THE Industrial Technology Development Institute (DoST-ITDI) inaugurated the MatDev Laboratory, a project under the Science Department’s Advanced Additive Manufacturing R&D Program or Amcen on December 22, 2020 via the Zoom Meeting platform. MatDev Laboratory is one of two facilities housed under Amcen. A DoST-GIA funded project, MatDev Laboratory employs additive manufacturing or AM and undertakes research and development on materials for use in additive manufacturing abled or AMabled products. Amcen is a shared facility between ITDI and the Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DoST-MIRDC). The second facility inside Amcen is MIRDC’s RAPPID-ADMATEC (Research on Advanced Prototyping for Product Innovation and Development using Additive Manufacturing Technologies).

Source: Manila Times January 01, 2021 02:25 UTC