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The DOST- Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) recently conducted a one- day workshop on Furniture Testing with 22 participants from Southgate Limited, a foreign-owned furniture buyer in the Philippines. The workshop aimed to familiarize Southgate’s quality control personnel with furniture tests following quality protocols to improve their internal laboratory testing.

Engr. Victor G. Revilleza, Technical Manager of the FPRDI Furniture Testing Center (FFTC) led the workshop, while Engrs. Alvin F. Vardeleon and Edward Paul S. Marasigan, laboratory analysts, demonstrated how the machines work. They also demonstrated performance testing of chairs and tables, which include static, fatigue, impact and stability test.

Engr. Vardeleon demonstrates how to use the X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) device to measure lead content in paint applied to furniture.
Engr. Vardeleon demonstrates how to use the X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) device to measure lead content in paint applied to furniture.

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A furniture shop in Orani, Bataan recently experienced a surge in productivity and income, thanks to a training course on wood finishing attended by its workers. The training was conducted by the Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI).

The DOST- Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) will showcase its latest technologies and researches in the annual National Science and Technology Week (NSTW). The event will be held on 17-21 July 2019 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.