INDUSTRIAL STUDIES
 
 
Project Name and Description
Relevant Information
Feasibility Study of a Latex Processing Plant to Manufacture Surgical Gloves
The study included an appraisal of international markets, a search for appropriate technology, factory layout design, administrative and production organization, financial program for an eight-line production facility with a total investment of US$ 9.0 million. To study was used to obtain a loan from an international banking institution
Location:
Chicacao, Suchitepéquez, Guatemala 		Starting date: November, 1988
   Contractor:
APESA		 Ending date: October, 1989
Contractee:
Industrias del Trópico, S.A. 		Total personnel: 4
Feasibility of a Fiberboard Production Plant
The study included world and Central American supply and demand of fiberboard, a 520 hectare forest development for raw material, a production facility with a continuous production line of 250m³/hr of fiber board and a total investment of US$ 27.8 million. The APESA study included the full and complete design of the total production facilities.
    Location:
Los Amates, Izabal, Guatemala		 Starting date: August, 1993
Contractor:
APESA 		Ending date: December, 1995
Contractee:
Tablex, S.A.		 Total personnel: 5