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Published: Friday, 31 May 2019 08:42

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Photo: ACNLas Tunas, May 31.- While evaluating the institutional projects that may have an economic, social or environmental impact to include them in the 2020 Economy Plan, Stainless Steel (ACINOX) of Las Tunas is ready to reach the category of Company of High technology.

The strategy is integrated into the application process of the new policies of science, technology and innovation (CTI), which is why since May 20, the Provincial Delegation of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA) launched the call to respond to situations in food production, climate change, housing construction, health and education, and be able to use the results of such research in favor of local development.

Amara Morales Cordero, head of the CTI unit in Las Tunas, told the Cuban News Agency that the province has been allocated one million pesos to financially support the progress of these projects.

The expert also said that the existence in Acinox of two doctors in science, 49 master's degrees and the innovative activity of the company with regard to the automation of the processes of emptying steel in the steel bar mill, demonstrates that this entity is which exhibits better conditions in the province to become a High Technology Company in the medium term.

The innovation, led by the automation engineer Guillermo González Yero, reduced costs and interruptions in production, made it more efficient, assured the quality of the product and humanized the work, in addition to reducing the number of faults in the emptying machine and therefore favored the production sequence of the steelworks.

From the CITMA, - indicated the specialist - the projections of the territory are focused on the reordering of the entities of science, technology and innovation, which includes to two centers of studies of the University of Las Tunas, the one of Energetic Efficiency and Technological Processes, and that of Pedagogical Studies.

Similarly, it is expected that the connection between universities and companies will allow the realization of science and technology parks, explained Morales Cordero.

The new science, technology and innovation policies range from industrial property, food safety and metrology, to the preservation of historical memory.(ACN)