hankook has completed the fourth expansion phase at its Rácalmás plant (Fejér county): €540 million (around HUF 200 billion) has funded some 66,000 m² of new production and ancillary buildings since 2024, plus a truck and bus tyre line starting up in October 2026. The line has annual capacity of over 800,000 tyres and creates more than 450 jobs in the region. Since 2007 the South Korean group has invested around €856 million at the site across three earlier phases (Infostart/MTI, 15.09.2026). — Source: https://infostart.hu/gazdasag/2026/09/15/tobb-mint-felmilliard-eurobol-bovitett-idehaza-a-hankook

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:a8376375:en 2026-07-29T06:00:00Z

On 29 July 2026 Hungary's competition authority GVH cleared, without conditions, Vajda-Papír Kft.'s acquisition of Sofidel Hungary Kft.'s private-label household paper manufacturing business and parts of its distribution operations at the Lábatlan site; the authority found the deal would not significantly reduce competition in the markets concerned. Vajda-Papír is Hungary's leading family-owned tissue paper manufacturer with more than 700 employees across three Hungarian sites and one in Norway. The transaction value was not disclosed. — Source: https://www.portfolio.hu/uzlet/20260729/zold-utat-adott-a-versenyhivatal-a-vajda-papir-legujabb-felvasarlasanak-852870

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:d64fe853:en 2026-07-25T06:00:00Z

Following a meeting with Suzuki CEO Toshihiro Suzuki, Hungarian economy minister István Kapitány announced a HUF 76bn development of the Esztergom plant. The plant is to build electric vehicles and battery packs in future. Magyar Suzuki currently employs around 2,800 people and produced some 108,000 vehicles in 2025. The meeting took place on 24 July; broad media coverage began on 25 July. Second source: Világgazdaság (vg.hu). — Source: https://www.penzcentrum.hu/gazdasag/20260725/elkepeszto-bejelentest-tett-a-suzuki-gigaszi-76-milliardos-gyarfejlesztes-indul-esztergomban-1202862

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:979dc1da:en 2026-07-21T06:00:00Z

ISD Power, the energy and heat supplier of the insolvent Dunai Vasmű (Dunaferr) steelworks in Dunaújváros, announced on 21 July 2026 that it will lay off 150 of its roughly 300 employees. Unions warn that the reduced maintenance crew cannot keep the plant halls heated in winter — impending frost damage would further worsen the already poor prospects of selling the works. State funding for preserving the plant fell from HUF 1bn to 821m between May and July 2026; the main Dunarolling operation had already shrunk from 2,150 to 150 employees by the end of 2025. Second source: Világgazdaság (vg.hu). Follow-up 24 July 2026: the insolvency administrator has withdrawn the collective redundancy. According to Zoltán Magyar, head of the Dunaferr DV Vasas union federation, he and the works council were informed only verbally and without any reasons given; he suspects a link to renewed public attention on the steelworks' situation. The 150 jobs are therefore not being cut for now, though a fresh announcement cannot be ruled out (source: 444.hu citing Telex, 24 July 2026). Update (24 July 2026): The ISD Power liquidator withdrew the announced collective redundancy of 150 workers; the jobs remain for now, though a new attempt cannot be ruled out. (Világgazdaság, 24 July 2026) — Sources: https://www.portfolio.hu/gazdasag/20260721/vegleg-elpusztulhat-a-legendas-magyar-gyar-jon-a-fagy-ami-mindent-tonkretehet-850970 · https://www.vg.hu/cegvilag/2026/07/dunai-vasmu-isd-power-letszamleepites-szakszervezet