One of the more interesting business houses to put in an appearance at this year’s GuyExpo was the Surinamese company Verenigde Surinaamse Holdingmij (VSH)-United, one of a growing number of entities from Guyana’s Dutch-speaking neighbour to have set up operations in Guyana.
Established in 1958, VSH-United, set up a showroom last November at 103 Carmichael Street, North Cummingsburg, next to Scotia Bank as a base from which to promote its range of services that includes shipping, trading, manufacturing, real estate development, insurance, banking, hospitality services and management services. Some of the company’s products including margarine, soap powder and shortening are now commonplace on the local market, a symbol of the business and commercial ties that have persisted between the two countries despite a territorial claim by Suriname that has seen interludes of bilateral uneasiness.
