She characterizes the rejection by the Unified Public Procurement Service of her complaint about her exclusion from competition DADDI for the installation of “smart meters” managing director of Landis+Gyr Aristides Pappas with his “K” statement and announces the company’s appeal to the Supreme Court. Mr. Pappas also raises a number of issues regarding communications sent to the international investment community in connection with the exclusion from the tender of a company with a significant presence in Greece.

Landis+Gyr, present in Greece since 1972, has in Corinth the largest production plant in Europe and the second largest in the world after the plant in Mexico. The Corinth plant employs more than 550 workers and has more than 30 automated production lines for electricity and natural gas “smart meters” with an annual output of more than 6 million meters. Almost 90% of products are exported to 80 countries of the world.

OUR Single body for state contracts dismissed Landis+Gyr AG’s preliminary appeal following its expulsion from the DEDDIE bid, alleging that Landis+Gyr “incorrectly filled out its European Single Contract Document (SEC) and did not indicate in it not only the percentage of the contract that it intends to assign to the subcontractor, as well as the fact that a subcontracting relationship arises between him and Landis+Gyr SA (ss Greek subsidiary).

We manufacture in Greece

The Group operates its largest manufacturing facility in Europe and the second largest in the world in Corinth.

“We are truly disappointed and shocked by our elimination from the second round of the DEDDIE smart meter competition. We have clearly indicated in several paragraphs of our application that the production of the meters will necessarily take place in Greece, and in this sense we strongly believe that our application meets all the requirements of the tender. In fact, it couldn’t be otherwise, as Corinth is L+G’s main manufacturing facility in Europe, serving the (market) needs of most European countries. Therefore, we firmly believe that the rejection of our application is unreasonable. As our group CEO Werner Liebercher recently stated, we believe this case is vital to the company and its future in the country, which is why we are appealing this decision and intend to exhaust all legal remedies available to us,” said Mr. Pappas. .

The multinational company’s next step will be to appeal to the Supreme Court, according to its sources, which indicate that all the necessary supporting documents were submitted on time with the submission of the proposal, which prove that the production of meters will obviously take place in Greece.

“But who will win and what does the possible exclusion of the company from the second stage of the DEDDIE competition really mean for both the Greek industry and the national economy?” are sure that “the four shortlisted companies with production plants abroad, capable of producing all the smart meters needed in Greek territory, without having any production facilities in the country at all, will definitely win.” Greek industry and the local Corinthian economy will not benefit either, not only because new jobs will not be created as a result of increased manufacturing operations, but also because of the possible withdrawal of new Landis+Gyr investments in its Corinthian plant. as, for example, for the production of chargers for electric vehicles, they note.

Mr. Pappas is also in this larger picture with his “K” statements. “The Greek authorities are excluding from this major project the only company that is not only 100% compliant with the tender requirements, but is also the only company capable of producing meters in Greece. A company that has invested millions in the country by relocating production units from all over Europe to build a true center of excellence in Greece, creating hundreds of jobs, and most recently announced its plans to continue investing in the country not only by further strengthening existing activities, but with the introduction of additional manufacturing activities such as electric vehicle chargers,” he says, adding: “Why should this company continue to invest in Greece? What signal are we sending to the international investment community? And what is the message to the people in Corinth, our employees and their families, who are proud of their work and their achievements?”