Innotek (Belgium)
Innotek is a technology centre located in Geel, in the Campine region of Belgium. It is a public private partnership between the Antwerp province and several organisations located in the Campine region of the province. History. The centre was founded in 1987 as a joint initiative of the "Regional Development Authority for the Kempen region" (IOK) and the local "Chambre of Commerce". In 1988, Innotek became a European Business and Innovation Centres (BIC) and is now part of the European Business and Innovation Centre Network (EBN). In 1996 the "Technologyhouse of the Kempen", a business incubator building was  opened in Geel. Since 2009, Innotek also manages the "Milieutechnologiehuis" (E: "Environmental Technology House") in Mol. Outside the incubator, several companies are located on the Innotek area, such as Genzyme Flanders, CIPAL (inter-municipal ICT service centre for the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Limburg) and "Fibre Optic Sensing & Sensing Systems", a research centre.