Overview

• The outage follows a reported arson attack on power masts in Berlin’s southeast, leaving the site unable to resume normal operations.
• Companies with laboratories, production lines or measurement technology are barely able to work, according to director Roland Sillmann.
• Refrigerated materials have been moved to employees’ homes as a stopgap measure to preserve cold-chain items.
• Clean rooms require full restarts that could take days or weeks, risking further disruption to sensitive work.
• Firms aim to work over the weekend to offset losses, with typical weekly turnover around €100 million but the total damage still unquantified.