Adoption of Locally-developed Technologies Spell Continuous Business for Equipment Fabricator
By: Jim Patrick S.D. Erispe
This pandemic is teaching us that the way to be resilient is to adopt locally-made technologies. Filipino-developed technologies are helping local enterprises like GECAR Machine Solutions, Inc. stay active in the business despite the pandemic.
Although many businesses are currently experiencing challenges, GECAR is still very much active in supplying the requirements of the market. Negotiations are ongoing with a client interested in the Vacuum Fryer.
GECAR is a Quezon City-based fabricator of food machineries and farm implements. The company is also a distributor of manufacturing machines and a provider of repair services. The company has been manufacturing technologies developnaed by the Department of Science and Technology-Metals Industry Research and Development Center since June 2019. Aside from the Vacuum Fryer, GECAR is also a licensed fabricator of the LPG Fired Spray Dryer, Freeze Dryer, Modular Water Retort, Rice Transplanter Attachment for Hand Tractor, and Rice Harvester Attachment for Hand Tractor.
As of writing, GECAR Machine Solutions, Inc. has delivered two units of Vacuum Fryer, one unit of Freeze Dryer, and one unit of Water Retort to various private entities in Quezon City, Davao City, and Davao del Norte. The ongoing negotiation may just be the company’s next addition to its successful transactions.
The local market is diverse, and its growing needs will keep on growing. There is a vast opportunity for the metals, engineering, and allied industries to take advantage of – and the best way to go is to use technologies made by Filipinos, technologies intended for unique Filipino needs.
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Ilagan City Mayor Interested to Use Locally-made Hybrid Electric Road Train as Alternative Mass Transportation Mode
By: Eldina B. Pinca
The City of Ilagan is eyeing to adopt the Hybrid Electric Road Train (HERT) as their alternative mode of mass transportation.
In a virtual meeting held on June 29, 2021, Ilagan City Mayor Hon. Josemarie L. Diaz was impressed with the HERT and the positive impact that it will have on the city. Dr. Precila Delima, Executive Officer of the Isabela State University (ISU), presented the HERT and focused on how it will complement the city’s existing public transportation schemes. Dr. Delima highlighted in her presentation that as Ilagan City’s alternative mass transportation mode, the environment-friendly HERT will make the city more attractive to investors.
Mayor Diaz already expressed his wish to have two HERT units, each with three coaches, to be used as a mass transportation alternative in the city. The Mayor has also inquired about the manufacturing cost for the two units and the production time needed to complete the fabrication.
The HERT team's next meeting with Mayor Diaz is on July 7. Following the success of the June 29 virtual presentation of the HERT, the Mayor agreed to discuss the identification of the fabricators of the HERT coaches and the formulation of the Memorandum of Agreement with the HERT Consortium, led by Agricomp Machineries and Construction Corporation; DOST II; ISU; DOST-Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DOST-MIRDC); the LGU officials involved.
Ilagan City may be the second city to adopt the HERT. Cauayan City, also in the province of Isabela, adopted the Light HERT in early 2019. The Light HERT is now used to ferry commuters within the streets of Cauayan. At the height of the pandemic last year, the HERT was used to shuttle healthcare workers for free around the city.
The consortium and the people of Isabela province have been waiting for more positive developments about the HERT in Isabela. Now that the economy is slowly opening up, the fabrication of the HERT in the province will lead to more success stories for the local manufacturing industry and the province's economy.
