Year

• Feb. 1979 Established as the Korea Association for Industrial R&D Centers

• Sep. 1983 The first edition of Technology Management Monthly" issued
• Feb. 1985 R&D Directors' Council launched

• Jan. 1991 IR52 Jang Young-Shil Award instituted
• Feb. 1991 KOITA empowered with authority to accredit industrial R&D centers
• May. 1993 New Excellent Technology (NET) mark introduced
• Feb. 1996 Chief Technology Officers' (CTO) Club launched

• Feb. 2000 The number of corporate R&D centers reaches 5,000
• May. 2001 Engineers of the Month Award introduced
• Dec. 2002 Techno-CEO of the Year Award introduced
• Jun. 2003 RnDjob.com, an R&D recruiting portal site, launched
• Dec. 2003 KOITA Foreign R&D Executives' Council (FORDEC) initiated
• Sep. 2004 The number of corporate R&D centers reaches 10,000
• Jun. 2005 KOITA's new headquarter building opened
• Oct. 2006 Established Strategic Technology Information Center of Korea (STICK)
• Jan. 2007 KOITA Daejeon branch office opened
• Jan. 2008 The number of corporate R&D centers reaches 15,000
• May. 2008 KOITA Youngnam branch office opened
• Mar. 2009 Celebrated KOITA's 30th anniversary
• Feb. 2010 Inauauration of then chairman
• Jul. 2010 The number of corporate R&D Centers reaches 20,000