BÉT50 companies - 2021
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World leader in ceramics production – Kerox Kft.
The success story of Kerox Kft. began more than 30 years ago. The small family business manufacturing ceramics specialises in the production of ceramic-insert faucet control components, or cartridges, which first conquered the German and then the Italian market. Today, they are present in more than 40 countries around the world, and they have also made inroads into the Chinese market, with 25 million cartridges a year coming out of their fully automated factory, which opened in 2015. Every fourth faucet sold in the world contains a Kerox cartridge.
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From DIY wallpaper trim to outstanding monuments – LAKI Épületszobrász Zrt.
He started out with home-made plaster ornaments, and by the 1980s Péter Laki had already become a successful building sculptor. A market-oriented company from the very beginning, it has continued to develop well after the political changes in 1989- 1990, and today it is involved in iconic projects such as the complete renovation of the Academy of Music and the Pesti Vigadó, the reconstruction of the complex consisting of the Hungarian Royal Stables, the Csikós Courtyard and the Főőrség Building in Buda Castle and the ongoing renovation of the Hungarian State Opera House.
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30 years of experience in business management systems – Libra Group
LIBRA’s three decades of history and its name are a guarantee of quality and now also of full service: in the last four years, Libra Szoftver Zrt., with a turnover of HUF 1.5 billion and 60 employees, has grown into a group of four companies, 170 employees, a HUF 3.5 billion turnover and almost HUF 1 billion profit, providing a unique full service in the ERP systems market.
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Packing gas: small doses, but in large quantities – LISS Zrt.
The Répcelak-based LISS Zrt., a manufacturer and distributor of gas-filled chargers, has increased its sales revenue more than sevenfold in a decade. Despite the “extinction” of the well-known siphon chargers, the Hungarian mid-sized company is now one of the three largest charger manufacturers in the world, with exports accounting for 95% of its sales revenue of over HUF 15 billion. The company mainly supplies products to the food, hospitality, sports air weapons, healthcare and construction industries.
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Quality and outstanding expertise – MasterClean
Founded in 2003, the MasterClean group of companies, which is active in cleaning, technical maintenance, green surface maintenance and quality control, last year already exceeded HUF 2 billion in sales revenue. According to CEO Balázs Nagy, their success is based on persistent hard work and flexible solution-oriented customer management, which has earned the company a market reputation over the long term, giving them an edge over larger competitors.
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From game meat to goose thighs cooked sous-vide – Matusz-Vad Zrt.
It started as a one-man business and became a large company. Today, it can serve ingredients to everyone from cafeterias to top restaurants, and has innovations such as frozen baked goods, without which life would be unthinkable nowadays.
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Quiet construction with long-standing and new partners – Meta-Vulk Kft.
After graduating from university with a degree in industrial organisation, Bors Csikós started working as an apprentice, a kind of “all-rounder”, at Meta-Vulk Kft, founded by his father and his partner in 1994. Started with just a telefax machine, the trading company now supplies industrial rubber products to many countries around the world, in sectors including automotive, household and heavy industry, machinery and construction, aerospace and defence, aviation, marine, road and rail transport and mining.
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The customer really is king here – MST Engineering Kft.
“Now there’s a problem”: Mónika Nagy, the manager and one of the owners of MST Engineering Kft., still remembers verbatim how she reacted to the first order book of HUF 1 million, and how she said exactly the same thing when the billion-forint milestone was reached. Along with the joy of success, even in this joyful moment, there was the responsibility to produce it well, using the amount of money they had contracted for, and to deliver it on time.
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Energy-IT market segment – Navitasoft Zrt.
Navitasoft has delivered IT systems to many foreign markets, from Switzerland to Ukraine and Estonia. Among other things, the energy IT company stands out from the competition with its wide range of products.
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Small but strong Hungarian player in the medical instrument market – Norma Instruments Zrt.
The company, which manufactures medical instruments unique in the global market, has always been strong in innovation. They have now also boosted production management and quality assurance.