D.O.S.T-FPRDI‘S BAMBOO -FRAMED FACE SHIELDS GET ANOTHER ADOPTER

Asecond company is now mass producing the bamboo- framed face shield developed by the DOS T- Forest Products Research and Development Institute ( DOS T- FPRDI).

Following the institute’s design and specifications, the Bataan- based QGM Plant Nursery and Garden ( QGM- PNG) has recently started commercially producing the face shields.

The first company mass producing the DOS TFPRDI- developed face shield is the local government unit of Cabuyao City in Laguna province.

DOS T- FPRDI gave technical assistance on the steam- bending technology— the process wherein bamboo strips for the frame are heated to flex them into the desired form.

The institute will likewise help the company with any production- related issue, and assist in technology improvement if needed.

According to its Facebook post, the QGM- PNG is currently offering a buy- 5- donate- 1 promo, in which for every five bamboo- framed face shield purchased, one will be donated to a frontliner.

“We are happy that more organizations are getting interested in our technology as this means more people can have access to the bamboo- framed face shield. The QGM- PNG is currently entertaining an interested buyer from the United Kingdom,” said Grecelda A. Eusebio, chief of DOS T- FPRDI’S Technology Licensing and Promotion Section.

QGM- PNG and DOS T- FPRDI’S memorandum of agreement for the project was signed in August.

Those interested in adopting the institute’s technologies may send an e- mail addressed to DOS TFPRDI Director Dr. Romulo T. Aggangan at info@fprdi.dost.gov.ph or fprdi@dost.gov.ph. Apple Jean C. Martin- de Leon/s&t Media Service