60,000 megawatts per year.
This is how much Bharat Forge in Karlskoga consumes.
The skyrocketing electricity prices are hitting the company whose ovens run on electricity.
Among other things, the company produces crankshafts and front axle beams for companies such as Volvo and Scania.
As a result of shockingly high electricity costs, they are now forced to turn to their customers for help.
- We have negotiations with our customers regarding compensation for this part.
We will surely solve it together, even if the road there is a bit bumpy.
Because we cannot bear the costs ourselves, says Niklas Blom.
Great concern for the entire industry
He is worried about the industry in general if support efforts from the government are delayed.
- Unfortunately, this leads to us in Sweden losing competitiveness against low-wage countries.
In the end, business will disappear from Sweden.
Our employees feel very bad.
And if our employees feel really bad about this, the company won't feel good either, says Niklas Blom.
The measures from politics cannot wait according to the site manager in Karlskoga.
- Now all parties must get together and sit down, regardless of government, and make concrete decisions.
Because no one is going to make it.
We will enter a kind of economic crisis in Sweden.
There will be a collapse, says Niklas Blom.
Hear Niklas Blom tell more about the serious situation in the clip