Danish toy maker LEGO has inaugurated a HUF54bn (€140mn) capacity expansion at its Hungarian base, making the manufacturing base in northeastern Hungary its second-largest plant globally and the largest in Europe, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a ceremony on October 2.

The government provided HUF4.3bn grant to the company, which is the region’s largest employer with 4,300 workers. LEGO added 300 new jobs and plans to increase its workforce to 5,000 next year.

Production capacity rose by 30% as the factory’s size grew by 262,000 sqm, and the plant now covers the entire manufacturing process, he added. LEGO installed more than 1,000 injection-molding machines and 73 packaging lines.

The Danish group plans to reduce its reliance on fossil gas and to reduce CO2 emissions by 37% by 2032, compared to 2019 at a global level

The Danish company plans to swap natural gas for geothermal heating to cover its electricity needs, and the capacity of the solar parks will exceed 17 MWp by the end of 2026. The site currently has three solar parks which contain more than 24,000 solar panels. 

LEGO was recognised several times as one of the most attractive workplaces in Hungary.

The company reported a record HUF106bn in revenue last year, up from HUF92bn a year earlier. After-tax profit fell 9% to HUF2.4bn.

At the ceremony, Szijjarto said that bilateral trade between Hungary and Denmark rose to a new record and Hungarian exports to Denmark increased by 15% in 2025. In the past ten years, the government supported investments worth HUF230bn by seventeen Danish companies, creating 4,500 jobs, he added