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  • 2020
    Jul. 10
    Blast Furnace No. 3 Blow-in at Gwangyang Steelworks to begin the 3rd campaign
    Jul. 28
    Defined Corporate Citizenship Management Standards (CCMS)
    Sep. 7
    POSCO Idea Market Place(IMP), Korea's first tech acceleration program, launched its first fund
  • 2019
    Mar. 15
    Kicked off the Corporate Citizenship Committee
    Jul. 1
    Named the first Korean Lighthouse Factory by the World Economic Forum (WEF)
    Jul. 25
    Unveiled the Charter of Corporate Citizenship
    Oct. 3
    Reached 1 billion tons of cumulative crude steel output
    Nov. 12
    Launched INNOVILT, a premium construction steel brand
  • 2018
    Jan. 16
    Company's AI-based ultra-precision coating technology became a National Core Technology for the steel sector
    Apr. 1
    POSCO's 50th Anniversary
    POSCO's 50 Years of Historydownload
    Jul. 27
    Mr. Jeong-woo Choi took office as the 9th Chairman
    Oct. 11
    Produced first batch of PosMC, world's thickest slab (700mm)
    Nov. 5
    Hosted With POSCO Management Reform Conference where 100 tasks were announced
  • 2017
    Feb. 7
    Completed construction of Gwangyang PosLX Plant
    Apr. 26
    Completed construction of CGL No. 7 at Gwangyang Steelworks to produce Giga Steel
    Jun. 26
    Named the most competitive steelmaker for 8 consecutive years
    Sep. 7
    Became the first steelmaker to be included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for 13 consecutive years
    Oct. 30
    Hosted the Global EV Materials Forum 2017
    Dec. 5
    Won $10 Billion Export Tower Award
  • 2016
    Mar. 21
    Launched POSCO Daewoo
    Aug. 31
    Completed construction of CGL line in Thailand to produce Giga Steel
    Sep. 29
    Completed construction of Fourth-Generation Light Source
  • 2015
    Jan. 22
    Completed construction of a cold rolling plant in Maharashtra, India
    Feb. 2
    Established POSCO Group University
    May. 12
    Blast Furnace No. 2 Blow-in at Pohang Steelworks to begin the 2nd campaign
    Jun. 18
    Honored POSCO's first Master
    Sep. 2
    Opened POSCO Today, an in-house communication platform for Group staff
  • 2014
    Feb. 28
    Opened POSCO Technology University
    Jun. 16
    Developed PosMAC, a next-generation high corrosion-resistant steel
    Oct. 31
    Completed construction of Hot Rolling Plant No. 4 at Gwangyang Steelworks
  • 2013
    Jun. 7
    Blast Furnace No.1 at Gwangyang Steelworks became the world's largest blast furnace with inner volume of 6000m3
    Nov. 18
    Launched POSCO 1% Nanum (Sharing) Foundation
    Dec. 23
    Completed construction of PT Krakatau POSCO in Indonesia
  • 2012
    Sep. 29
    Became the world's first steelmaker to mass-produce advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) with 490 MPa tensile strength
  • 2011
    Mar. 28
    Completed construction of a plate rolling plant at Gwangyang Steelworks
    Jun. 13
    Completed construction of Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel (ZPSS)
    Oct. 17
    Switched to 4-crew 2-shift work schedule