VEG-i-TEC Facilities
Research Building
The VEG-i-TEC research building will be erected on the UGent Campus Kortrijk (Graaf Karel de Goedelaan, Kortrijk, Belgium) with ample of laboratory spaces close-by. The construction of the building itself is financed by an EFRO project and Ghent University itself.
The research building contains flexible spaces designed as:
- a process and wastewater treatment hall in the broadest sense and tailored for the entire food industry
- a hall for the processing of vegetables and potatoes from harvested to packaged product, to which modular mobile pilots for water treatment can be connected
- storage space at different temperatures
- fermentation space for solid state and (fed) batch fermenters
- supporting analytical/microbiological laboratory
Update - construction
The VEG-i-TEC construction site was officially opened on 4 December.
The construction of the research building is back on track. We hope to welcome you all!