Inauguration of Electronics Product Development Center
The new Electronics Product Development Center at the Metals Industry, Research and Development Center (MIRDC) Compound was formally inaugurated last July 14 at the Department of Science and Technology, Barangay Upper Bicutan.
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has established the electronics product development center (EPDC) to support the design of electronic products by the local electronics industry.
The country’s first electronics design facility will provide state of the art design, prototyping and testing facilities for printed circuit boards (PCB), which is the primary electronics component that mechanically supports and electrically connects electronic component.
It also aims to upgrade the local electronics research and development and make cost-effective and efficient the development and certification of locally-made but world class electronic device products.
Leading the blessing and inauguration were Senator Bam Aquino, The Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) OIC Dennis Villorente, together with officials from DOST.