SAN JOSE, Antique (PIA) – The Antique Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has vowed to support the Provincial Development Plan, particularly the Antique government’s engineered bamboo project. This plan of action is consistent with ACCI’s objective to help the provincial government create a conducive environment for the growth and development of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the province.

One of the components of said engineered bamboo project is the establishment of nodes where primary processing of bamboo will be done. It is where raw bamboo will be cut, sliced, treated and dried prior to shipment as slots to the hub, where the final processing into finished products will be undertaken.

The proposed hub will be the University of Antique (UA) where initial machinery requirements have already been installed. Said machines were likewise already evaluated by government’s Cottage Industry Technology Center (CITC).

The Antique provincial government has also committed to fund additional machinery for the hub as well as the initial set of equipment needed for the nodes in such priority towns as Hamtic, Tobias Fornier. Anini-y, Sibalom, and Laua-an.