Hungarian mineral water and soft drink bottler Szentkirályi Magyarország laid the cornerstone of a 956 million forint (EUR 2.7m) warehouse at its base in Szentkirály, in southeast Hungary, on Wednesday.
Szentkirályi won a 335 million forint state grant for the investment on the condition it maintain headcount of 492, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at the ceremony.
The minister noted that per capita mineral water consumption in Hungary has more than doubled over the past two decades.
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