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On the 14th May AutoSEE has two exlusive site visits to the Videoton Plant and the Knorr Bremse Plant | |
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Videoton plant visit: 14th May - AM
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Videoton is the largest indigenous Eastern European Company in the automotive
industry. Videoton is managed by two Hungarian individuals - Otto Sinkó and Peter Lakatos. They acquired the company 20 years ago during the Hungarian political system changes; since then the management and ownership structure is unchanged.. The company, headquartered in Székesfehérvár (Hungary), has nine locations in Hungary, one in Bulgaria (Stara Zagora) and one in Ukraine (Mukachevo). Videoton is the 4th most significant Electronic Manufacturing Service  Provider and 26th largest globally at the same time. The company group employs 8,000 people and the Hungarian factories have hired 300 new employees over 2011/ Videoton aims for organic growth and has realised this by achieving successive record revenues in 2010 (€326 million) and 2011 (over €350 million). The automotive assembly is one of the most important and fastest growing segments within the Videoton Group. Partners include leading automotive suppliers as Bosch and Continental, who see Videoton as one of their key suppliers in the region. Videoton is valued by them as it is able to conduct complex tasks while the vertical integration within Videoton is a real advantage since several Videoton subsidiary companies are able to assist with the complex tasks. In addition, Videoton profits from its high level of versatility. A growing number of customers use Videoton as a trouble shooter, for emergency takeover of work from suppliers not able to operate any more due to natural disasters (bear in mind the consequences of the tsunami in Japan and floods in Thailand for the global automotive industry) or to replace suppliers hit by financial bankruptcy. During the plant visit we will visit the Electronics plant and Injection Moulding plant. Use this unique opportunity to benchmark and to see this Hungarian success-story with your own eyes. Ask your questions to senior management and learn more about Videoton’s quality requirements and remarkable successful production processes. On top of that, find out how the plant chooses it suppliers and providers to become or remain a preferred supplier or provider. | |
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Knorr-Bremse plant visit: 14th May 2012 - PM | |
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Knorr-Bremse is the leading manufacturer of breaking systems for rail and commercial vehicles. It has two wholly owned subsidiaries in Hungary, a production site in Kecskemét and a Research and Development Centre in Budapest. We will visit the main production site in Kecskemét. This production site employs 680 people, who are manufacturing internationally competitive high tech products including pneumatic and electronic brake controls and air supply systems. The production site in Kecskemét has been the target of a 5-billion-forint ($22.4 million) expansion with a subsidy of 1.4 billion forints ($6.27 million) from the Hungarian government and the European Union, creating 110 additional jobs at the production site. According to the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor,, the expansion of the production site at Knorr-Bremse will not only propel Kecskemét in the second position as car-making hub in Hungary but will also help the country to “eventually join the club of the most important vehicle-making countries.” Exploit this opportunity to visit the fascinating production site of Knorr-Bremse in Kecskemét and benchmark with one of the leading T1-suppliers. Ask your questions to senior management, gain more insight in Knorr-Bremse production processes and quality requirements and discover how the plant chooses it suppliers and providers. | |
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