Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency

Part of the Chinese JIECANG Group, J-STAR MOTION offers intelligent motion and control solutions worldwide for smart office environments, healthcare systems, smart homes, and industrial automation. The furniture component and hydraulic system manufacturer already operates production sites in Malaysia and the United States, and following the launch of its latest investment, now also in Hungary.

The manufacturing base in Kaposvár, integrated with a logistics center, will create 200 new jobs. With the EUR 60 million greenfield investment, the site in the county seat of Somogy will produce the group’s linear hydraulic systems, which are primarily used in furniture manufacturing and medical applications. The modern facility includes automated assembly lines, a metal processing module, and powder coating systems, while the European distribution and logistics center has also been equipped with automated warehousing solutions.

The new plant’s annual production capacity will reach 650,000 units, which will primarily be shipped from Kaposvár to Germany, the Czech Republic, and neighboring European markets.