Bosch establishes regional service centre in Miskolc, Hungary
Staff Writer |
Robert Bosch Power Tool in Miskolc, Hungary has been supplemented by a regional service centre, making it the largest manufacturer of power tools in Europe and the largest unit in the Bosch Group.
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The total cost of the project is 1.6 billion forints (EUR 5.2 M), towards which the Government is providing 358 million forints in non-returnable funding.
According to the agreement concluded between the company and the Government, Bosch will be creating 2015 new jobs in Miskolc.
Bosch is giving Hungary a central role in its R&D strategy in view of the fact that the company spent 47 billion forints (EUR 154 M) on research and development in Hungary last year, an increase of 26 percent compared to the previous year.
Managing Director of Robert Bosch Power Tool László Fükő told reporters: "The regional service centre began operations last autumn, supplementing the R&D and productions activities of the power tool manufacturing plant in Miskolc.
"The centre is involved in sorting and shipping the products manufactured in Miskolc and the company’s other facilities, in addition to procuring and storing batteries and packaging materials."
The Managing Director also said that the agreement between the company and the Government had now been concluded and that the company wold be spending part of the state funding on wages. The project has thus been successfully completed.
According to Mr. Fükő, the funding is a recognition of Bosch’s job-creation capacity and commitment to the region of Northern Hungary, adding it was a success that the company had successfully employed 260 people instead of the 205 included in the original plan. ■
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