Production of false ceiling tile made of gypsum and coconut fiber in Guantánamo today is a local event, but it is intended to cross borders and to find its way into the market, from technological improvements in the process of manufacture, in these moments completely manual.
Production of false ceiling piece made of gypsum and coconut fiber in Guantánamo today is a local event, but it is intended to cross borders and to find its way into the market, from technological improvements in the process of manufacture, in these moments completely manual.
Elvia Pérez Cisneros, production analyst for care project, said that it is a viable income-generating activity, supported by the boom in construction investment in the business and private sector.
While the gypsum, consisting of calcium sulfate, adds greater weight and cost of production-a ton costs 250. 00 CUC pesos and 1000.00 in CUP-, the coconut fiber lightens the false ceiling pieces considerably and gives them consistency. That was the alternative to not exceed 3.5 kilograms of matter that Cuba right now.
The pieces are made in a craft workshop that belongs to the provincial Local Industries Company, where previously these items were made of gypsum and polyethylene rope, too heavy to use it according to trends in the market today.
In the manufacture sober and attractive decorative figures are used in the visible face of the slab. Although they have just begun, since late last year until now, despite having a few molds, production is around 700 units of two dimensions (60 x 60 cm and 50 x 50 cm) and white or yellow, depending on the color of the gypsum used.
Source: Juventud Rebelde
Translation: Liubis Balart Martínez