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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