Hungarian company expands its construction manufacturing capacity in Vas county

Rabacsa Metalltechnik, a metalworking company based in Szentgotthárd, Hungary, has improved its production capacity with more than HUF 406 million in EU funding Kft.

Balázs Racker, Managing Director, said that thanks to the GINOP Plus tender, the development implemented as part of the Széchenyi Plan Plus programme

• expanded their production halls by three thousand square metres,
• and laser welding machines and grinding machines,
• and modern measuring instruments.

He added:

with the acquisition of a laser welding machine, the entire production process has been automated; with the installation of new machines and the construction of a new factory hall, they aim to meet increased export demands by expanding their production capacity.

They manufacture components, tubes, metal structures

According to the managing director, Rabacsa Kft. was founded as a family business in 1998, and in 2018 they bought a more than ten-hectare site in Szentgotthárd, where they built their plant and started production in a year.

At the Szentgotthárd plant, they produce custom-made sheet metal, tubes and complex components by metalworking, while their plant in Untersölnice manufactures custom wrought iron, stainless steel, aluminium and Corten steel products and metal structures for the construction industry.

Construction work continues

Balázs Racker also said that plans include expanding the capacity of our machining department, purchasing more modern measuring and inspection equipment, building a new automated surface treatment shop, and installing a 1.2 megawatt (MW) solar panel system on the roof of the plant that also has 2.4 megawatts of battery storage capacity.

Rabacsa Metalltechnik Kft. employs 82 people and sells its products to the construction, metal, furniture, renewable energy, pharmaceutical, medical machinery and equipment, road automotive and railway industries. According to the company, Rabacsa Kft. achieved a turnover of HUF 2 billion in 2023, with a profit after tax of HUF 62.2 million. This year, sales of 2.8 billion forints and after-tax profit of 500 million forints are planned.