{"id":763,"date":"2018-09-26T19:38:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T19:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.levtec.com.uy\/?page_id=763"},"modified":"2018-11-13T19:42:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T19:42:55","slug":"the-company","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.levtec.com.uy\/en\/the-company\/","title":{"rendered":"The company"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LevTec is a laboratory specialized in offering services and developing research, devlopment and innovation (RDI) projects in the field of biotechnology, tailored for food and beverage industries to reach their innovative goals.<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]We design and conduct RDI projects in order to build new products and innovative services, and work in search of microorganisms conferring distinguishing features to fermented food.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_column_text]We also offer analytical services in the area of molecular biology and physicochemistry, as well as training and consultancy, which allows our customers to optimize their product catalogue.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/5″][vc_single_image image=”907″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1535549138877{padding-top: 2% !important;padding-right: 12% !important;padding-left: 12% !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/5″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Levtec’s origin<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/5″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1535492662879{padding-top: 2% !important;padding-right: 12% !important;padding-left: 12% !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/5″][vc_single_image image=”945″ img_size=”full”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]LevTec was founded in 2015 by Agustina Olivera with the aim of uniting science, food and innovation. Her trajectory as a researcher of Institut Pasteur, her studies on molecular biology of yeasts, and her project of an organic\/agroecological brewery along with Nicol\u00e1s Collazo were her cornerstones for working on making it easier to apply biotechnology to product innovation in Uruguay.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]In its beggining, LevTec was an entrepeneurial venture incubated in BIOESPINN of Institut Pasteur-Montevideo. In 2015 it was consolidated as a SME settled in Playa Hermosa (Maldonado), a seaside location. In 2016, the company was ranked as a Biotechnology Company, following the Biotechnology Promotion Decree (Decree 011\/13).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/5″][vc_single_image image=”951″ img_size=”full”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]Today it is a laboratory specialized on research, development and innovation in the area of biotechnology of fermentation, and in the search of hybrid and native yeasts strains conferring distinguishing features to fermented food.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”13px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The company enhances innovation in the field of fermented beverage and transfers application of this technology to other areas of food industry and nutritional supplements.<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”13px”][vc_column_text]The laboratory is supported by the national Agency for Investigation and Innovation (ANII) and PIEP Program (Project of Internationalization of Productive Specialization, with regional and local support from FOCEM-MIEM).<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1535550935395{padding-top: 3% !important;padding-right: 12% !important;padding-bottom: 3% !important;padding-left: 12% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Our team<\/h2>\n

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