Furniture industry asks for power outage schedule

Binh Duong Furniture Association (BIFA), a group of furniture manufacturer in the southern province of Binh Duong, has asked the local authority for providing the specific load shedding schedule in order to reduce loss caused by sudden blackout.

Nguyen Truong Thanh, chair of BIFA, said electricity supplier must inform furniture manufacturer about power outage schedule in advance at least for two day so that they can prepare the equivalent production schedule as well as let their labour rest when the electricity is cut.

Major member of BIFA said they are afraid of failing to meet the target volume this year because of the high power cut rate in the up-coming dry season.

PC Binh Duong, the electricity supplier of the province, must reduce load shedding to 1 time per week. Moreover, the blackout time must be fixed and be informed to BIFA in advance, Thanh added

BIFA was established in 2009, until now the association has 86 members, mostly furniture manufacturer and exporter in the region.

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