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Pallet maker saves P80K a month with DOST-FPRDI technology
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Pallet maker saves P80K a month with DOST-FPRDI technology
April 08, 2015
ACE + FA Enterprises, a Laguna-based maker of wooden pallets, has been saving around Php 80,000 a month on its operations for one year now. How did it do this? It stopped renting the services of another company and now uses its own low-cost heat treatment facility (LHTF) to disinfect its pallets.
Designed by the Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI), the LHTF provides the heat needed to kill insects and other pests infesting wood packaging materials (WPMs) such as wooden pallets.
WPMs are commonly used in shipping goods around the globe as they are cheaper than plastic and metal containers. However, WPMs made of raw wood are prone to pest attacks and can introduce and spread pests from one country to another.
New issue of PFPJ now out
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New issue of PFPJ now out
February 26, 2015
Volume 4 of the Philippine Forest Products Journal (PFPJ) has recently been released. Featuring eight papers, the issue can be accessed thru the FPRDI Library. The featured papers and their authors are as follows:
Sawmilling of Malapapaya [Polysciasnodosa (Blume) Seeman]
Pablito L. Alcachupas and Carlos M. Garcia
Fabrication of a Bamboo Flattening Machine
Dante B. Pulmano, Robert A. Natividad,
Carolyn Marie C. Garcia, Ruben A. Zamora and Eduardo M. Atienza
Parallel Evaluation of Bond Test on Philippine-made Plywood
Using PNS 196:200 and IS0 12465:2007 Standards
Juanito P. Jimenez, Jr., Freddie M. Ordinario,
Nathaniel A. Ramos and Rico J. Cabangon
Local engineered bamboo industry can look forward to better days
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Local engineered bamboo industry can look forward to better days
February 26, 2015
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| (Left) Engineered bamboo products like this corner table are gaining popularity in the global market. (Right) These floor tiles were made by an engineered bamboo company in Mindanao. |
The humble bamboo has gone a long way. From being called“the poor man’s timber”, it now graces many high-end homes, hotels and offices around the world, as attractive engineered panels, floors, furniture and handicrafts.
