Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Lexmark to employ 200 in Budapest

The US-based printing and imaging company Lexmark is opening a regional service centre in Budapest. The centre will handle financial, marketing and customer care services for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said Lexmark International Technology Hungaria managing director Emmanuel Jan.

The centre will employ 50 staff at the start, but another 150 hires will be made in the following year and a half.

The opening of the Lexmark competence centre in Hungary was supported by the European Union and ITD Hungary, the Hungarian Investment and Trade Development agency.

Source: hungaria.org

RechargEast's opinion:
Lexmark's interest to the Hungarian capital is probably due to the fact that Lexmark already owns land in Tatabanya, Hungary, where the U.S. company planned to build a printer plant. Until now there is no evidence that the plant is on operation. Still, it seems Lexmark is building a hub for its operations in Eastern and Central Europe in Hungary.

Key words: Lexmark, Hungary, regional center, Eastern Europe

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