Wienerberger, the biggest bricks producer in the Czech Republic, has stopped taking orders because it’s sold out. This despite the fact that it released 20 percent more product to the market than last year, bolstering its revenue figures by 30 percent. Its production facilities are running at full capacity, 24 hours per day, all week, but it’s not enough according to its chief executive Luděk Barta. He claims that consumers are worried that flat prices are rising too quickly. The company’s capacity is for 10,000 homes per year, but this simply isn’t enough. The company employs around 950 people following its merger with the company Tondach. It produced turnover of CZK 1.78bn last year. Last week, the company tried to renew orders for its products but it sold out within three days.
“We sold out for the next month within two or three days,” said Barta. “That’s not a normal situation. In normal years we have orders during the winter for two days and for 608 days in the summer,” he said. “We have goods available and we can deliver immediately.”
