Rubberwood furniture could be the next big thing
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In the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, rubber farmers are now reaping the fruits of the rubberwood initiative led by the Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI), as the former gears up for the next big thing in the furniture industry.
DOST-FPRDI champions earth-friendly technologies
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The Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) has, from the start, been promoting sustainable and earth-friendly forest products technologies.
The DOST-FPRDI conducts studies on premium timber that aims to support the needs of the forest-using industries and it also began in the 1980s to study other related natural products. As the country’s wood supply began to dwindle due to reckless logging, the agency had to look for substitute raw materials for its clients in the housing, pulp and paper, handicrafts and furniture sectors.
DRIVER PH aims to lessen road accidents by evaluating truck driver’s competency on the road
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(Present in the signing were Dr. Elizabeth Quirino-Lahoz, TIP President, Dr. Rowena Cristina Guevara, DOST Undersecretary for Research and Development, Dr. Enrico C. Paringit, DOST-PCIEERD Executive Director, and Mr. Teddy Gervacio, Chief Executive Officer of Quicktrans Cargo Moving Inc.)
C-FoSH facility offers vacuum freeze dryer to MSMEs
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The micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the CALABARZON region can now avail of the vacuum freeze dryer housed at the CALABARZON Food Solutions Hub (C-FoSH), a facility jointly managed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in partnership with Laguna State Polytechnic University (LSPU), Association of Laguna Food Processors (ALAFOP), and co-funded by the Department of Science and Technology-CALABARZON.
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