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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.82 - Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 February 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Hungarian-owned Happy Chocolates, a manufacturer of confectionary, has announced the hiring of 100 new employees at its newly developed "sweets" industrial park in Úri.
The investment, which includes a production hall, office buildings, an incubation house for research activities and a logistics base, was realized with EU support. From mid-2012 onwards, the company is expected to produce 50 tons of high quality chocolate. After one successful year of operation the company predicts almost HUF one billion (EUR 1 million) income for 2012.
Sources
14 February 2012: Trade Magazin
14 February 2012: HR Portal
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Happy Chocolates, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 73100, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73100.
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