As many other companies in the area, it is currently struggling to cope with the exorbitant cost of energy, which has almost tripled in the past year.
For this reason, Massimo Marcer, Santa Giustina Mill Manager, agrees with the appeal for help from the entire paper industry to the Italian government. « It is necessary to set a cap on the price of gas for that industry, such as ours, which is defined as ‘essential’. If we stop, then there will be a lack of the cartonboard in which pasta, as an example, is packed” he stated during an interview with Il Gazzettino Belluno, an Italian local newspaper.