Swiss Nestlé announced expansion in Hungary

Swiss-owned Nestlé Hungária is investing 55 billion forints (EUR 141.3m) to expand its pet food facility in Bük, in western Hungary, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said on Friday, adding that the investment will create 130 jobs.

The new unit will contain two manufacturing lines, enabling the plant to double its production to 500,000 tonnes of Purina feed a year from 2025. Fully 85 percent of the product will be exported, Péter Szijjártó said.

Meanwhile, the government is supporting the investment by financing infrastructure development in the region, revamping roads and water-pipe networks in the area, he added.

The project is part of Nestlé Hungária’s five-year development period between 2020 and 2025, when the company plans to invest a total of 300 billion forints, creating 600 jobs in the process, Szijjártó added.

Noting that Nestlé operates 344 plants in 77 countries in the world, Szijjártó praised the company’s readiness to train its employees in using cutting-edge technology. Hungary’s government has supported such training programmes with a 193 million forint grant, he said.