Just as human civilization and steel followed the same route of development, the path POSCO has walked down is inseparable from the history of Korea is economic growth. The dream of developing a steel industry in Korea started to come to light with the plan to construct a general steelworks in the 1960s. Despite starting from zero, with no capital, technology, or experience, the great journey towards establishing an integrated steelworks started with the founding of the Company on April 1st, 1968.