Why Borsod-Aba

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WhyBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County ?
General information for potential foreign
investors
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Located in the geometrical center of Europe.
Hungary
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Access to all EU and non-EU markets.
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Public Administrative Division
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Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County

• Area 7 247 km2
• Population 725 780 (2006)
• No. of settlements 357
• Capital city Miskolc (population 181 565)

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Main Economical Data
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• GDP per capita (2004)
  1 365 150 HUF
• ( 5 460.6 EUR)
• GDP at market prices PPS per inhabitant 9
  221.5
• PPSPurchasing Power Standard (2004)
• Average gross wage per month 142 392 HUF
• (2006)
  ( 570 EUR)
• Minimum gross wage per month 65
  500 HUF
• (2007) ( 262
  EUR)
• Number of employed (2006) 238 300
• Unemployment rate (ILO 2006)
  12.0

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Comparison of GDP at market prices(PPS per
inhabitant 2004)
PPS Purchasing Power Standard
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Percentage of Different Forms of Enterprises
(2006)
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Division of Organizations According to Economic
Branches (2002)
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Number of Employees According to Economic
Branches (2002)
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Value of Industrial Production
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European Union support and national co-financing
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Transportation Infrastructure
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Development of Expressway Road Systems
2003 - 2006
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Main Road Infrastructure
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Access by Road

• 180 kilometers between downtown Budapest and
  downtown Miskolc.
• Duration of travel is approximately 1 hour 45
  minutes on the M3, M30 expressway.

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Access by Railroad

• 185 kilometers between Budapest Keleti (East)
  Railroad Station and Miskolc Tiszai Railroad
  Station.
• Duration of travel is 1 hour 52 minutes by
  comfortable InterCity service with 1st and 2nd
  class coaches.

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Kosice International Airport

• The airport is located 80 kilometers North of
  Miskolc on the M30 highway.
• The airport is capable of serving small
  business aircrafts to Boeing 767 or Airbus 300.
  

Debrecen Regional Airport
The airport is located 100 kilometers East of
Miskolc on the M3 expressway and M35 highway.
The airport is capable of serving small
business aircrafts to Boeing 737 or Airbus 310,
Airbus 320.
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Miskolc Sport Airport

• A small sports airport located North of
  Miskolc with a grass runway.
• Can of receive small airplanes capable of
  landing on grass and helicopters.

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INDUSTRIAL PARKS
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Sátoraljaújhely
Kazincbarcika
Tiszaújváros
Ózd
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Diosgyor
Miskolc-Alsózsolca
Sajóbábony
and .. Encs, Mezokövesd, Szerencs, Szikszó,
besides other available sites.
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Higher EducationResearch and Development
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Miskolc University

• 85 hectare university campus
• 15 000 students, 800 lecturers, 1 200 other staff
• Faculties
• Economics, Law, Fine-Arts, Earth Science,
• Materials and Metallurgical Engineering,
• Mechanical Engineering (and Electrical
  Engineering Mechatronics),
• - Comenius Teacher Training College
• - Institute of Health-care Studies
• - Bartók Béla Institute of Music
• Research Institute of Applied Chemistry

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Main Technical, Economical and Judicial Research
Activities of Miskolc University

• Material sciences
• Geotechnical systems and (solid and fluid)
  mineral production, applied (engineering)
  geology, utilisation of natural resources
• Mechanical, electrical and information sciences
• Basic mechanics, research of solid and fluid
  continua, mechatronics
• Design of machines and structures, production
  processes and technologies
• Mechanical, logistics and information systems
• Research in electrical systems and industrial
  automation
• Environment protection
• High temperature technologies, metallurgy
• European Union issues legal harmonisation,
  economic and political integration, history of
  the common institutions
• The development of the Hungarian state, the legal
  system and law with special regard to the
  development tendencies in European law
• Theory and practice of entrepreneurship,
  management

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Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research
Institute of Logistics and Production Engineering

• Main R D activities
• - information technology,
• structural integrity,
• recycling and logistics,
• abrasive waterjet cutting,
• intelligent transport-vehicle systems,
• Nanotechnology Research Center to be in operation
  in cooperation with the Federation of Russia in
  2006.

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TOURISM
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TOURISMChange of Total Guest-nights
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Guest-nights in -age of Total Foreign (2004)
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Why Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County?

• because of the political and legislative
  stability
• - Hungarys membership of the European Union
  and of the NATO guarantees a long-term political
  stability, economical growth,
• - regulations regarding to investment
  incentives are in harmony with EU legislation,
  constant and foreseeable.
• because of the cost factor
• - available low-cost industrial sites supplied
  with necessary infrastructure,
• - available good quality, inexpensive
  transportation infrastucture highway, railroad,
  access to airports,

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• - average salaries are far lower than those in
  Western European countries and in other parts of
  Hungary,
• - the 16 company tax is one of the lowest
  within the European Union and can be reduced by
  different tax incentives,
• - different forms of central-, regional- and
  local tax benefits, direct incentives for
  investments and special incentive packages for
  large investments.
• because of the market factor
• - direct, custom-free access to a single market
  of more than 450 million people,
• - the Countys geographical location provides
  easy access to the growing Russian and Ukrainian
  markets,
• - existing SMEs provide a good quality
  production background.

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• because of the competence factor
• - Miskolc University and secondary level
  educational institutes provide a well-trained,
  value-added workforce,
• - R D activities provide a growing background
  for production and innovation.
• because many foreign companies found it
  worthwhile, for example
• Bosch (DE), General Electric (US), AES Corp.
  (US), Sanmina Enclosure Systems (US), Jabil
  Circuits (US), Columbian Chemicals (US), AKZO
  Nobel (NL), Groupe Air Liquide (FR), Groupe
  SNPE (FR), Interbrew (BE), Nestlé (CH), Shinwa
  (JP), Jiangsu Standard Parts Factory (CN),
• just to mention a few.

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• and last but not least,
• because of the beauties and values of the
  County,
• such as ..

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Tokaj Wine RegionHeritage of the World
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Bükk National Park
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Aggtelek National ParkHeritage of the World
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The Tisza River

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Miskolc

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JÓSVAFO
SÁROSPATAK
MISKOLC
TISZAÚJVÁROS
BOGÁCS
THERMAL SPAS MEDICINAL CAVES in
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
MEZOKÖVESD
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Thank you for your attention.
Prepared by Frank Varga, senior counselor of
foreign affairs, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen County
Government Sources Hungary Central Statistics
Office http//portal.ksh.hu/portal/page?_pageid
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p//epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/portal/page?_pageid0,
1136173,0_45570701_dadportal_schemaPORTAL Euro
stat Yearbook 2005 page 142
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Sources Hungary Central Statistics Office
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