Manufacturers call for 'urgent' Govt help with 'energy crisis'

Manufacturers call for 'urgent' Govt help with 'energy crisis'
The interior of the Penrose paper recycling mill. (Image: Oji Fibre Solutions)
Oliver Lewis
A manufacturing group asked Government ministers for urgent assistance to help deal with the “energy crisis” afflicting their sector shortly before two high-profile closure announcements.BusinessDesk has received a copy of the email the New Zealand Manufacturing Alliance sent to Energy Minister Simeon Brown and Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing Andrew Bayly last week requesting a meeting.Mark Ross, the chief executive of the Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association of NZ, issued the letter on behalf of the alli...

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