Rubik’s Cube manufacturing returns to Hungary with automated line
The facility in Jászberény is expected to make up to one million cubes annually, with robots handling assembly and testing.
An automated production line for Rubik’s Cubes has opened in Jászberény, bringing manufacturing back to Hungary more than 50 years after the puzzle’s invention. Ernő Rubik, its 82-year-old creator, unveiled the facility.
Robotic arms will assemble the puzzles and test them. The line’s expected annual output is up to one million cubes.
Rubik developed the puzzle in 1974 while he was teaching design in Budapest. His original three-dimensional version consisted of 27 blocks made of wood.
The puzzle reached Hungarian shops in 1977 under the name Magic Cube. It later gained a worldwide following, selling around 200 million during its initial boom between 1980 and 1983.
