NIRO Profile

	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 Staffs:	55
	Board of Councilors Members from:	Hyogo Prefecture,  Kobe City,  University of Hyogo Kobe Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hyogo Science & Technology Association Advanced Material Processing Institute.  Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. Kinki Industry Co., Ltd.  Mitsubishi Electric Corp.
	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

　NIRO　The New Industry Research Organization

　　　[Headquater]　6-1 Minatojima Nakamachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0046, Japan
　　　　　　　　　 　 tel.078-306-6800　fax.078-306-6811