Centro Nacional de Tecnologia Quimica MPPCTII

What Centro Nacional de Tecnologia Quimica MPPCTII does

Centro Nacional de Tecnología Química (CNTQ) is a Venezuelan government scientific research foundation created on September 12, 2005 by presidential decree N° 3.899 and attached to the Ministry of Popular Power for Science and Technology (Mincyt). Its mandate is to promote technological development of the Venezuelan chemical and petrochemical industries through generation of knowledge, applied R&D, and public science education, in coordination with universities, research centers, and public or private enterprises.

The foundation operates a dual-track portfolio. On the R&D side, CNTQ conducts applied research in process, chemical, and petrochemical industries, producing technological alert bulletins (BAT) covering strategic sectors such as cacao, developing production methods for multinutritional blocks from spent bleaching earth, activated carbon from petroleum coke, and jointly with CIEPE, fertilizers and biocontrollers for agricultural communes. Its research lines span Formación y Socialización Científica, Energía y Ambiente, Gestión de la Calidad, and Manufactura y Valorización. On the science education side, CNTQ runs six fixed Centros Didácticos para la Enseñanza de las Ciencias (CDEC) across Caracas, Carabobo, Yaracuy, Aragua, Anzoátegui, and Miranda, supplemented by mobile outreach (Rutas Científicas, Caravanas de la Química, CNTQ en tu territorio) and publications including the Ciencia en Revolución journal, Los Colores de la Ciencia collection, and the Diplomado Juguemos Haciendo Ciencia pedagogy program.

CNTQ operates as a non-commercial public institution; all services are delivered free of charge and it is funded through Mincyt as part of the Gran Misión Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación. Its primary beneficiaries are Venezuelan children and youth (709 served in the most recent activity report), teachers and teacher-researchers (311 served), and to a lesser extent the chemical, petrochemical, agroindustrial, and mining sectors that benefit from its applied research outputs. In 2026, CNTQ also participated in coordinated humanitarian response to the June double earthquake, supporting 107 temporary transit camps across seven states.

Name

Centro Nacional de Tecnologia Quimica MPPCTII

Legal name

Fundación Centro Nacional de Tecnología Química

Website

https://cntq.gob.ve

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CNTQ is a Venezuelan government scientific research foundation under Mincyt that conducts applied R&D in chemical and petrochemical industries while operating a nationwide network of six science education centers (CDEC) serving children, youth, and teachers across Venezuela.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Research and Science Education

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Science, Technology & Innovation Administration (National R&D Policy) (BPAIAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Scientific & Laboratory Reference (Chemistry, Biology, Physics; Methods & Protocols) (EDAGAGAG)

Keywords

• Chemical technology research
• Science education programs
• Petrochemical industry research
• STEM public outreach
• Government research institute

Headquarters

HQ city

Caracas

HQ country

Venezuela

HQ region

Latin America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government funding and public institution operations: CNTQ is a foundation under the Ministry of Popular Power for Science and Technology (Mincyt). It operates as a publicly funded research institute. Its mission is to promote technological development of the process industry through the generation of knowledge, goods, and technological services in Venezuela's chemical and petrochemical sectors, either directly or through joint projects with universities, research centers, and public or private enterprises. No commercial revenue streams are described.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CNTQ is a Venezuelan government foundation that conducts applied research and innovation for the country's chemical, petrochemical, and process industries while delivering large-scale hands-on science education to children, youth, and teachers through its CDEC network and mobile outreach programs. Its portfolio includes chemical-technology R&D lines (energy and environment, quality management, manufacturing and valorization), science education programs (Semillero Científico, Ruta Científica, Caravana de la Química, Mi Primer Contacto con la Ciencia), and technological intelligence publications such as BAT-Cacao.

Product overview

Centro Nacional de Tecnología Química (CNTQ) operates as a government scientific research and education institution under Venezuela's Ministry of Science and Technology. Its portfolio consists of educational science centers (CDEC) across multiple states offering hands-on STEM programs, outreach publications (Ciencia en Revolución journal, Los Colores de la Ciencia notebooks), and applied research initiatives including multinutritional blocks for livestock, activated carbon production, and agricultural biotechnology products. The institution runs science education programs (Semillero Científico, Ruta Científica, Caravana de la Química, Mi Primer Contacto con la Ciencia) and publishes technological alert bulletins for strategic sectors like cacao.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Centro Didáctico para la Enseñanza de las Ciencias (CDEC): Science education centers for children and youth operated by CNTQ in various Venezuelan states
• Boletín de Alerta Tecnológica (BAT)
• Ciencia en Revolución
• BAT-Cacao
• Diplomado Juguemos Haciendo Ciencia
• Los Colores de la Ciencia
• Mi Primer Contacto con la Ciencia
• Ciencia para la Vida

Products and services

• Centros Didácticos para la Enseñanza de las Ciencias (CDEC) Network of fixed science education centers across Venezuelan states (Caracas HQ, Carabobo, Yaracuy, Aragua, Anzoátegui, Miranda) equipped with chemistry/biology laboratories, physics/mathematics laboratories, robotics labs, electronics labs, astronomy rooms, and interactive rooms on Artificial Intelligence, Submarine Cable, Minerals, Industry, Food, and Mining. They deliver hands-on STEM workshops and demonstrations to children, youth, and teachers.
• Ruta Científica (Scientific Route) Mobile scientific route program that brings students to CDEC facilities for experimental stations and interactive science demonstrations across Venezuela, reaching 270 participants in a recent reporting cycle.
• Caravana de la Química Mobile chemistry training program for teachers, providing pedagogical tools, experiments, and science education methodologies (Juguemos Haciendo Ciencia) to educators across Venezuelan states, serving 52 participants in the most recent reporting cycle.
• Diplomado Juguemos Haciendo Ciencia Diploma program for educators on playful science teaching methodologies, including biotechnology training modules, designed to cultivate scientific seeding in classrooms across Venezuela.
• Semillero Científico Nacional National scientific seedbed program cultivating scientific vocations in children and adolescents through hands-on science activities, aligned with the Gran Misión Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Dr. Humberto Fernández-Morán.
• Mi Primer Contacto con la Ciencia Early childhood science education program for preschoolers featuring experimental and interactive activities designed to stimulate curiosity about nature.
• Revista Ciencia en Revolución Scientific journal produced by CNTQ that publishes research and articles from Venezuelan scientific institutions, distributed to the broader science and technology community.
• Los Colores de la Ciencia Collection of pedagogical notebooks for science outreach, with 'Juguemos Haciendo Ciencia' as the first publication, designed for science education in Venezuelan schools and CDEC programs.
• Boletines de Alerta Tecnológica (BAT) — BAT-Cacao Technological Alert Bulletins (BAT) providing up-to-date scientific and technical information on strategic sectors such as cacao and RAEE (electronic waste), identifying key technological trends for strategic R&D decision-making. Distributed to producers, entrepreneurs, researchers, and the science and technology community.
• Bloques Multinutricionales (BMN) Multinutritional blocks developed as a dietary supplement for the Venezuelan bovine sector, produced from spent bleaching earths generated during vegetable oil refining.
• Carbón Activado (Activated Carbon) Activated carbon produced from petroleum coke, proposed as a technological alternative for the Venezuelan chemical, oil, petrochemical, and mining industries.
• Producción de Fertilizantes y Biocontroladores para las Comunas Joint CNTQ–CIEPE project producing fertilizers and biocontrollers for agricultural communes, focused on rational use of natural resources and functional food formulations for Venezuelan agricultural communities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,020 participants reached through general activities, including 709 children/adolescents and 311 teacher-researchers
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Centro de Investigaciones del Estado para la Producción Experimental Agroindustrial (CIEPE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNTQ and CIEPE collaborate on joint research projects focused on the rational use of natural resources for new functional food formulations. Specific projects include 'Producción de Fertilizantes y Biocontroladores para las Comunas.' The partnership also involves inter-institutional coordination for emergency response to the 2026 earthquake.
• Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FUNDACITE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFUNDACITE coordinates with CNTQ on regional scientific education activities, including teacher training programs and the 'CNTQ en tu territorio' initiative that organizes scientific-pedagogical encounters across five Venezuelan states.
• Fundación InfocentrocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInfocentro collaborates with CNTQ and its CDEC nuclei on science education programs and community outreach. Infocentro's infrastructure supports CNTQ's community science activities, with over 50% of Infocentro staff being women.
• Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerIVIC researchers collaborate with Mincyt and CNTQ in emergency response operations following the June 2026 earthquakes, particularly in structural evaluations and seismological analysis.
• Fundación Centro Nacional de Desarrollo e Investigación en Telecomunicaciones (CENDIT)secondaryTechnology or IntegrationCENDIT partnered with CNTQ to establish the Artificial Intelligence room at the CDEC Yaracuy nucleus, providing innovative Venezuelan-developed technologies for AI education.
• Ministerio del Poder Popular para Ciencia y Tecnología (Mincyt)coreOthersCNTQ is an entity attached to (adscrito al) Mincyt, operating under its direction as part of Venezuela's national science and technology policy framework.
• Gran Misión Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Dr. Humberto Fernández-MoráncoreOthersCNTQ's science education programs are aligned with and supported by the Gran Misión Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Dr. Humberto Fernández-Morán, which promotes communalization of sciences and scientific seeding from an early age.
• Instituto Nacional de Capacitación y Educación Socialista (INCES)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerINCES students participate in CNTQ's Scientific Routes program, visiting CNTQ facilities to learn about chemistry, petrochemistry, and petroleum processes through practical demonstrations.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET): Argentina's national research council — a much larger, multi-disciplinary government research body. Comparable as a Latin American publicly funded research umbrella organization that funds and operates applied science institutes.
• Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC): Spain's largest public research institution. Comparable as a national government research body that combines basic and applied research across multiple scientific disciplines with public science communication.
• Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq): Brazilian federal agency under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. Comparable as a national-level government body promoting scientific research, technology innovation, and science education policy implementation.

Direct peers

• FUNDACITE (Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Ciencia y la Tecnología): Venezuelan regional science and technology foundation under Mincyt coordinating with CNTQ on scientific education. Comparable as a publicly funded peer entity in the same national S&T ecosystem delivering coordinated science outreach and teacher training.
• Fundación Maloka: Colombian interactive science center and foundation. Comparable to CNTQ's CDEC network as a publicly-affiliated science education and outreach organization delivering hands-on STEM programming to children and youth.
• Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC): Venezuela's premier government multidisciplinary research institute, also under Mincyt. Directly comparable as a publicly funded national research entity performing applied science and collaborating with CNTQ on emergency response and shared scientific infrastructure.
• Centro de Investigaciones del Estado para la Producción Experimental Agroindustrial (CIEPE): Venezuelan government agroindustrial research foundation that is CNTQ's core strategic partner. Comparable as a publicly funded research entity conducting applied industrial R&D and joint fertilizer/biocontroller projects with CNTQ.
• Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada (CIQA): Mexican public research center focused on applied chemistry, polymers, and industrial chemistry. Directly comparable as a government-affiliated chemical technology research institute serving industrial sectors through applied R&D and technology transfer.

Regional players

• Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA): Colombian public research corporation for agricultural science. Comparable as a regional public research entity delivering applied R&D to industrial sectors (agroindustrial) and operating technology transfer programs to producers.
• Centro de Ciencias Explora: Mexican interactive science museum and education center network. Comparable to CDEC as a regional science outreach institution focused on hands-on STEM experiences for youth and teacher training.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/CNTQ/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/centronacionalde.tecnologiaquimica
• Instagraminstagram.com/cntq_ve
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centro-nacional-de-tecnologia-quimica-mppctii

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Subsidiaries6 records

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