Just over two years after he first spoke with Stabroek Business, Andre Cummings, the Managing Director of the Caledonia, East Bank Demerara wood products company, Floor It, remains as focused now as he was then, on raising standards in the sector.
It is a goal that goes beyond his ambitions for his own company, and toward which he remains mindful, though not undaunted, given the challenges facing the local timber industry.
Accordingly, he has established closer ties with the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA), serving as a member of its Forestry and Wood Sector Technical Working Group. The group is charged with supporting the sector as a whole in key areas, which include training, concessions, and dialoguing with government on issues related to properly positioning the sector to play a more prominent role in generating employment, accessing international markets for Guyana and on the whole, taking the sector forward.
