POSCO Company Overview 2020
POSCO Overview
POSCO Vision
POSCO Business Key Activities POSCO Affiliates
RIST
(Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology)
www.rist.re.kr
Future Technology Research Institute for Industrial Applications
Business Area R&D, analysis, evaluation
*in 2020
Sales
W
91.33
billion KRW
CO
No. of Employees
370
members
A research institute for innovative technologies, the leader of
POSCO Group's growth, and the engine of national development
From environmental research in industrial utilization of carbon dioxide to slag recycling to
renewable energy, smart grid, and other energy-related research, Research Institute of
Industrial Science & Technology (RIST) is now concentrating its capabilities toward
developing innovative technologies. It is also working on material research,
such as lithium and Lithium-ion fuel cell materials.
| History
| Milestones
1987 Originally established as an industrial science and
1990
technological research center (fully funded by POSCO)
1995 Designated as the nation's first authority for internationally
accredited test by KOLAS in the field of metals
1993
Developed next-generation steel technologies, FINEX and Strip-Casting
Developed variable nozzle-type air knife
2003
Developed Korea's first aseismatic reinforcing device
1996
Renamed as Research Institute of Industrial Science &
Technology (RIST)
2008
Developed the world's first segment roll adjustment robot for casting plant &
5kW SOFC fuel cell stack production technology
2007
1999 Selected as an operator of the Business Incubator Center (first case in
private research sector) by the Small & Medium Business Administration
Founded subsidiary RISTecBiz
2012
Developed Korea's first mass-production technology for high formability
titanium sheet for plate heat exchanger (PHE)
(1st company specializing in new technology startups)
2014
Applied the RIST's NFP to POSCO
2009
Declared vision of the world's top commercialization research institute
2017
Commercialized the World's First Concentration Gradient NCM811 Cathode Material
2017
Founded subsidiary RISTVENTURE (new technology startup)
2018
Sold subsidiary RISTecBiz to SIMPAC Holdings (KRW 16.2 billion)
2019 Established Particulate Matter Research Center
2020
Implemented Ulleung-gun Sea Forest Establishment Project
Established POSCO Group's Lithium-ion battery material research center
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