Diana: alternative for passenger transportation

Artemisa, Cuba – To assemble this year more than 600 buses of the Diana model assigned for the transportation of passengers in the country, is the commitment of the group of workers of the Company Evelio Prieto Guillama of the municipality of Guanajay in the province of Artemisa.
Enrique Martínez, director of the entity, explained to the local press that the factory started in 2016 with better conditions than in previous years because they have enough raw materials.
This allowed them to end January with 26 buses finished, in February they fulfilled the plan and in the coming months will achieve assemble 60 cars each month.
The factory is located at kilometer 1 and a half of the road to the neighborhood El Jobo which leads to the national highway in Guanajay, very close to the railway line that links the Special Development Zone of Mariel (ZEDM) with the rest of the country's infrastructure.
Translated by Lorenzo Raúl Alonso López
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