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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.

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.

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.