DOST-ITDI TO PIVOT BACKEND INNOVATION THROUGH ITS WEBCAST @ INNOHUB SA PINAS

 

THE INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (DOST-ITDI), IN ITS BID TO CONTRIBUTE TO INDUSTRIALIZATION AND PROGRESS THROUGH R&D INITIATIVES, WILL CONDUCT A WEBCAST FOR ITS NEWLY OPENED MODULAR MULTI-INDUSTRY INNOVATION CENTER (MMIC) OR INNOHUB SA PINAS ON MARCH 31, 2021.

Following MMIC’s successful launch in December 2020 and inauguration in February 2021, ITDI once again invites industry partners and stakeholders to share their insights and expectations about the new facility.

InnoHub sa Pinas

is an industrial processing facility with multifunctional/multi-application modular unit operation equipment that can be retrofitted to accommodate different manufacturing lines. It is built to serve the needs of the food, personal care, and pharma-nutraceutical industries using its three main processing lines for nut/seed and oils, mix blend powders, and liquids/emulsions which rely mainly on by-products of commercial operations as raw material. In effect, new or novel products are made out of processing wastes through backend innovation.

Further, InnoHub sa Pinas is open to academe and other interested stakeholders for use in research and development of new products, product equivalent, product variances and product reintroduction.

As one of DOST’s big 20 tickets for 2020, the facility is set to become a one-stop-shop for product conceptualization, development, and marketing, thus collaboration with significant industry and other users is important to sustain efficient services.

It expects that with InnoHub sa Pinas’ modern equipment and devices, as well as experts to lead the operation, previous deficiencies that may hinder advancement in STI will be reduced. (DDGotis\\ DOST- ITDI S&T Media Service)

DOST-ITDI Inaguration of the Philippine's First Innovation Hub, the Modular Multi-Industry Innovation Center

Bicutan, Taguig City, Feb. 18, 2021 ~ The Philippine's First Innovation Hub, the Modular Multi-Industry Innovation Center (MMIC) of the DOST-ITDI was a successful inauguration that had both physical, Facebook live, and Zoom attendees. 

The Department of Science and Technology – Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) launch conducted by DOST Secretary Fortunato T. Dela Peña, Undersecretary for R&D Dr. Rowena Cristina L. Guevara, and ITDI Director Dr. Annabelle V. Briones, among others, was the culminating moment of one of the various DOST supported projects that they have envisioned along with the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD).

With this newly launched MMIC, the Philippines has the technology that matches that of Malaysia, Mexico, and Canada, as now there is an innovation hub to be used for advance scale up of the required research for food and nutraceutical products.

Aim 

Functionality, efficiency and cost-effectiveness because of science and the hard-working team of the supporters of MMCI and the various projects

InnoHub sa Pinas

MMIC is this Department's platform for innovation to meet the ever-growing industry demands. ITDI's core Research and Development facility uses machines, processes, and streamline manufacturing for the selected by-products as raw materials, which is also known as the"backend innovation." The manufaturing facility is quipped with new modular equipment that have multi-functional use. ITDI is capable to retrofit these high-tech machines for the application of different manufacturing lines, for both manual and automated processing.

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