The Social Organization ITEP is a non-economic. Created in 1942, the Institute is a reference center for technological solutions to sustainable development and the modernization of the State and the Northeast. ITEP works in the attendance to the main demands of strategic economic sectors of the state and the Northeast, prioritizing the proposals that promote the reduction of regional inequalities technological and social inclusion through the creation of new jobs and new enterprises, and improving the technological competitiveness of existing businesses and local productive arrangements.