Argentina-Cuba ties in the silk manufacturing to strengthen capacities, make efficient use of the by-products of silk production and optimize resources.

Engineers Marlene Prieto and Dayron Martín, from the Indio Hatuey Experimental Station for Pasture and Forage (EEPFIH), Cuba, visited the Textile, Chemical and Cellulose Centers of the National Institute of Industrial Technology to receive training and technical assistance in technology applied to the sericulture industry. The objective was to improve the techniques of added value of the textile material, the use of sericine for applications in industries like the cosmetic or pharmaceutical ones and the processing of wastes for the creation of silk paper.