Pleven-based glass factory losing millions of EUR because the energy crisis

As a result of the energy crisis the glass production factory Rubin JSC in Pleven is losing millions of EUR. The executive director Pancho Panchev pointed out that the huge losses are a result of forfeits on client contracts.

Currently the company operates at a critical minimum. The machines have stopped working, so that the expenditure of gas is reduced to a minimum. Only the furnaces are being supported. The consumption of gas has been reduced by 1000 cubic meters per hour, which is about 2800-2900 cubic meters of gas. For the sake of comparison - during a normal work process about 3600-3900 cubic meters per hour are being used, Panchov specified.

The production process in Rubin is totally dependent on gas, because there is no opportunity for using alternative energy resources.