The Emerging Europe region remains a thriving component manufacturing hub for the whole European region in our Q318 autos investment round-up, reflected in the fact that four out of the five investments in this quarter's investment round-up are aimed at constructing facilities to produce automotive components. BMW's plan to build a new car manufacturing facility in Hungary, which will be capable of producing electrified models of the German automaker's cars, highlights how the country's automotive industry is moving up the value chain.

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