CeBIT fair – Government aims to turn Hungary into ‘ideal’ place for R and D, says foreign minister – UPDATE

Hannover, March 20 (MTI) – Hungary has so far proven to be an ideal place for production, now it has to become an ideal place for research and development, the foreign minister said in Hannover, visiting the international CeBIT fair, on Monday.

Technological transformation has triggered a turnaround in the global economy in which the conditions of competitiveness have overall changed. In this new era the success of a national economy hinges on how effectively production is combined with digital development, Péter Szijjártó said.

The government has already taken steps to achieve that goal, including measures to facilitate a “switchover to a digital economy”, he said at the Hungarian stand.

Due to these efforts, “flagship businesses of that switchover” keep expanding their innovation capacities in Hungary, Szijjártó said.

UPDATE

Hungary opened its biggest ever national stand at the CeBIT technology fair, with twenty-one companies showing at the 400sqm stand. They include consumer advice application maker AISS Technologies, security printing company ANY Biztonsagi Nyomda, self-driving car test track operator Autoipari Probapalya Zala, digital storyteller BOOKR Kids, automated brewer maker Brewie, 3D printing and software developer Craftunique, enterprise analysis company Dat-Cor, cashless payment company Festipay, interview app maker Indivizo, mobile mapping company InterMap, digital vehicle management company Konetik, device designer Maform, mechanical and digital design company MechatroMotive, remote monitoring device maker MOHAnet Mobilsystems, IT consultant Mortoff, national infocommunications service provider NISZ, digital publishing platform maker PublishDrive, enterprise mobile application maker Scolvo, software maker SOFTIC, business-consumer communication facilitator Talk-a-Bot, and website and application designer Webapix.