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April 3, 2020 - Answering the country’s need for more supplies of personal protective equipment (PPEs) for the frontline workers, the Department of Science and Technology – Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DOST-MIRDC) now mass produces medical face shields.

Our 3D-printed face shields, already distributed to our modern-day heroes, are presently helping our frontliners fight Covid-19.  Now, we transitioned to plastic injection technology that allows us to increase production volume – up to 2,500 pieces of face shield frames per day!

The plastic injection mold was fabricated at the Die and Mold Solution Center, a facility within the DOST-MIRDC compound in Bicutan, Taguig City.  Mass production of the face shield frames is also being done in the said facility.

The plastic injection mold for the face shield frame fabricated at the Die and Mold Solution Center (DMSC) inside the DOST-MIRDC Compound in Bicutan, Taguig City.

The plastic injection machine is housed inside the Die and Mold Solution Center (DMSC) in the DOST-MIRDC Compund in Bicutan, Taguig (left); Team MIRDC engineers and technicians carry out mass production of the face shield frames (right).

Partner organizations have donated raw materials.  The TTMO and the Tzu Chi Foundation Philippines donated 6,000 pieces and 23 rolls of acetates, respectively.  Our other donors are Manly Plastics, Inc., Prima Plastics, and UP Visayas (in cooperation with Frabelle Fishing Corporation, Inc.  and Philippine Fishing Gear Industries, Inc.), who donated 300kg, 1200kg, and 1000kg of polypropylene (PP), respectively.

We have other technology partners joining us in this cause: Omnifab, who fabricated another injection mold; and the Megasamsotite Plant in San Pedro, Laguna, which is another site for mass production of the face shield frames.  They can also produce up to 2,500 face shield frames daily.

We have lost quite a good number of our doctors and health care professionals already.  One of the challenges we face is the lack of PPEs such as the medical face shield.  With confidence, we can now overcome this challenge.  ‘With the mass production of the medical face shields being done simultaneously in Laguna and in Taguig, we can assure the enhanced protection of our frontliners,’ says Engr. Fred P. Liza, Chief of the Materials and Process Research Division, and Project Leader of the DOST-MIRDC’s Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMCen).

We are calling on organizations, both from the public and the private sectors, for donations of raw materials.  With 1 ton of polypropylene, we can produce 25,000 face shield frames.  Our collective efforts will help save the lives of our brave and selfless frontliners.   

The DOST-MIRDC will package and distribute the face shields to various hospitals beginning Monday, April 6, 2020.  For inquiries about the medical face shields, message us on facebook (DOST-MIRDC), or e-mail us (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

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Members of MIRDC's Security Incident Response Team (SIRT) with their correspoding contact information

	ERIC CASILA SIRT TEAM LEADER Direct Line: 8838-3126 8837-0431 to 38 Local: 466 E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	FRANCIS ALBERT FERRER PMD - SIRT FOCAL PERSON Direct Line:  8838-3126  8837-0431 to 38  Local: 466  E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	JEFFREY SABARIZA MPRD - SIRT FOCAL PERSON  Direct Line:    8837-0431 to 38   Local: 820   E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	FRANZ JOSEPH D. LIBAO PD - SIRT FOCAL PERSON  Direct Line:    8837-0431 to 38   Local: 330   E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	AL LOIS G. TUESCA TSSS - SIRT FOCAL PERSON  Direct Line:    8837-0431 to 38   Local: 475   E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	ROWENA D. MABANGLO OED - SIRT FOCAL PERSON  Direct Line:    8837-0613   8837-0431 to 38 Local: 401 E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	KATHLYN KAI H. NEGADO TDD - SIRT FOCAL PERSON  Direct Line:    8837-0764      E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	DOLLY MARIE T. BORLADO FAD - SIRT FOCAL PERSON  Direct Line:   8839-1723   8837-0431 to 38   Local: 440/441   E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	LOUREN JOY ASMANDO ATD - SIRT FOCAL PERSON  Direct Line:   8838-7878     E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Hybrid Electric Road Train (HERT) accomodates the transportation of health workers and front liners in the city of Cauayan, Isabela until the end of the Enhanced Community Quarantine period, free of charge.

The DOST-MIRDC is one with the people in the battle against COVID-19.

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December 20, 2019 – The Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) System, one of the home-grown technology projects under the Mass Transportation Program of the Department of Science and Technology, gladly received a high-profile visitor in the morning of December 20, 2019.  The AGT’s passenger was no less than the top man of the local logistics industry, Mr. Alberto ‘Bert’ D. Lina. 

Mr. Lina had a meeting with Dr. Rowena Cristina L. Guevara, DOST’s Undersecretary for Research and Development, and Engr. Robert O. Dizon, Executive Director of the DOST-Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DOST-MIRDC) prior to the demo ride at the AGT.  The demo ride is given to potential investors and R&D partners.  It is also offered to the public, especially among the students and residents within the Bicutan area during special DOST-spearheaded events.

Bert Lina (center) of Lina Group of Companies, converses with DOST-MIRDC Executive Director Robert O. Dizon (right) and Engr. Joey G. Pangilinan (left), AGT Project Team Leader, aboard the AGT.

The DOST-MIRDC continues to promote the AGT as a product of Filipino ingenuity.  The meeting between the DOST and highly distinguished names in the business sector is DOST’s way changing the country’s mindset and encouraging Filipinos to have faith in our capabilities as a nation.

Learn more about the AGT and other DOST MIRDC-developed technologies.  Visit our website, www.mirdc.dost.gov.ph.