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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.22 - Manufacture of plastic packing goods
104 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 November 2018
Employment effect (start)
15 November 2018
Foreseen end date
30 June 2019
Description
Nordfilm Packaging, a Hungary-based packaging producer, officially inaugurated its production unit in Hatvan, North-Hungary, on 15 November 2018. The plant will employ 104 new workers, producing flexible packaging material. The facility includes a laboratory as well, and it is equipped with state-of-the-art technology. The investment cost was HUF 3 billion (€9 million); the state contributed with HUF 1.3 billion (€4 million) under its large enterprise investment support programme.
Nordfilm Packaging was founded in 2016, the newly built plant is its first production facility. The firm targets both the Hungarian and the European market, supplying firms operating in various fields, such as food products and beverages, pet food, beauty products, household products.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Nordfilm Packaging, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 95835, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95835.
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