Published May 2, 2021, 12:59 PM The Forest Products Research and Development Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-FPRDI) has inked a technology licensing agreement (TLA) for the Institute’s Bamboo Flattening Machine with a Laguna-based company engaged in a retail business of biomass equipment integrated with agricultural processing machines. (Screenshot from the DOSTv Facebook Page) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the agreement was signed between the DOST-FPRDI and the LAMBS Agri-Mechanicals, formerly known as Agrotech Engineering, aimed at strengthening the country’s local engineered bamboo industry. Established in July 2004, LAMBS retails flatbed dryers, threshers, corn shellers, transplanters and water drilling rigs.