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Name: The New Industry Research Organization (NIRO)
Chairman: Dr. Minoru Makimura
Executive Managing Director: Dr. Masashi Kawamura
Established: March 18, 1997
Funds in trust: 200,000,000 yen
Number of Staff: 55
Board of Directors
Members from:
Hyogo Prefecture Institute of Technology
Hyogo Economic Development Center
Kobe City Industrial Promotion Foundation
The Hyogo Industrial Association, Kobe University
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.  Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Shinko Seiki Co., Ltd.
History:
1995 The Hanshin-Awaji Great Earthquake
1997 Establishment of NIRO
Held the 1st International Advanced Technology Fair
(now the International Industrial Fair Kobe)
1998 Relocated from the Kobe Industrial Promotion Center to the Kobe KIMEC Center Building.
1998 Establishment of Technology Transfer Center (TTC)
(now Technology Transfer Promotion Center)
2000 Establishment of TLO Hyogo
Establishment of the Manufacturing Prototype Development Support Center
2007 NIRO 10th Anniversary Event
2008 Establishment of Hyogo Manufacturing Technology Support Center
(now Manufacturing Technology Support Center)
2011 Shift to public interest incorporated foundation
2014 Relocated from the Kobe KIMEC Center Building to the Kobe Chamber of Commerce and Industry Building.
2017 NIRO 20th Anniversary Event
2019 Launch of Kansai Aircraft Industry Platform NEXT
(Together with METI-KANSAI, Trade and Industry and the Kansai Economic Federation)
2024 Launch of the Drone Utilization Platform