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Manufacturing (24 - 25) Manufacture of metals 25.9 - Manufacture of other fabricated metal products 25.92 - Manufacture of light metal packaging
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 August 2024
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
Benepack Hungary, the Hungarian subsidiary of the food processing company COFCO, based in of Hong Kong, is currently building a packaging plant in Makó. The plant reached 70% completion. Test production is expected to start in December, while actual production may begin in January 2025. The investment will create 120 new jobs.
The production site will be capable of producing up to one billion aluminium cans per year – the prospective customers are beer and soft drink producers.
Eurofound (2024), Benepack Hungary, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 201594, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/201594.