HAVANA, Cuba, June 7 (acn) The Cuban Pavilion excelled in Algeria for the exhibition of enterprises like Heber Biotec, which commercializes biotechnological and pharmaceutical products of great demand in that nation’s capital.

The Caribbean island also presented some of its medical and tourist services at the 43rd edition of the International Trade Fair of Algiers (FIA), which wound up on Monday and was attended by representatives from 40 countries, the Prensa Latina news agency reports.

Likewise, Cubans participated in the main business forum held in Algeria, with the firm SARL Combiomed Algérie, a managing company of medical equipment for electrocardiography and the monitoring patients and as well as of spare parts.

Also participating in the event were the Cuban EURL Medical Service Enterprise, which coordinates international offers, along with the Center for Biophysical Medicine of the University of Oriente, the producer of Angiodin PD 3000 which diagnosis the peripheral vascular system.

Over 1,200 companies, including 835 from other nations, took part in the FIA, inaugurated on Wednesday by Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia, under the slogan “Algeria; opportunities for strategic investment.”

Besides the field of health, Cuba showed its potentialities in tourism, a sphere in which the Habanos S.A cigar producing company captivated participants with the aroma of tobacco leaves and the participation of a cigar roller, besides the main brands of the famous Havana cigars.

Cuba’s Tourism Bureau in Paris, France, presented the new campaign The Real Cuba, full of rhythm and color, while Tecnica Hidraulica S.A. showed management projects in engineering councils, water technologies and environmental management.

Cuba Day was celebrated on Saturday, with a cultural program that included salsa dance and cigar rolling classes, raffles of trips to the island, and other promotions.