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Entries for tag: Hungary
New packaging solution for Hungarian chicken supplier
HUNGERIT is one of the leading poultry companies in Hungary and market leader in breaded products. Its product offering covers the entire poultry range, namely chickens, geese and ducks in all types of formats, from whole birds to cut-ups, processed products and ready-meals. HUNGERIT products are sold in a wide range of wholesalers and retail outlets on the domestic market, as well as in 30 foreign countries including China and Japan. Export markets account for half of the company’s turnover. In 2005, Hungerit acquired the well established Hungarian brand VALDOR and with it has managed a fantastic commercial success first with their breaded product and from this year with the fresh products range with innovative packaging.
Read ArticleProtecting in tin
Huber Packaging Group GmbH + Co. KG is a leading producer of metal packaging solutions. The company has offices and subsidiary plants in Germany, Austria and Hungary. Here sales director Matthias Welling shows some of the company's products.
Read ArticleKBA optimises big perfectors for commercial applications
Four over four perfecting in large format has been available from KBA – and only from KBA – for some time. Now other press manufacturers have announced that they will also be unveiling large-format convertible perfectors at Drupa 2008. However, such systems are unlikely to attain market maturity or deliver commercial-standard quality in the immediate future, nor will they be available in the same wide choice of practice-proven configurations as the Rapidas. So KBA is making the most of its time gain to improve the operation, makeready and quality of its big perfectors for high-quality commercial applications.
Read ArticleBasell opens Slovakia office
LyondellBasell Industries has opened a sales office in Bratislava, Slovakia to better serve its polyethylene, polypropylene and advanced polyolefin customers in the growing Central and Southern European region.
Read ArticlePlastic packaging plant to open in Hungary
Chesapeake Corporation (NYSE: CSK), a leading international supplier of value-added specialty paperboard, plastic and pharmaceutical packaging, recently dedicated its new plastic packaging plant in Peremarton, Hungary, which serves specialty chemical customers.
Read ArticleOBI expands in CEE
OBI will aggressively push its international expansion focussing efforts on Russia, Poland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary and the Balkans. On top of these ambitious expansion targets OBI is about to enter three additional countries, namely Ukraine, Romania and Slovakia. Medium term targeting up to 20 stores both in Ukraine and Romania, OBI plans to open another 10-15 stores in Slovakia within short. First openings in these countries are scheduled for 2008.
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Businesses returning to Germany
Many German businesses that relocated to Eastern Europe are returning to Germany. In particular, small and medium-sized companies have realised that profits were not as high as expected and are finding the German business environment more attractive. The increase in German companies staying at home is adding to the flourishing of the business environment.
Read ArticleDuPont to open Bulgarian office
As part of its growth strategy for emerging markets, DuPont (NYSE:DD) today announced the opening of its first office in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Sofia office represents DuPont's growing market reach in Central Europe, following site openings in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Baltic countries and Serbia, the latter just last week.
Read ArticleDu Pont opens Serbian office
As part of its growth strategy for emerging markets, DuPont (NYSE:DD) today announced the opening of its first office in Serbia. The Serbia office represents DuPont's growing market reach in Central Europe, following facility openings in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and the Baltic countries. More than 500 DuPont employees are based in the region.
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CEE immigrants changing British food taste
Immigrants from Eastern Europe have changed Britain by looking for work across the country, not just in traditional centres such as London and the South East, a study has found.
Read ArticlePoly One to open Kutno plant
PolyOne Corporation (NYSE:POL) , a leading global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today dedicated a new color concentrates manufacturing facility in Kutno, Poland, to serve rapidly growing regional markets in Eastern Europe.
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Kubus celebrating Shrek characters
Maspex Wadowice, Poland, chose a special promotion for their juice and nectar brand “Kubus”: more than 40 different Twist-Off closure designs are printed with all relevant characters of “Shrek” - just in time for the launch of the new movie.
Read ArticleEU slams Hungary on eco tax
The European Commission has formally requested Hungary to amend its legislation on environmental charges applicable to beverage containers. The Commission believes that Hungary's system leads to de facto discrimination against products from other Member States. The request is in the form of a reasoned opinion which is the second stage of the infringement proceedings provided for in Article 226 of the Treaty. If Hungary fails to comply with the reasoned opinion within two months, the Commission may refer the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Communities.
Read ArticleM Real sells carton plant
M-real, part of the Metsäliitto Group, has today, 1 June, sold its carton plant in Hungary under a share sales agreement that became effective immediately. The combined debt-free price of this disposal and the disposal of the carton plant in Finland on 31 May 2007 amounts to approximately EUR 35 million. M-real will book a loss of approximately EUR 2 million from the transactions in its result for the second quarter of this year. The transactions will have a slightly negative impact on M-real's operating profit excluding non-recurring items in 2007.
Read ArticleCertificate required in Hungary
The Hungarian authorities have adopted a Decree introducing detailed regulations of how to certify compliance of packaging with the Essential Requirements.
Read ArticleEUROPEN argues for better regulation
The European Commission is preparing a Communication on the subject of streamlining the infringement procedure, as part of its Better Regulation initiative. Publication of the Communication is expected during mid-2007.
Read ArticleTesco to label packaging
In 2008, Tesco, one of the largest retailers in Poland and Hungary, will start labelling its packaging according to whether it can be recycled, reused or composted, and clearly state packaging that did not fulfill any of the criteria.
Read ArticleHungary cracking down on fraud
Hungarian food safety officials have pledged to crackdown on domestic food processors after the discovery of fraudulent sell-by dates on a number of products.
Read ArticleAluminium tariff changes unlikely to affect packagers
EU plans to reduce tariffs on imports of aluminum into the bloc are likely to have little affect on the regions metallic packagers, says an industry expert.
Read ArticleSara Lee investing in tea
Food giant Sara Lee has expanded capacity of its tea production operations its tea in Hungary as it looks to capitalize on growing demand for the product in Eastern Europe.
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Pharmatech starts today
The 8th Moscow International Exhibition “Pharmtech – Technologies of Pharmaceutical Industry 2006” will take place in Expocentr from the 20th to the 23rd November 2006. This is the only specialised event in Russia and CIS dedicated to pharmaceuticals production. For the first time the exhibition will be held in a new venue, modern architecture and developed infrastructure of which provide for holding events up to the highest standards.
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Husky opens CEE office
Husky Injection Molding Systems has announced the opening of its new Vienna sales office. Sales activities, service management, project coordination and customer training are among the offerings at the new facility, which will serve as a gateway to Central and Eastern Europe, and will be headed by Christian Kapsamer, Husky’s General Manager, Central Europe.
Read ArticleTetra Pak investing in Hungary
Tetra Pak is starting an extensive investment programme in Hungary this year, aiming to increase annual production capacities from an annual 1.8 billion packages to 2.8 billion packages.
Read ArticlePannonplast expand to Serbia
Bloomberg reports that Pannonplast Nyrt, a Hungarian exporter of plastic yoghurt cups, will spend Ft 355 million ($1.6 million) setting up a consumer packaging unit in Serbia to add a third foreign market to its operations. Pannonplast, based in Budapest, expects production to start in the Q1 of 2007, it said in a stock exchange statement. By having a company in Serbia, Pannonplast will be exempt from a 20% customs levy it currently must pay. The company, which also operates in Romania and Ukraine, has been selling property and unprofitable units to stem losses and concentrate on consumer packaging. It will spend a total of € 10 million ($12.8 million) on building the plant in Serbia this year and buying another in Bulgaria in the H1 of next year CFO Dénes Gyimóthy said Aug. 1. Pannonplast expects its Serbian unit to contribute Ft 400 million to revenue in its first year of operation, which will probably triple in three years, the company said.
Read ArticleSABIC to expand to Hungary
SABIC Europe is to further expand its European sales office network with the establishment in May 2006 of a sales office in Budapest, Hungary. SABIC Hungary is expected to become fully operational as of January 1st 2007.
Read ArticleHungary under fire
The European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against Hungary in relation to its packaging fee law, on the grounds that it violates Article 90 of the EC Treaty which prohibits any internal taxation that discriminates against imported goods and protects domestic products. The Commission has said that discrimination must be avoided both in law (potential impact) as well as in actual practice.
Read ArticleJura combatting counterfeiting
Nowadays consumers are overextended in their purchase decision because of the manifold range of goods and the resemblance of the products. On this account the packaging itself becomes a more and more important information carrier. The packaging has to communicate tenors and has to create customer expectations like authenticity, distinctiveness, uniqueness, reliability and security.
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