Ukraine war hits James Bond movies’ glassmaker

A bowl is manufactured in the factory of the French glassmaker Duralex (AP)

French tableware brand Duralex is joining a growing array of European firms that are reducing and halting production because of soaring energy costs provoked by Russia’s war in Ukraine.

At the glassmakers’ plant in central France, workers are preparing to put the furnace into a slumber for at least four months as the company stops production.