High electricity costs force glass mills and paper mills to stop production
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Glass mills depend on furnaces that require continuous energy supply, making them sensitive to fluctuating electricity prices.
For a glass mill, electricity is a crucial part of the business. The ovens require a lot of energy and cannot be easily turned off and on depending on how electricity prices fluctuate.
When the electricity costs became too high, Bergdala Glashytta saw no other way out than to pause operations for three days.
- It is cheaper to keep production down than to let the staff work at the ovens, says Roger Johansson, CEO.
Now Roger Johansson wants to see a change and directs criticism at the politicians for how the situation looks for Swedish companies.
Want to see fixed price for electricity
He believes that there must be better conditions for companies to conduct business in Sweden, even when electricity prices rise.
- We must get a fixed price for electricity so that the rules of the game are the same for the whole country, he says.
Lessebo Paper has also been affected by the high electricity prices. The paper mill has been forced to pause production as a result of the high electricity costs.

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