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Flensburger Feldmühle has 300 years of business history. 3 generations of the Wittich household are related to the plant, which is now owned by Mitsubishi. The Japanese desire to withdraw.
It is difficult to get the Witti chs to sit at the table at the exact same time. Pascal was on the graveyard shift. Due to the fact that in the Flensburg paper mill, individuals work non-stop, even on weekends. The 33- year-old dad, who funds your home, is a proficient artisan who focuses on paper making. Like Rajmund Wittich’s dad, he continuously checks whether the devices are producing thermal paper in excellent quality and collaborates the procedures. In some cases she likewise works shifts with her sis Vanessa Wittich and after that is her supervisor. He likewise wishes to do his masters. He was assured an apprenticeship, he states. If anything will occur it has actually been unidentified for 3 months.
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Rajmund, Hubert, Pascal and Vanessa Wittich– 3 generations in the Flensburg paper mill
It was simply one A brief message, which Mitsubishi head office in Japan released on August 5: Due to the high expense circumstance, the business from Flensburg will withdraw at the end of the year. Ever since, little info has actually come out. With a In a public conference, his coworkers described their scenario. When asked by NDR, Mitsubishi just revealed that it means to offer the plant. Time is running out. In January, the makers stop, Vanessa, Pascal and Rajmund Wittich hesitate. More than 200 staff members are especially devoted to the plant– with a typical length of service of 17 years. This likewise leads to notification durations of a number of months. No cancellations have actually been published.
A great deal of modifications, however not a great deal of enigma
Rajmund Wittich’s dad, Hubert pertained to Flensburg from Poland in 1979 as part of a household reunion. He got a task at a factory, which at that time was understood to everybody as a “farm mill”. For health factors, he is now seriously limited. Vanessa Wittich is associated with the work council and applauds the excellent conditions. There have actually currently been numerous modifications of ownership, Rajmund remembers. The unpredictability has actually never ever been higher than it is now.
The financial scenario has actually enhanced considerably given that August
With the production of oil paper, Mitsubishi in Flensburg was black till2020 Bus tickets, parking invoices, performance tickets are printed worldwide on paper from Flensburg. Corona came, and gas rates went up. By the time the statement was available in August, it had actually peaked. Given that then, gas has actually ended up being more affordable once again, and the gas cost brake will quickly go into result. The Wittichs believe the factory can continue: “Why would somebody close a factory that remains in the black? We do not comprehend that.”
Paper changes plastic– a possibility for Flensburg?
Pascal Wittich states: “It has actually been clear for numerous years that thermal paper is a stopped item.” An option technique has actually currently been attempted in Flensburg: the so-called barrier paper. Food can be covered in an unique covered paper that can rot. The marketplace is much larger. “My aha experience was when my child opened the Lego bricks, which were all covered in plastic,” states Pascal Wittich.
I expect more news from Japan
The next conference in between the trade union, the works council and the management of the Japanese business is arranged for November10 Vanessa, Pascal and Rajmund Wittich hope that they will lastly get info about what to anticipate.
