Debrecen4U
November 21, 2024
Representatives of 130 SMEs and 14 multinationals met at the Debrecen Suppliers Forum
Strengthening the market position of small and medium-sized enterprises was promoted at the Suppliers’ Forum on Tuesday. The city organised the event for the third time with the help of EDC Debrecen. More than 170 business representatives registered for the forum. During the afternoon, SMEs had the opportunity to have a short introductory discussion with representatives of 14 local multinational companies. The aim is to bring as many SMEs as possible into the corporate value chain.
The city has created a unique SME park for local small and medium-sized enterprises in Hungary. In the Southern Economic Zone, they can conduct their activities in an industrial environment where they can operate under the same conditions and conditions as multinational companies.
“For SMEs, it’s a very powerful help to be able to meet these suppliers and potential partners in person. It is very difficult to get access to such companies. The initial entry, to see a face is a very difficult step and this event will help you to take that step,” Managing owner of ADIX-Trade Ltd. Miklós László said.
In the morning, interested companies could listen to presentations on financing and resource generation, and in the afternoon they could present their businesses to representatives of 14 large local companies.
“There were always more and more large companies from Debrecen, and during the afternoon networkings the relationship with these companies also developed positively for Intramark Ltd. I can practically say that we have had some level of supplier relations with all of them in the last six months,” Managing Director of Intramark Ltd. Viktor Vántus said.
The event was organised by the city with the help of EDC Debrecen for the third time, this time at the Nagyerdei Stadium. More than 130 small and medium-sized enterprises, around 170 representatives of them, registered for the forum.
“In terms of attendees, we are twice as many as at the spring event. So there is a right to organise this twice a year. There is a clear demand from companies and thank God not only from the SME side, but also large companies are constantly coming to the event with great interest and are represented in the largest number compared to the previous ones,” Executive Director of EDC Debrecen Zoltán Pécskay highlighted.
Mayor László Papp said at the event that the most secure point in the city’s economy is its SMEs, which also provide its stability.
The Mayor stressed that the aim is to integrate as many small and medium-sized enterprises as possible into the value chain of large companies, because the Debrecen economy will be the engine of the Hungarian economy in the coming decades.
“Between 2014 and 2020 we helped this sector to access very significant GINOP funding. And now, when Debrecen is in a phase of economic rescaling, we need to create the opportunity for globally listed large industrial players and local Hungarian family businesses to meet. This is our most important task in the coming years,” László Papp said.
The SME sector accounts for almost half of Debrecen’s economic output and plays a significant role in employment.
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