Development and innovation in a difficult economic situation — that was the subject of our conversation with managing director Róbert Horváth. Since its foundation, Tolnatext Bt. has been engaged in the production of textile products; its current main profile is the manufacture of various types of technical textiles, which can be applied and used very widely.
The reinforcing fabrics we produce are used primarily in the construction industry, in thermal insulation systems, renders and masonry, but our products are also used by the mechanical engineering, automotive, rubber and chemical industries. On more than 120 production machines, our company produces around 50 million square metres of technical textiles, 90 per cent of which we manufacture for export — the glass, carbon and basalt fabrics made in Tolna reach every corner of the world.
Alongside continuous machine investments and technological developments, new types of raw materials — basalt, aramid and carbon fibre — are gaining increasing emphasis; products made from them provide excellent solutions in many areas of construction (earthquake protection, renovation of old buildings, ventilation systems, strengthening of bridge structures). Fabrics used in the manufacture of electric cars are also playing an increasingly important role.
Even at the outset of the fourth wave of the pandemic and in an uncertain economic environment, we look to the future with optimism: in October we launched the largest investment project in the history of Tolnatext Bt., planned over two years, with a total value of around two billion forint. The first element of the investment is the construction of a new, 3,500-square-metre production hall at the second site, which the Hungarian state is supporting with around 382 million forint under the Large Enterprise Investment Support programme.
Interview
10 October 2021