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FPRDI Furniture Testing Lab Offers Lead Content Test
February 04, 2015

The Forest Products Research and Development Institute’s Furniture Testing Center (FFTC) now offers lead content analysis. The license to operate was awarded to FFTC last 01 October 2014 and will be effective until 31 December 2015.

Mr. Alvin Vardeleon of the FFTC.

Testing Expert Evaluates FPRDI Furniture Testing Lab
January 22, 2015

Mr. Bruce Lovell (right), a representative of the Furniture Industry Research Association (FIRA), evaluates the competence of DOST- Forest Products Research and Development Institute’s Furniture Testing Center (FFTC) staff in furniture test procedures.

Mr. Bruce Lovell (left) with Engr. Victor G. Revilleza (right), FFTC Technical Manager.

FPRDI conducts seminar on excellence
January 12, 2015

“Excellence is doing your ordinary work extraordinarily well.” This was the gist of the talk of Ms. Angela Argosino-Cielo in a seminar for FPRDI employees last 27 November 2014.

Titled “In search of excellence…in the little big things!”, Ms. Cielo’s talk was largely based on two books by bestselling author Tom Peters. Excellence, according to her, is the only way to go for people who want to make a real difference in the world.

Ms. Cielo clarified her main points using anecdotes about real people, among them her mentor Dr. Cynthia Mamon. Dr. Mamon is a BS Nutrition graduate from UP Los Baños who was able to successfully cross-over to other fields, such as IT, mainly because of her passion for “excellence in the little things”. Today, with her husband, she heads Enchanted Kingdom, the country’s most popular theme park.