Department of Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato dela Peña (TOTO LOZANO/ Presidential Photo / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña cited that the development of glue additives would enhance the production of plywood in the country.
Currently, plywood is one of the most widely used wood-based panels in the country.
“After several formulations and tests of the experimental plywood, the glue-mixes that produced the desired improved properties were piloted to produce full size plywood in two plywood factories in Sariaya, Quezon and Valenzuela City,” de la Peña said in a report.
“Based on factory trials, the FPRDI-developed formulations could match the commercial glue-mix formulations performance, showed lower formaldehyde emission and improved termite resistance,” he said.
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Published February 25, 2021, 9:10 AM
Good news for archaeologists, foresters and students.
The Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) may open its digital wood library to the public soon, as it has started digitizing around 20,000 wood samples from both local and foreign sources.
For. Estudillo examines a wood sample using a digital microscope
(DOST-FPRDI / MANILA BULLETIN)
Forester Glenn B. Estudillo of the DOST-FPRDI’s Material Science Division- Anatomy and Forest Botany Section cited the need to protect and preserve the country wood collection samples, the oldest of which was 117 years old.
He recalled that after the American occupation in the early 1900s, American experts left their collection of wood specimens gathered from their exploration of Philippine forests at the then Bureau of Forestry.