INVAP INVAP State Society Argentina is a high technology company with design, integration, and plant construction, equipment and devices in highly complex areas as nuclear energy, space technology, industrial technology and medical and scientific equipment. It was created in 1976 through an agreement between the Government of the province of Black River and the National Atomic Energy Commission of Argentina. Its initial name was the Applied Research that was later transformed into INVAP, which is now the official designation. mannatech Since its inception the company has earned a reputation as a designer and supplier of systems for nuclear reactors, and provision of nuclear reactors for research and experimentation. Since the late 1990s the company has ventured into the aerospace sector, particularly through the design, construction and operation of satellites, as well as radars.Its headquarters are in San Carlos de Bariloche, which has its offices with their management teams and design, workshops, laboratories and rooms for satellite integration. For the international features of the projects facing their engineers and professionals working in different sites around the world. The owner and sole shareholder is the Province of the Black River. The company is certified according to ISO 9000 and ISO 14000. During 2006 it was pursuing the qualifying OHSAS 18001:1999 - Management System Occupational Health and Safety. In 2007, directly employing over 600 people (of which 70 are professionals and technicians), and indirectly to over 700. Argentina is the only company recognized by NASA as being suitable for complete satellite systems, from design and construction to operation (except launch).