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| Sample products of Lagramada Souvenir Shop |
Mr. Raul Lagramada, the proprietor of Lagramada Souvenir Shop, received the check amounting to Ninety Five Thousand, Two Hundred Pesos (P95,200.00) last July 2012 at the DOST-Eastern Samar Provincial Science and Technology Center, as financial assistance for the acquisition of appropriate equipment to increase its productivity and to improve the quality of its products.
Lagramada Souvenir Shop is renowned in Guiuan for its artistic products which include miniature surf board that depicts the yearly surf board competition held at the popular Calicoan Island in Guiuan, coin purse made from coconut shell, key chains, paper weights and many other wood crafts.
With five years of existence in the souvenir item industry, the demand of the product has been directly proportional to the increasing number of tourists visiting Guiuan, thus, requiring the firm to increase its productivity. With the DOST SETUP, the firm was able to acquire various tools such as band saw, jig saw, bench drill, press drill, industrial fan and diamond cutter. In addition, DOST's Packaging Technology Division of the Industrial Technology Development Institute(DOST-ITDI), also provided product packaging and labeling support by providing a world-class product label design and transport packaging design that will be beneficial for Mr. Lagramada as he started introducing his products outside the province of Eastern Samar.
Mr.Lagramada, who is very vocal of being grateful to DOST SETUP, is more inspired to create more artistic designs and very confident that his business will continue to grow in the years to come. (Lourlyn C. Celada, SRS-I)
