Automotive is being transformed in direction CASE (connected, autonomous, shared, electric), and the pressure has never been higher on stakeholders to adapt. The emergence of Chinese newcomers poses an extra challenge for Europe. Against this backdrop, executives have a super-tough job to steer their companies in uncharted waters.

We asked dr. Róbert Keszte Head of Country Hungary and Head of Operations Business Area Architecture & Networking Continental AG   whether there’s a way out of this maze.

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- what European stakeholders have got to learn from Chinese competitors,

- whether supply chain disruptions will become rarer due to the fact that EVs need less parts,

- what causes the recent EV fatigue,

- to what extent foreign workers are needed to keep up growth,

- whether procurement officers can sit back and relax in the post-covid era

Jörg Bergmann, VP of Operations explained further why tech development won’t cut the need for manpower, how they managed to complete their investment project from site selection to plant opening within just one year, and why he believes HIPA’s support is just extraordinary.

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- in what way HIPA’s support is extraordinary compared to its counterparts

- whether Knapp is planning to make human-shaped robots anytime soon, the kind that Amazon

- how a company like Knapp can benefit from mega trend automation, and

- whether Mr. Bergmann would do the whole project all over again if he had to

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The recent economic challenges from the energy crisis to inflation to recession have taken a toll on the wood panel industry that is further under constant pressure to comply with sustainability requirements. Swiss Krono, a leading producer of laminate flooring and wood-based panels led by example when it tackled those issues head-on. CEO Martin Brettenthaler, who has left the firm

The game is on when it comes to the global battery race. We picked the brain of top-notch experts to put the trends into perspective and find out about the latest in the industry. We also explored potential environmental concerns and the perspectives of riding the R&D wave that holds the promise of benefiting from high value-added activities.

We asked renowned experts from Europe, the US

·       Ágnes Szunomár, Head of Institute of

·       Dr. Robert

·       Bob Galyen, Chairman of the SAE

·       Péter Kaderják, Managing Director of

·      Thore Sekkenes, European Battery Alliance

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Many people don’t know the birthplace of digital pathology is Budapest, and a thriving local ecosystem has now paved the way for a new Pathology Innovation Incubator that is meant to take AI-driven cancer diagnostics to the next level. We asked the CEOs of the two global leaders that teamed up for the effort, Mr. Steven Lynum of Epredia

Our guests also reflected on

- the chances that waiting times in Hungary could be cut because these efforts take

- what challenges scientists face when using AI to support cancer diagnostics

- staying competitive with emerging companies

- what might be possible if infinite funds were available for cancer research

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- why quality of life is gaining on significance when it comes to BSC site selection    

IT expert John Ford is someone living and breathing software development in Hungary, and as such he is the right person to elaborate how the country’s economic and FDI landscape has evolved in the past one and half decades. Because of his profession, John is also a master of productivity, so we asked him what needs to be done to improve that key indicator on the macro level.

One thing is for sure in that regard, though: he doesn’t believe in Elon Musk’s ‘demon mode’-type leadership as he rather relies on the power of encouragement.

John also reflected on

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Site selection is a long process, it is not just about finding the location, but looking at all business factors that make

Our guest on the show was Ms. Didi Caldwell, a senior principal and partner of Global Location Strategies and a prominent member of The Site Selectors Guild.

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The Hungarian Business Services sector is known

We asked Veronika Spanarova, Managing Director and Country Head for Hungary at Citi to share her thoughts on the topic who, in her capacity as Board Member-at-Large of AmCham Hungary, also elaborated on how AmCham can contribute to the competitiveness of the country.

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Under his Hones Food concept CEO and co-founder of Kometa, Giacomo Pedranzini strives to strike a balance between mass production, high quality and affordable prices with the aim to provide healthy meat products for the largest possible number of people.

In this episode, the Italian executive, who received the “Expat CEO of the Year Award” in 2022 and has been living in Hungary for early three decades, shares his vision about what it takes to drastically cut working hours at his company and how that valuable extra free time should be used, why Hungary’s response to the energy crisis was wise, and why higher food prices are not necessarily that bad after all.

Read the summary of the podcast at hipa.hu, and don’t forget to follow and rate the show. Any comments? Send us a message to [email protected].

Check out also our brand-new editorial content, HIPA Stories that showcases exciting tales of the local investor community in the form of in-depth reports. All articles are available at hipa.hu.