Founded in 1973 in Taiwan, the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is a non-profit RTO dedicated to spearheading emerging high technology industry and enhancing the competitiveness of existing industries. ITRI has over 5800 employees; over 60% of them hold advanced degrees.

R&D in ITRI encompasses six technology areas: Information & Communications, Electronics & Optoelectronics, Advanced Manufacturing, Biomedical & Devices, Material & Chemicals, and Energy & Environment. ITRI produces over 1,000 patents annually, with an accumulated total number of over 19,000. ITRI activities focus on frontier research, creating opportunities through IP deployment and new ventures, developing knowledge-intensive service industries, and pursuing international collaboration. ITRI’s overseas offices in the United States, Japan, Germany and Russia, with a recent add-on in the Netherlands, act as convenient first contact points for international cooperation explorers.