"Hungary orders complete shutdown of Chinese battery supplier’s Debrecen factory"

Hungarian authorities have ordered the immediate suspension of all activities at the Debrecen plant of [...]

Semcorp [...] citing serious fire safety deficiencies that they say pose a risk to people and property.

The Hajdú-Bihar County Government Office also imposed a [...] fire safety fine on the company. [...] Officials reported several serious shortcomings [...] including [...] a non-functioning pump required to operate the fixed fire suppression system.

The authority concluded that these deficiencies meant the safety of people and property could not be guaranteed. The decision comes [...] after the environmental authority suspended [...] production [...] following the discovery of severe groundwater contamination