Regional Yarn Production and Innovation Center (RYPIC) Iloilo as a leading circular model for natural yarn and textile production and innovation center in the country.
The RYPIC in support of the DOST Inclusive Innovation (i2TELA) Program:
INCLUSIVE
SUSTAINABLE
QUALITY - Driven
UPSTANDING
ACHIEVING
RESPONSIVE
EMPOWERING
The TELA Pilipinas, wherein TELA stands for Textiles Empowering Lives Anew, is both an advocacy and brand of the DOST-Philippine Textile Research Institute’s initiatives to empower the local textile industry by providing S&T interventions, which are foundations for textile productionand innovation.
A local textile ecosystem illustrated in the TELA Pilipinas mapis built on the soil-to-skin production of textiles that connects farmers, fiberprocessors, textile producers, dyes, and end-users. This is possible throughthe sustainable production of yarns and fabrics using the natural textile fibersand natural dyes available locally, and the use of textile products by the peopleof that locality. This ecosystem thatwill surely spur growth and innovation in the countryside and sustainably cloththe Filipino, at least in that province or region.
As a realization of its TELA Pilipinas advocacy, the DOST-PTRI spearheads the establishment of the Regional Yarn Production and Innovation Center in Miag ao, Iloilo.
The RYPIC is a microscale yarn spinning facility in Iloilo which aims to produce yarns from blends of natural textile fibers, abaca, banana and pineapple leaf, in combination with cotton at a 50 kilograms of yarns per day capacity. It will also be the Center of yarn innovation in Iloilo as it is located in ISAT-U.
The RYPIC aims to jumpstart local ecosystems for the textile sector and caters to the requirements of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)in the fashion industry, academe and government institutions for yarns and fabrics using local raw materials, skills, and talents.
ISAT U as a leading science and technology university in Southeast Asia by 2030.
The University is committed to provide quality and relevant advanced education, higher technological, professional instruction and training in arts, sciences, education, architecture, engineering, agriculture,, forestry, and other fields of study, thereby producing locally oriented, globally competitive and eco-friendly human resources. It shall promote research and development programs to advance science and technology and undertake sustainable extension and production activities.
To provide a nurturing environment where academic freedom is guaranteed and respected for the optimum development of human potential.
To produce highly competent and eco-friendly graduates, who will become leaders and experts in their fields of specialization.
To conduct research towards the advancement of science and technology.
To provide extension and production activities for the improvement of the quality of life in the community.
To provide effective and efficient delivery of services through responsive management of human, physical, financial, and information resources.
To know more about ISAT-U, please visit www.isatu.edu.ph/.
RYPIC in Miagao is the first micro-scale yarn spinning facility in the country to produce natural fiber-blended yarns using abaca and pineapple textile fibers, among others, abundant in the region.
Miagao is rich in natural resources. It has vast forest reserves at Tabiac and Tulahong forestry areas. It has metallic and non-metallic reserves as indicated by the grains of sand found on the beach lines. It has abundant source of ceramic clay used for potteries and mixtures of sand and lime structure called the Miagao Stone used as building material like the one used in building the Miagao Church. It is also blessed with natural scenic attractions like the Sinuhutan Cave, Danao Lake, Bugsukan Falls, Rice Terraces, etc.
The Hablon Industry in Miagao is evolving to become a sustainable local industry. It is being supported by the Cotton Production Program by 5 cluster barangays namely Baraclayan, Durog, Dawog, Maricolcol and Kirayan Tacas and is being assisted by PhilFIDA. Also a work in progress is the installation of Ginning, Spinning and Dying Vat project of DOST- PTRI at ISAT-U. All of these are fruits of the endless efforts of the Mayor to put Miagao Hablon as the town's premier product.
Weaving specifically of Patadyong is an important cultural heritage of Miagao. The local weavers use wood handloom (tiral) to interlace threads to produce a masterpiece from simple combination of colors and designs to intricate ones. This weaving tradition once lost its vibrance as modernization set in and people would prefer factory-made textiles but with the municipality's confidence in this heritage industry - combined with the locals' wide range of ingenuity plus the boost in tourism and trade - it rebounded to regain its crown as the premier cottage industry of our town. With the massive production of Hablon, Miagao becomes one of the suppliers of this textile to renowned fashion designers.
To know more about Miagao, Iloilo, please visit www.miagao.gov.ph.
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