Vaitarna to instal timber processing equipment in 1st quarter

The photo of the shed provided by Vaitarna. The area behind the shed was previously identified to Stabroek News as the site for the wood-processing facility.

Logging company Vaitarna Holdings Private Inc (VHPI) says it expects to begin value-added production after equipment for its plant is installed in the first quarter of this year.

“The structure for the first phase of (the) saw mill project is complete and electrical works are scheduled to begin within a month’s time,” Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chethan Narayan said in a response to an article published in the Stabroek News on Tuesday. He said that the machines for the first phase of project have already arrived in Georgetown and will be moved to the Wineperu site on the Essequibo River for installation during the first quarter of this year. “After installation,