Impossible mission for Duralex, the famous French glassmaker. Particularly energy consuming, the company can no longer cope with the increase in its energy costs.
Specifically, the machines will be stopped “for five months.” As a result, “250 people, or all, are partially unemployed.”
Stop production for 5 months.
The leader explains that “today manufacturers have a tariff shield called Arehn, but what we are asking for are mechanisms to avoid this gas-electricity nexus and curb this volatility.”
Let us remember that the Government has announced, for energy-intensive companies, to be in talks with the European Commission to review “from top to bottom” the aid that can amount to up to 50 million euros.
At BFMTV/RMC, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, the head of Medef believes that this device will not work. He asks the government to implement other measures to avoid production cuts or even bankruptcies.
Created in 1945 by Saint-Gobain, the glass factory on the outskirts of Orleans employs 250 people and in 2021 had a turnover of 23.4 million euros.
Source: BFM TV
