Dunapack is expecting price cuts from the opening up of the electricity market, we were told by the company’s deputy CEO, Zoltán Szikla. He claimed that the present tariff system works against large consumers like Dunapack, which pay some 25 per cent more for power than large companies operating in Austria or Germany. The company’s electricity bill this year will top some 1.7 billion forints, the greatest consumption being in its paper making operations.

17 december, 2002  17:37

Thousand-year history

Undeniably the most popular games throughout history have been played with playing cards. With a thousand-year history, and six centuries of use in Europe, these little pieces of stiff paper merit particular attention, having much to tell about industrial development and changing tastes through the ages. They have also been a medium for painters to express their skill and imagination. Museums have been dedicated to collecting and researching playing cards throughout the world – in Paris, Altenburg, Vitoria, Turnhout and New Haven – as public collections or sponsored by casinos and card manufacturers.

17 december, 2002  17:36

The 10 penny price imposed on bags by shops has enriched the Irish treasury by 2.25 million pounds over five months. Even greater than this, however, is the benefit from reducing the mountains of waste bags – said the Irish Environment Minister to BBC Radio.

17 december, 2002  17:35

The enormous accumulated stocks of waste paper preclude any risk to supplies for the Dunaújváros works, said Péter Galli, Financial Director of Dunapack Ltd. Paper Division. Stocks also carry a price, and so recently the dynamic rise of waste paper collection has itself caused purchasing problems. Péter Galli said that the quotas defined for waste paper have already been surpassed by some ten per cent.

17 december, 2002  17:35

Corrugated board market looks forward to explosive capacity growth

By the end of 2005, capacity rises in the worldwide corrugated board market are set to a total of 6 M tonnes. At present, Asia is leading in the capacity growth: in the next two years, China alone plans growth of more than 3.8 M tonnes. There is no sign of a slowdown in China’s supercharged rate of growth. Nine Dragons, the Chinese paper company, wants to push up its capacity by another 2.5 million tonnes in the following years.

17 december, 2002  17:34

The public enquiry into the new establishment, lasted until 4 August, affording anybody the chance to speak against the plans. Only after the proceedings have concluded – probably next year – can the project commence, even the production of a detailed schedule and establishment of contacts with potential suppliers.

17 december, 2002  17:33

It was a chance meeting that brought Dunapack Ltd. into contact with the Hungarian Nature Photographers’ Association, founded in 1990. The Association was seeking a reliable, seriously-minded sponsor for the first stages of its competition. In 1993, they jointly founded the “Nature Photographer of the Year” competition. The initiative was an enormous success from the outset, attracting widespread recognition.

17 december, 2002  17:30

In the information century, companies´ e-business strategy carries a market value: "to be or not to be" in direct connection with partners. This implies a prime role for e-commerce, a facility of enormous potential for the highly demanding tasks now faced by purchasers.

Dunapack is a market leader in ...

13 november, 2002  00:16

The Company is continuing its expansion into East Europe. On 30 September 2002, we took possession of 98.08% of the shares in Plovdiv-based Rodinvest AD, which in turn holds 91.35% of the shares in Rodina AD, also registered in Plovdiv.

At the general meetings held on 30 September, the new owner made ...

13 november, 2002  00:11