Jaguar Land Rover has announced that it will open a new technical engineering office in Budapest.
The British car manufacturer confirmed that it will open the office to allow for close collaboration with suppliers in central and Eastern Europe.
The firm said engineers in Budapest will work with staff in Britain and elsewhere when the office opens in 2019, creating 100 new jobs.
"The team in Budapest will complement the suppliers and supplier technical assistance that we already partner with in the region, as well as our teams in the UK," said Nick Rogers, JLR's Executive Director of Product Engineering.
Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, welcomed the announcement.
"The decision of the UK’s largest automotive manufacturer to open a technical engineering office in Budapest reaffirms our foreign direct investment strategy and in particular our specific focus on high quality automotive-related growth," he said.