2023-04-17 14:56:18
Five months that the oven had not turned and had been “put on standby”. The Duralex company is relaunching its production on Monday in La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin (Loiret), which had been interrupted in November due to the rise in energy prices, electricity and gas in particular. “The energy bill has gone from 3 million euros to 13 million euros”, or 46% of turnover, explained the CEO of the company, José Luis LLacuna.
Guest of RTL, this Monday morning, he was cautious about the state of the recovery: “Today we resume industrial activity, we turn on the oven. But the uncertainty that generated this decision 5 months ago is still there. Energy prices have stabilized, but are still higher than 2021 prices.” All energy-related charges have now been settled, said José Luis LLacuna.
“From day one the state has supported us, not only with partial unemployment, but also with a loan of 15 million euros that we obtained in January,” he added.
Stock that avoided the shortage
“We had stock before, so customers were able to buy our products without any problem,” said the CEO. However, one of the brand’s flagship lenses is now out of stock, like “forty references”.
In total, “250 employees put on partial unemployment for 5 months, it is still difficult to live with”, recognized José Luis LLacuna, stressing that the employees had been “paid at 95% of their net” during this period. They are this morning “all at the rendezvous” for the resumption of activity at the factory in La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin (Loiret).
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