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Faced with the energy crisis, the famous Duralex glassworks, located in La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin, in Loiret, is shutting down its production for five months from Tuesday 1 November. In the village of 10,000 inhabitants, everyone is concerned.
At La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin (Loiret), Tuesday November, 1st is a special day : the famous glassworks Duralex shuts down its production line, suffocated by rising energy prices. In this village of 10,000 inhabitants, everyone is concerned. “It’s worrying, because it’s a big business in the municipality”explains one of them. The 250 employees on partial unemployment risk consuming less. The baker, Aziz Jraydiworries. “They will reduce their purchases of pastries, they will reduce their purchases even of bread“, he predicts.
Since Tuesday morning, the oven has been put on standby. Production is stopped. Ahmad Terristiteam leader at Duralexis therefore partially unemployed. Employed for 29 years in the company, he remains confident. Monday, October 31, leaving the factory, Jean-Marc Thomas, production operator at Duralexmade his calculations. According to him, partial unemployment represents a shortfall. “It will make me 100 euros less on my pay“, he explains. The company claims to have sufficient inventory to fulfill all of its orders by the time the recovery takes place.