The investment, which will create 50 highly qualified jobs, is supported by a HUF 425 million government grant, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at the announcement ceremony.

The base will provide logistics support to the BMW Group’s European plants and will be in charge of the development of global accounting and customs processes, he said.

BMW inaugurated its plant in Debrecen in September.

The number of service centres has doubled in Hungary since 2019, Szijjártó noted.

Staff numbers at those centers have risen from 55,000 to 120,000, he added.