VITO, the Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek - Flemish Institute for Technological Research, provides the business world and government agencies with multi-disciplinary assistance in applied research and development. VITO is active in the fields of environment, energy and materials. In carrying out assignments, VITO offers quality, efficiency, compliance with agreed deadlines through goal-oriented, co-operative effort based on confidentiality. VITO aims to carry out national and international assignments in the framework of regional, national or European research projects knowledge transfers and specialised research for industrial companies.
VITO has a dynamic organisational structure subdivided into centres of expertise. This has a positive impact on internal co-operation.
Ten centres of expertise cover 3 different areas: energy, environment, and materials.