Cuban Vice President Juan Almeida Bosque visited two construction materials plants in central-eastern Camagüey province, to asses the works done for the recoveries from the damage caused by hurricanes Gustav and Ike, reported Granma newspaper.
 
Almeida guaranteed the workers that the country is determined to alleviate the scarcities caused by the impact of these phenomena in his visit to a roof tile production plant and the Cándido Gonzálezfloor tile production plant.

At the tile plant, he spoke of the importance installing the tilescorrectly when roofing, in order to maximize their durability and thesafety of homes. He inquired about the fibro-asphalt tiles produced atthe plant for roofing tobacco drying houses.This plant has produced 90,100 tiles, and are planning to reach 1.2 million tiles bythe end of 2008.

Similarly, Almeida was briefed about an investment that has allowed adaily increase to 5 tons the capacity of the plant to processcardboard, speeding up production and enlarging the thickness of tiles.

At the floor tile plant, Almeida, accompanied by First Secretary of the Party in Camagüey Julio César García, spoke to the workers, who explained to them different aspects of the production process, such as the differences between tiles for interior and external floors, the use of moulds, and the kind of technology and materials involved in the process.

Almeida also inquired about the impact of the hurricane on the plant,and said that it was remarkable that the plant was producing 3,000 square meters of flooring materials again, given their importance forthe reconstruction of houses in the country.