The construction sector and housing in Cuba needs a boost. It is a need that results not only in inversions and insertions of new technologies, but in the adoption of strategies to resolve the problems, especially quality, currently present in the works. To this add that we live in a country with a worrying deterioration in the housing stock.
Therefore, and with the incentive of the new Foreign Investment Law, between April 8 and the 12 takes place PABEXPO the tenth edition of the International Construction Fair 2014 Fecons in the exhibition area of the capital.
Companies from 23 countries will exhibit from Tuesday technologies, construction methods, materials and accessories, with the objective to realize negotiations with each other; and Cuba as the host, of course, also seek to boost the constructive development of the Island
After the official opening, Minister of Construction , René Mesa Villafane toured the stands , along with his counterparts from Venezuela and the Republic of Guinea. The Cuban minister said that this year the quality of the exhibitors is even greater than in previous editions of the fair and said to have expectations about the benefits of the new law for the sector.
The main topics that the exhibitors address are mini tools and mechanization facilities, chemical products, designs and projects, computers applied to construction, prefabrication, industrial and transportation equipment applied to the construction sector, etc. . .
In its previous edition, Fecons 2012, ten new contracts were closed and five others got renovated, in order to strengthen the exchange of products and services between companies in different countries.
In the coming days conference on the Special Area Development Mariel and the possibilities of graphic design at the Cuban company EPROYIV will take place, among others. The awards will be delivered on Friday 11 in the exhibition area.
Photos: Roberto Ruiz
Author
Diana Ferreiro
