The National Institute for Water Resources INRH has approximately 34,000 employees; (Instituto Nacional de Recursos Hidráulicos of these, 4% are executives, 25% are tech- or INRH in its Spanish abbreviation) is in nicians, 13% are in services and 57% are la- charge of managing the overall cycle of water borers. The related engineering specialties Logistics Sector made up in Cuba; for this purpose its structure is orga- are: hydraulic, hydrogeological, irrigation and nized into four business groups and two inde- drainage, agronomy, civil and mechanical, etc. of Water and Sanitary pendent companies. Its business system is at work throughout the country monitoring the Networks and Installations Legal Framework hydrological cycle, monitoring and balancing surface and subterranean waters, the drinking water supplies, quality controls for terrestrial Decree Law 138/93 on Terrestrial Waters. waters, sewage and wastewater treatment, as well as undertaking research applied to hy- Draft Law for Water and its Regulations, being approved draulic engineering and the planning of water- by the National Assembly of the People’s Power. works, their rehabilitation and maintenance. To ensure its management, it also has work- Cubagua shops to repair pumping equipment and welding machinery, factories to manufacture the specialized event in the sector, provides a pipes, tubes, accessories and electrical pan- window to the world on the performance of the els that add to its sustainability. It carries out hydraulic sector in Cuba. Every bi-annual edition all imports and exports of the system’s goods becomes the ideal setting for meetings and and services, and the specialized professional interchanges between specialists and national and technical training of its employees. Current- international exhibiters and the promotion of the NETWORKS AND SANITARY LOGISTICS SECTOR MADE UP OF WATER AND INSTALLATIONS ly INRH sponsors two International Economic branch’s products and services Partnerships. 103 SECTORIAL POLICY: X FOREIGN INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY SPECIFICATIONS THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME PROJECTS WHICH HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED AND ARE BEING EXECUTED To promote business with foreign capital for the develop- ment of the hydraulic infrastructure, to replace imports Planning, operating, rehabilitating and maintaining aqueduct sys- and generate exports, by: tems for drinking water supplies for 8,010,000 persons residing in 2,480,000 towns, among which we especially indicate: Guantána- MODERNIZING a) the contribution of technology and the development mo, Baracoa, Santiago de Cuba, Bayamo, Manzanillo, Holguín, Las THE PRODUCTION of new products for monitoring and measuring hy- Tunas, Camagüey, Cárdenas and Havana. OF SPARE PARTS, dro-meteorological variables and water quality, ACCESSORIES AND Planning, operating and maintaining sewage infrastructures with 14 b) the introduction of technologies that allow us to pro- OTHER PLASTIC-BY- waste treatment plants, 306 stabilization ponds and 886,786 septic vide deep well drilling services and hydrogeological X INJECTION ELEMENTS tanks. investigation services, AND THOSE FOR Planning, operating and maintaining the large reservoirs (Zaza, c) the incorporation of various technologies using re- THE PRODUCTION Mayarí, Hanabanilla, Alacranes, Cauto del Paso, La Yaya, Mam- newable sources of energy for the management, OF POLYPROPYLENE postón, Lebrige, Moa), notably increasing damming capacities and treatment and cleaning up of water resources, TUBES. forecasting flooding in order to deal with extreme climate events. d) the availability and handling of compact mobile Planning and operating water pipelines (Matanzas-Mayabeque, equipment to deal with extreme climatological situa- Júcaro-La Coca, Mayarí-Birán, Mogote, Gota Blanca, Centro-Es- tions and the introduction of brand new technologies te, Nipe-Gibara), bringing water from sites in the country where to deal with drought conditions, there is a lot of rainfall towards sites where there is less rainfall, e) the production of plastic pipes for the different types DESCRIPTION: Development of the manufacturing of polypropylene tubes based on the introduction of technology, with over 806 Km of principal canals, 22,400 km of secondary of technical networks, molds and specific tools; broadening the manufacturing of spare parts, manipulated accessories and canals and 1,401 km of protection works f) increasing efficiency and productivity of the repair and maintenance workshops for technological equip- other plastic elements. ment and the production of equipment, parts and ac- INVESTMENT TYPE: International Economic Partnership cessories used in the sector, CUBAN PARTY: Empresa Ciegoplast g) the participation of foreign companies in executing LOGISTICS SECTOR MADE UP OF WATER AND SANITARY NETWORKS AND SANITARY LOGISTICS SECTOR MADE UP OF WATER AND INSTALLATIONS X CONTACT INFO: ESTIMATED INVESTMENT: 19,6 million USD work under the national hydraulic development pro- NETWORKS AND SANITARY LOGISTICS SECTOR MADE UP OF WATER AND INSTALLATIONS LOCATION: Ciego de Ávila province Division for International Relations of the gram. National Institute of Water Resources Email: [email protected] MARKET POTENTIAL: The national installation, repairs and maintenance program for hydraulic networks requires an annu- [email protected] al supply of spare parts, accessories and other plastic-by-injection elements for an estimated annual Tel.: (53) 78361283 value of 15 million dollars. Exploitation of capacities for its domestic production is insufficient today; it has a limited assortment of products by molds, thereby slowing down the National Hydraulic 104 Development and Business Group of the Program plan. National Institute of Water Resources At a second stage, we foresee exporting some of these products to markets in Latin America, the 105 Email: [email protected] Caribbean and Africa. Tel.: (53) 78632542 ESTIMATED ANTICIPATED Replace imports for an estimated annual value of 15 million for developing the meter program for RESULTS: the National System of Hydraulic Resources (INRH in the Spanish-language abbreviation), as well as making use of the existing potential of domestic production units and increasing their technical capacity and technological discipline. The project is part of a strategic plan to decrease imports and increase the technical capacities of the INRH production units as a way of implementing the National Hydraulic Policy and making the use of the financial resources placed at the disposition of the broad program of investments in the hydraulic sector more efficient. CONTACTS: Grupo Empresarial de Ingeniería y Logística Hidráulica Email: [email protected] Tel.: (53) 72070196 Empresa Ciegoplast Email: [email protected] Tel.: (53-33) 213269 OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS MODERNIZING THE NATIONAL MANAGING THE WORKSHOP PRODUCTION FOR REPAIRS TO X X OF SMOOTH OR THE PUMPING CORRUGATED PIPES/ EQUIPMENT OF TUBES. THE HYDRAULIC RESOURCES SYSTEM. DESCRIPTION: Implementing a managerial system at the HIDROPLAST company for the production of smooth or DESCRIPTION: Provide a modern and efficient managerial system to develop the management capacities of the corrugated pipes/tubes that would permit increasing the production capacity, decrease maintenance LOGISTICS SECTOR MADE UP OF WATER AND SANITARY NETWORKS AND SANITARY LOGISTICS SECTOR MADE UP OF WATER AND INSTALLATIONS national workshop to repair and provide maintenance for pumping equipment; this requires the LOGISTICS SECTOR MADE UP OF WATER AND SANITARY NETWORKS AND SANITARY LOGISTICS SECTOR MADE UP OF WATER AND INSTALLATIONS manufacturer’s technical knowledge and experience, consumable supplies, tools and specialized costs and make the use of the financial resources for the importation of production consumables equipment. more efficient. INVESTMENT TYPE: International Economic Partnership INVESTMENT TYPE: International Economic Partnership CUBAN PARTY: Empresa de Mantenimiento y Reparación de Obras Hidráulicas de Occidente (Emroh) CUBAN PARTY: Hidroplast ESTIMATED INVESTMENT: 3,05 million USD ESTIMATED INVESTMENT: 15,78 million USD LOCATION: San José municipality, Mayabeque province LOCATION: Boyeros municipality, Havana province 106 107 MARKET POTENTIAL: The market will include all the INRH pumps at first, and we can subsequently amplify it to include MARKET POTENTIAL: The transformation of raw materials in the factory surpasses 15,000 tons per year, and given the all other existing pumps in the country based on the conditions created and the efficiency of the growth of investments in hydraulic infrastructure, it will require incorporating new production lines services. in the next few years. ESTIMATED ANTICIPATED Making sure pumps remain technically available, as well as immediately solving the problems of bro- ESTIMATED ANTICIPATED Making sure production lines remain technically available, keeping a minimum of inventory and in- RESULTS: ken equipment or equipment needing maintenance arriving at the workshop. We calculate annual RESULTS: creasing productivity and quality levels for the products in order to meet the national system program savings of 1% because of increased efficiency. for hydraulic resources’ demand. We calculate annual savings of 5% because of greater efficiency. Interchanging technical knowledge and experience and the availability of consumables, equipment, Guaranteeing the acquisition of spare parts, parts and accessories that would ensure maintenance tools, spare parts and parts that