Is the Made In Wallonia mask in danger?
The relocation of the production of masks to Walloon soil presented at the time as an economic gamble is succeeding is running out of steam. The Deltrian company in Fleurus, symbol of this return of the mask produced here, is now idling at two-thirds of its production capacity and the major Walloon public players are now ordering practically nothing from them.
Published on 17.12.2021
Jean Kalyvas
Chief Information and Marketing Officer
{…} Deltrian produced at the height of the health crisis nearly one and a half million masks per week. Surgical masks made in Wallonia relaunched at home and with great fanfare and with a lot of public money in mid-2020. The issue was considered strategic by the political world. Well beyond the health emergency, it was a question of relocating industrial capacities in the Walloon Region. Superlatives were not lacking, nor were promises: capacities, activity, and jobs.
"At 6 - 0 on their own ground, the Walloon mask loses the match. "
— Maxime Paquay - Journalist
While Walloon masks are taxed at 6%, their Chinese counterparts are exempt from VAT and import duty. “At 6 – 0 on their own ground, the Walloon mask loses the match”.
Source: RTBF – The premiere – Echo question of 17/12/2021: The Made In Wallonia mask is- he in peril?
Journalists: Sophie Léonard & ; Maxime Paquay
Jean Kalyvas
Chief Information and Marketing Officer
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