Bamboo Flattening Machine wins PARRFI R&D Award
August 14, 2013
FPRDI’s Engr. Dante Pulmano receives a Plaque of Recognition from UP Los Banos Vice Chancellor Dr. Enrique Tolentino for leading the team that developed the Bamboo Flattening Machine, the technology that won this year’s Philippine Agriculture and Resources Research Foundation, Inc. (PARRFI) R&D Award (Development Category).
The award was given last 2 August 2013 during the Closing Ceremonies of the 2013 “Siyensaya”, the Los Banos Science Community Foundation, Inc’s. (LBSCFI) celebration of the National Science and Technology Week.
Looking on (from left to right) are Pulmano’s team members - Engr. Ruben Zamora, For. Robert Natividad, Ms. Carolyn Marie Garcia; Dr. Romulo Aggangan, FPRDI Director; Dr. Ramon Valmayor, PARRFI President; and Dr. Danilo Cardenas, Deputy Director of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD).
The FPRDI technology addresses the local bamboo industry’s need for an efficient and profitable method of flattening bamboo. With an output of 100 square meters of flattened bamboo a day and a fabrication cost of Php 940,000, the facility can help sustain the commercial production of engineered bamboo in the country. (Rizalina K. Araral, 6 August 2013)#
