South-Plain Regional Development Agency - DARFU
Key Competitive Attractions
The Southern Great Plain region borders Serbia, Montenegro, Romania and the River Danube, providing excellent connections into the rest of Europe, and great opportunities for cross-border activities.
Key Attractions:
- Thirty-two industrial parks, offering various investor services
- Two enterprise zones
- Ideal environment for agricultural activity, thanks to five large rivers, flood plains, dams, lakes, diverse natural resources.
- Strong service sector, accounting for 60% of the region’s economic output.
- Thriving tourism industry with potential for development, thanks to pre-historic heritage, spa waters, rare birds, and cultural cuisine.
- Two public ports: one on the Danube at Baja, the other on the River Tisza at Szeged.
- Potential to become Central Europe’s favoured freight transport option, with increased use of the Danube-Main-Rhine canal, which connects the North Sea and the Black Sea.
- Emerging software and biotechnology clusters
Key Institutions:
- The University of Szeged
- The Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- The Grain Production Research Institute
- The Bay Zoltan Biotechnology Institute
- The Research Institute of Fishing and Irrigation
- The Centre for Regional Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- The College of Kecskemet, (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Automation)
Foreign Companies:
- Phoenix-Mecano
- Knorr-Bremse
- Masterfoods
- Contitech Rubber
- Hunguard
- Linamar
- Tondach
- Henkel
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