BY: RIZALIE A. CALIBO
SIQUIJOR, March 17 (PIA) --- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)- Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC) recently signed a memorandum of agreement with T&J lumber of Cangbagsa, Larena, Siquijor for the upgrading of the latter's furniture processing equipment.
T&J will be a new SETUP beneficiary for this year under the furniture sector, said Provincial Science and Technology (PSTC) Director Engr. Mario de la Pena in an interview with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) here.
De la Pena said the move is DOST’s continuing support to the MSMEs through the DOST-SETUP to ensure thatDOST priority sectors are assisted in line with the government’s efforts to strengthen the country’s entrepreneurs as the engine for job creation and wealth distribution.
DOST has been running the SETUP program in which SMEs are financially assisted or provided with relevant technologies to improve their current production, marketing method, and even packaging.
He said the DOST SETUP enables firms to address their technical problems through technology transfer and technological interventions to improve productivity through better product quality, human resources development, cost minimization, waste management, energy conservation, cleaner production and other operation related activities. (rmn/RAC/PIA-Siquijor w/reports from MEP/DOST-Siquijor)