With an investment of PHP 40 million, the Philippines will establish a new Regional Yarn Production and Innovation Center (RYPIC). It is a microscale yarn spinning facility for producing yarns from blends of natural fibers like banana, pineapple leaf, and abaca with cotton. It will also offer technical support to textile MSMEs. The project approved by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is part of the Inclusive Innovation Textiles Empowering Lives Anew (i2TELA) program, led by the DOST-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI)
The RYPIC is among the DOST initiatives of DOST – PTRI to push forward the Philippine textile industry by providing a facility that will enable textile innovation and produce local natural fiber-blended yarns in the same region where the raw materials such as abaca, pineapple, and banana, are in abundance. The RYPIC is established in partnership with Iloilo Science and Technology University, DOST Region VI, and LGU in Miagao with the funding support of DOST-GIA
