ACINOX Las Tunas bets on its secondary productions

The Provincial Health Directorate thanked the workers of the ACINOX Las Tunas Stainless Steel Company through its accounts on social media (Twitter and Facebook), for the donation of 50 baby cots, delivered to the postpartum ward of the Ernesto Guevara de la Serna General Teaching Hospital.

Las Tunas, Cuba.- The gesture reaches a special significance at this time of the year, as an increase in births is traditionally registered in the second semester, and the installation did not have enough nurseries to face this increase.

Eraldo González Arias, CEO of ACINOX Las Tunas, said that it is a gift to children and a contribution so that the center has the necessary conditions. He expressed that they intend to continue collaborating; thus, mothers feel accompanied, protected, and confident that they will receive all the care at the time of giving birth to their babies.

As part of the alliance between the steel industry and the Health sector, the business entity manufactures -for the hospital services that require it and at very reasonable prices- carriers for I.V., and footstools from the waste generated in its main production lines. This is part of a circular economy strategy promoted by its group with very good results, for converting waste into new articles.

A FACTORY THAT FINDS WAYS AND REMAINS ACTIVE

ACINOX Las Tunas bets on its secondary productions to keep its workers active, and its finances afloat, given the almost constant stoppage of its main line due to the energy contingency that the country is suffering.

The serious deficit in electricity generation particularly hits one of the two steel industries in the Archipelago, whose production of billets and corrugated bars requires high energy consumption. Consequently, the plant has not been able to light its furnaces with stability either in 2021 or so far this year. However, its staff found alternatives to keep working, with the manufacture of other assortments that are of interest to companies and institutions in the province.

Two months ago, a workshop was set up there where about 50 employees from various areas that would have been left without job content, due to the stoppage of steel production, make some 100 units of blocks daily. They take advantage of some 48 tons of accumulated steel waste and additional quantities of other materials such as slag dust.

The cots, carriers for I.V., and footstools are also a result of an effort that speaks of the desire to turn obstacles into opportunities.