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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