The Infineon Technologies Group’s new main building in Cegléd has been inaugurated; the Government contributed to the investment with 1.2 billion forints (EUR 3.7 million) in nonreturnable funding.
At the official opening on Monday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told reporters that 553 new workplaces were being created thanks to the 17 billion forint (EUR 52.6 million) investment.
The Minister stressed that the company is an important link in the transition to electromobility. “It is important for enterprises involved in this technology to bring their investments, research & development activities or production to Hungary’, Mr. Szijjártó said.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade also spoke about the fact that Cegléd’s infrastructure and logistics situation will be improving in view of the fact that from autumn 2019 it will be connected to the capital by a dual carriageway.
Member of the Board of Infineon Technologies Jochen Hanebeck said the semiconductors manufactured by the company play a very important role in the production of electric cars, self-driven vehicles, solar panels and wind power stations, but are also important within the field of data security, and accordingly their products must be extremely reliable.
Mayor of Cegléd László Takáts stressed that the products manufactured by the company represent an outstanding level of quality, and are helping the Hungarian economy move into a new dimension in which the number of jobs is less important than their level of technology.
Infineon Technologies is a market leading international company within several fields relating to the development and production of industrially applied semiconductors, and together with its subsidiaries employs some 37,500 people worldwide.
(Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister/MTI)
