Private firm to test DOST-FPRDI’s plywood glue
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A plywood glue newly formulated by the DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) will soon be tested in making full-sized plywood.
This, after the Institute and a private company signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) last 04 October 2019 that prompts the trial run of producing full-sized panels (4 ft. x 8 ft.) using FPRDI-developed glue mixtures with spent tea leaves (STL) and tobacco dust as additives.
New training manuals out
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As part of the project “Processing and Utilization of Senile and Unproductive Rubberwood (Hevea braziliensis) Trees for the Production of High Value Furniture, Mouldings and Joineries”, the DOST- FPRDI recently published training manuals on rubberwood sawmilling, protection and preservation, lumber drying, and furniture making.
DOST-FPRDI’s Technology Business Incubator now open
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Calling on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)/ business startups in the wood and non-wood forest products sector.
If you want to move your business to the next level but don’t have enough resources, “Peak Three”- the Department of Science and Technology – Forest Products Research and Development Institute’s (DOST-FPRDI’s) Technology Business Incubator (TBI) – is now open to serve you.