PH All Set to Take Part in the Advanced Manufacturing Arena
by Ronald L. Agustin on March 1, 2021
The country will take a serious swing at being a technological hub in the ASEAN region through the Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMCen). With its offerings such as top-of-the-line advanced manufacturing (AM) technologies, state-of-the-art prototyping laboratory, and AM experts, to name a few, the country is sure to step up in the competitiveness game.
The country will take a serious swing at being a technological hub in the ASEAN region through the Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMCen). With its offerings such as top-of-the-line advanced manufacturing (AM) technologies, state-of-the-art prototyping laboratory, and AM experts, to name a few, the country is sure to step up in the competitiveness game.
Advanced countries have been into the Industry 4.0 trend. This phenomenon has only landed on Filipinos’ consciousness quite recently.
As a result of the I4.0, manufacturing industries around the world point to technologies that increase productivity – and this is what AMCen is all about.
Take for instance the 3D printing technology.
There are limitless potentials especially now that the most sophisticated industries, including aerospace, defense, health and medical, biotechnology, automotive, and electronics and semicon are turning their attention to 3D printing and finding numerous ways of its application.
The AMCen is a project of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the DOST-Industrial Technology and Development Institute (DOST-ITDI), and the DOST-Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DOST-MIRDC).
Launching of the AMCen facility is set on April 12, 2021.
This is a facility that will offer AM capability building. True to the DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Pena’s battlecry, the AMCen is indeed going to bring benefits of ‘science for the people.
