This is how the government helps Hungarian companies expand abroad

The government continues to support the expansion of Hungarian companies abroad, as a means to boost economic cooperation with neighbouring countries, Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said in Miercurea Ciuc (Csíkszereda), in central Romania, on Friday.

Szijjártó spoke at the cornerstone-laying ceremony of a new plant and office complex of water industry company CONTROLSOFT-AUTOMATIKA. The 486 million forint (EUR 1.3m) investment is supported by a 290 million forint government grant, and will create 45 new jobs, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

The new facility will highlight the success of the government’s strategy to support Hungarian companies’ investments abroad, he said. So far,

52 companies have received government support totalling at 73 billion forints, which has fostered 144 billion forints’ worth of investments,

he said. As far as Hungarian investors in Romania are concerned, the government has supported 15 companies with 25 billion forints to carry out projects worth 60 billion forints, he said.

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