POSCO Holdings Opens Pohang Headquarters of Future Technology Research Institute

Opening on the 20th within RIST site
Group R&D Control Tower
Overseeing Technology Strategy Establishment for Future New Growth Development

POSCO Holdings Future Technology Research Institute opened its headquarters in Pohang on the 20th.

The opening ceremony was attended by Lee Cheol-woo, Governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do, Kim Byung-wook, Member of the National Assembly, Kim Nam-il, Vice Mayor of Pohang, Baek In-gyu, Chairman of the City Council, Kim Ji-yong, Director of the Future Technology Research Institute, Kim Moo-hwan, President of POSTECH, Nam Soo-hee, Director of RIST (Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology, Pohang), Min Byung-kwon, Head of the Clean New Technology Division at KIST, and others.

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Governor Lee Cheol-woo said, “The opening of the Future Technology Research Institute headquarters of the POSCO Group, the eternal Yeongilman friend of Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, holds great significance in terms of regional balanced development,” adding, “I am confident that the POSCO Group’s future dreams will surely come true centered on Gyeongsangbuk-do and Pohang, which have realized the dream of steel for national prosperity.”

Kim Nam-il, Vice Mayor of Pohang, said, “I hope that outstanding local talents will be nurtured around the Pohang headquarters, and that the scale and functions of the research institute will also expand,” adding, “Through collaboration with excellent talents and research institutions in Pohang such as POSTECH, we will actively support Pohang’s rebirth as a hub for future industry R&D representing South Korea.”

Kim Ji-yong, Director of the Future Technology Research Institute, said, “The Future Technology Research Institute will leap forward as a globally competitive research institute through proactive investment in core technologies and recruitment of outstanding talents, and will faithfully play a pivotal role in growing POSCO Group’s eco-friendly future materials businesses such as secondary battery materials and hydrogen into a Global Top Tier.”

The Future Technology Research Institute headquarters is located on the RIST site and serves as the POSCO Group’s R&D control tower. Through a three-institute system focusing on ▲ AI ▲ secondary battery materials ▲ hydrogen and low-carbon energy fields, it will oversee the establishment of technology strategies for fostering the group’s future new growth, including steel, and perform key decision-making for the group’s R&D. Kim Ji-yong, who was appointed as POSCO Group’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in March, also works at the Pohang headquarters.

The Future Technology Research Institute Pohang headquarters plans to enhance synergy through research and academic exchanges with research infrastructure and core personnel in Pohang, including POSTECH, RIST, the synchrotron accelerator, and about 5,000 researchers. It will also promote basic-stage research collaboration with excellent domestic universities and research institutions, thereby completing the group’s R&D hub that organically connects Pohang, Gwangyang, Songdo, and overseas research institutions.

Additionally, the industry-academia-research cooperation organization responsible for nurturing and investing in ventures under the Future Technology Research Institute will be stationed at Pohang Change-up Ground, a startup incubation space operated by POSCO, supporting the growth and global expansion of resident venture companies.

Going forward, POSCO Group plans to transfer the research outcomes of the Future Technology Research Institute to its business companies in Pohang, Gwangyang, and other locations, creating a virtuous cycle investment structure that leads regional balanced development, actively contributing to regional economic revitalization through new job creation and national balanced development.

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