MANILA – The Department of Trade and Industry Region 6recently tuned-over around P4 million worth of facilities and equipment for the upgrading of shared service facilities (SSF) for wearables and bamboo processing in the towns of Dao and Dumalag, respectively.
DTI-6 assistant regional director Ermelinda Pollentes led the turnover activity last March 15.
The SSF for bamboo processing in Dumalag was a recipient of jointer planer, thickness planer, circular saw, band saw, dust collector, single spindle molder with feeder, arm saw, bench drill, wide belt sander, air compressor, laminating table press, kiln dryer, grinder for planer knives, automatic linear sharping machine, and pressing machine with an estimated cost of around P3 million.
On the other hand, the SSF on wearables in Dao was a beneficiary of a rotary printer, a computer set, gartering machine, embroidery machine, high-speed sewing machine, button holer, and an edging machine totaling to around P1 million.
Both SSFs have the local government units as the cooperator of the projects.
Pollentes expressed optimism that with these facilities, the cooperators would be able to further expand their consumer reach since they would have the capacity to produce more products and provide efficient delivery of services.
“These machineries will enable them to address the increasing and varied demands from their clients,” she said.
In the second quarter, the DTI Capiz Provincial Office will launch the SSFs on Capiz Innovation Center with a total project cost of P10.4 million with the Capiz local government unit as cooperator and Spring Valley Technology Corp. as the managing partner; and the Dairy Processing amounting to P960,000 which will be housed in Capiz State University-Pontevedra Campus./PN
