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Local rubber industry has bright prospects
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Local rubber industry has bright prospects
June 21, 2013
Things are looking up for the country’s natural rubber industry.
This was the good news shared by Engr. Belen B. Bisana, Supervising Science Research Specialist and Chief of FPRDI’s Bio-Energy and Equipment Development Section, during the Institute’s Technical Seminar on 23 May 2013.
“By 2017, the Yokohama Tire Philippines Inc. (YTPI), a global tire manufacturing company based in the country, is projected to produce 50,000 tires a day. This presents an opportunity for the Philippines to increase natural rubber production by 12% for the YTPI alone,” said Bisana.
FPRDI helps Zambales tree growers’ sawmill
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FPRDI helps Zambales tree growers’ sawmill
June 11, 2013
The Botolan Agro-Forest, Inc. (BAFI), a tree growers’ cooperative based in Zambales, is looking forward to brighter days. It has just purchased two units of Woodmizer sawmill following the technical advice of FPRDI’s For. Pablito Alcachupas.
Mr. Dick Hakansson, BAFI manager, has asked for FPRDI’s help as their sawmilling plant has been suffering from poor productivity for one year now, unable to reach its designed rated capacity of 5,000 board feet of logs per 8-hour operation.
FPRDI training benefits ‘Pablo’-stricken community in Compostela Valley
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FPRDI training benefits ‘Pablo’-stricken community in Compostela Valley
June 4, 2014
Theirs is a community that has remained strong despite the devastation wrought by Typhoon Pablo in December last year.
To turn uprooted trees and agro-forest wastes into raw materials for a potential livelihood project, 22 residents of Monkayo, Compostela Valley participated in the “Technical Training on Charcoal Production and Briquetting” last 8-10 May 2013. The training was organized by the Department of Science and Technology-XI, Department of Trade and Industry-Compostela Valley, Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI), and the local government of Monkayo. Four visitors from Davao Oriental also attended.
