Machinery giant MACORP on Friday collaborated with the Brazilian machinery company CASE IH to launch its new agricultural equipment.
This launching came on the heels of MACORP celebrating 25 years of service to Guyana, and showcases a new brand of equipment on the Guyanese market.
Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, who was present at the demonstration exercise, held at Parc Rayne at Rahaman’s Park in Georgetown, noted that the new equipment being introduced would play “a big role” in Guyana’s agriculture sector.
The minister also said it is reassuring when established companies diversify their product range.
“It tells me that they (international markets) are seeing something, and I know the
One of the tractors that were introduced by CASE IH to the Guyanese market
company has a vision; but what it tells me is that Guyana is part of that vision. As a minister in Government, it is very reassuring (to see this development)”, Minister Gaskin underscored.
He noted that Guyana is still an agriculture-based economy, and he said while there are talks about economic diversification, there is “no intention” for Guyana to move away from agriculture.
In brief remarks, MACORP’s Chief Executive Officer, Guillermo Escarraga, explained that the new features on the tractors are in keeping with the new Information and Communications Technology (ICT) era.
Escarraga pointed out that MACORP has done a tremendous amount of work to ensure that it stays ahead of technological advancements. He added that the excavators on show would help customers to be more productive, make the operators safer, and “get the job done faster”.
MACORP’s focus is to become the undisputed leader in supplying sustainable integrated solutions for issues that arise in mining, forestry, agriculture, construction, power systems, oil and gas, and the industrial sectors of Guyana; and it wants to do this with a clear sense of permanence in time, with excellence in delivery, and with due regard to the interest of all stakeholders.
The new, compactly-designed, six-cylinder, 150 hp and four-cylinder 145 hp Maxxum CVX tractors are equipped with a continuously-variable transmission (CVT), and will now be available to customers in Guyana.
However, recognising some customers’ preference for six-cylinder machines at the upper end of this power bracket, there is now an alternative to the four-cylinder 145 hp Maxxum.
With the ability to work at a set engine or forward speed, and alter either one independently of the other, tractors with continuously-variable transmissions are particularly well-suited to operating equipment where this is advantageous.
