[NYTr] Cuba Manufactures New Sugarcane Harvesting Machine Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:33:26 -0600 (CST) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) http://ainch.ain.cu/mailman/listinfo/ingles New Sugarcane Harvesting Machine made in Cuba Havana, Dec 24(acn) The new model of sugar harvesting machine KTP 3000 S, manufactured in the eastern province of Holguin, will be in use during the 2007-8 harvest season. The KTP 3000 updates previous models KTP 3600 and KTP 4000 made in the same factory "60 Aniversario de la Revolucion de Octubre". The machine can cut 45tons of sugar cane per hour, 85 per cent of the operating system is hydraulic, and the cabin is air-conditioned. Some 20 harvesting machines models KTP 3600 and KTP 4000 are being manufactured for domestic use and for export. According to the factory director Reynaldo Jaramillo, "each machine saves the country some 90,000 Cuban convertible pesos (cuc)". According to the Ahora digital newspaper, the first four KTP 3000 machines will be tested soon. * ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us Our main website: http://www.blythe.org List Archives: http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ Subscribe: http://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================