Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato T. Dela Peña, together with Undersecretary for R&D Dr. Rowena Cristina L. Guevara, and ITDI Director Dr. Annabelle V. Briones, will be opening to the public the Modular Multi-Industry Innovation Center (MMIC) or “InnoHub sa Pinas” located at the CED and MMIC Building at the Department of Science and Technology Complex in Taguig City.
The MMIC is one of several projects supported by the Science
Department, through the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging
Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD).
With MMIC, the Philippines is joining the ranks of Canada,
Malaysia, and Mexico in setting up an Innovation Hub for advanced scale up of
researches on food and nutraceutical products.
The aim is to give back to Filipinos the experience and way
of work and life that is made more functional, efficient, and cost-effective
because of science.
MMIC or “InnoHub sa Pinas” is the Department’s platform to
innovate and meet growing industry demands. It is ITDI’s core R&D facility,
which uses manufacturing by-products as raw materials, otherwise known as
“backend innovation.” It is equipped with modular equipment that are
multi-functional. ITDI can retrofit these machines for use by different
manufacturing lines, using both manual and automated processing.
These facilities, complete with handling support equipment,
can be used by the local industry sectors as a venue for developing new
products, product equivalents, product variances, and product reintroductions,
as well as, pilot capacity production.’
And so while the country is slightly hampered by the
COVID-19 pandemic, ITDI continues to pursue ways to boost industry
competitiveness even at the backend.
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