台湾工业技术研究院成立于1973年，为摆脱劳力密集，转向技术密集的工业，让台湾经济转型起飞而设，是台湾最大的产业技术研发机构。一直以“以科技研发，带动产业发展，创造经济价值，增进社会福祉”为主要任务，从创新研发、人才培育、智权加值、衍生公司、育成企业、技术服务与技术移转等过程，对台湾产业发展产生举足轻重的影响。拥有六千位研发尖兵，以科技研发，带动产业发展，创造经济价值，增进社会福祉为任务。
自1973年成立以来，率先投入集成电路的研发，并孕育新兴科技产业; 累积近三万件专利，并新创及育成，包括台积电、联电、台湾光罩、芯片光电、盟立自动化、台生材等上市柜公司，带动一波波产业发展。运用研发环境的独特性，以及透过绵密坚实的产业网络关系，连结区域或产业之研发能量，积极协助台湾产业发展与升级。
因应产业环境趋势，工研院除持续深化技术前瞻性与跨领域技术整合外，更提供全方位的研发合作与商业顾问服务，包括新技术与新产品委托开发、小型试量产、制程改善、检校量测，以及技术移转、智权加值服务等，并设置开放实验室及创业育成中心，积极推动及育成新创公司，加速产业技术开发及孕育新兴高科技产业。
Founded in 1973, the Taiwan Industrial Technology Research Institute is taiwan's largest industrial technology research and development institution to get rid of labor-intensive, switch to technology-intensive industries, and let Taiwan's economic transformation take off. It has always been the main task of "using science and technology research and development to drive industrial development, create economic value, and enhance social well-being", and has had a decisive impact on Taiwan's industrial development from the process of innovation and research and development, talent cultivation, intellectual weight-added, spin-off companies, incubation enterprises, technical services and technology transfer. With 6,000 R&D pioneers, it is the task of scientific and technological research and development, driving industrial development, creating economic value and improving social well-being.
Since its establishment in 1973, it has taken the lead in investing in the research and development of integrated circuits and nurturing emerging technology industries; Accumulated nearly 30,000 patents, and newly created and cultivated, including TSMC, UMC, Taiwan reticles, chip optoelectronics, Monoli automation, Taiwan raw materials and other listed cabinet companies, driving a wave of industrial development. Leveraging the uniqueness of the R&D environment and the strong industrial network relationship, connecting the R&D energy of the region or industry, and actively assisting Taiwan's industrial development and upgrading.
In response to the trend of the industrial environment, in addition to continuously deepening the technical foresight and cross-field technology integration, the Institute of Industry and Research provides a full range of R&D cooperation and business consultancy services, including new technology and new product commissioned development, small trial mass production, process improvement, inspection and calibration measurement, as well as technology transfer, intellectual weight-added services, etc., and set up open laboratories and entrepreneurial incubation centers to actively promote and cultivate new companies, accelerate industrial technology development and nurture emerging high-tech industries.