Type
Business expansion
Country
Hungary
Region
Dunantul; Kozep-Dunantul; Komarom-Esztergom
Location of affected unit(s)
Komárom
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29 - Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers

300 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
10 October 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

BYD, a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, is planning to build an electric bus factory in Komarom with a EUR 20 million investment, creating 300 jobs. The project is supported by the Hungarian government with HUF 925 million (EUR 3 million). The Hungarian plant will begin production in the first quarter of 2017.  According to BYD Europe's managing director, Hungary has a "central location and long-standing tradition of engineering excellence and bus manufacture", these are the reasons why BYD chose Hungary to invest.

 

 


Sources

  • 10 October 2016: Hirado.hu
  • 10 October 2016: Portfolio.hu
  • 11 October 2016: China Daily

Citation

Eurofound (2016), BYD, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 88890, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88890.