Rubik’s Cube Production Returns to Hungary

Rubik’s Cube production has returned to Hungary, where Ernő Rubik invented the puzzle in 1974, with a new automated line opened at Jász-Plasztik in Jászberény. Production moved abroad after demand outgrew what Hungary’s factories could supply; the new facility uses robots to assemble and test the cubes. Rubik signed the first cube made on the line, which is being reserved for a charity auction to raise money for equipment at a local hospital. The factory plans to produce about one million cubes annually, though that is a target rather than reported output.