Exhibitors grab opportunities presented at Int’l Building Expo 2024

No booth was left empty at the International Building Expo 2024, as both local and foreign companies took advantage of the opportunities presented to showcase their products and services during the four-day exhibition.
Guyana Times caught up with some of these exhibitors, who spoke more about what they have to offer.
Total Wall, which specializes in a vast array of household building products, was represented by its Vice President Vincent Fede, who explained how his business stands out in the Guyanese market.

“We’ve been selling our products here in Guyana for quite some time now, and basically, this event that is being held over here is tremendous. We’ve had so many people coming in that this is a wonderful event for us,” he explained.
He also compared his business with other competitive businesses by stating that the products his company offers are significantly different from those offered by the competition.

“You can actually take a coin and scratch it on our walls, and you can wear away the coin before you wear away our wall. So, our products are extremely durable. Not only that, but they also have a lot of elongation and flexibility. If you do the same to someone else’s product, it’s going to shrink and crack. Not only that, but our competition’s products…,” he detailed.
Not too far away was the Trinidadian business RDK Welding and Fabricating Ltd, which is looking to capitalize on the annual Expo to showcase its products to potential Guyanese clients.

Avinash Seedath, a representative of this company, detailed what that business entailed.
“Well, in our business, we are displaying doors and burglar proofing, and Guyanese persons can expect that we were here this year. It has turned out to be alright so far; a good number of people have been coming in and checking out our doors. Production has been going well so far,” he explained.
Amid the grand-size businesses, there was the small business section, where this newscast spoke with young businesswoman Affeefah London, 20-year-old owner of Adorn Atelier, which specializes in making crotchet-style clothing.

Excited to be participating in her first major exhibition, she detailed, “It feels really good! It’s a lot of exposure right before the expo, and it’s been a really good thing for the business; and so I have been getting a lot of customers for the business. I am still in school as a UG student, but it’s still an experience, because everyone is more experienced than I am. So, just watching everyone: the way they advertise, the way they bring in customers, it’s definitely a learning experience.”
Meanwhile, Qingjian Group Co. Ltd (CNQC), another exhibitor at this year’s expo, is presenting Guyanese with the opportunity to join its workforce. The Manager, Shawn, a Chinese national, has said that as the company showcases its work, it is also inviting Guyanese to get skilled training and work with them.
“Our Chinese company has been operating in Guyana for several years, working on major projects, and has hired and trained some 200 Guyanese persons,” Shawn has said. “We have many workers full of experience, and they are very professional. Also, we employ many Guyanese, and I think we can work together and cooperate. They are skilled, and now they are familiar with the project. I think this can make Guyana have a great future. Until now, more than 200 persons we worked with together have many skills.
“We arrived in Guyana in 2017, and we have many projects now, especially in Georgetown — building hotels, warehouses, and much more.”