DOST grants P5-M aid to La Union firm for production of surgical masks

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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has provided P5-million funding to a local firm in Agoo, La Union for the implementation of an innovative start-up project that seeks to strengthen the company's capacity to produce locally-made surgical masks.

The Department of Science and Technology has provided P5-million funding to a local firm in Agoo, La Union for the implementation of an innovative start-up project that seeks to strengthen the company’s capacity to produce locally-made surgical masks.

“The DOST-1 through the SETUP Program assisted ModulHaus Incorporated of Agoo, La Union to produce its first batch of surgical masks through its innovative start-up project,” he said in a report. De la Peña said the P5-million project fund was used in the purchase of one unit of Automatic Mask Making Machine and two units of Automatic Ear Tape Applier with a capacity that can produce 739,200 surgical face masks per month.

The DOST chief noted that this month, the firm has successfully produced its first batch of surgical face masks, branded as Safe Tech.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

 

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