Welcome to the Institute of Industrial Research (IIR), one of the 13 institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). IIR is Ghana's foremost industrial research and development Institute with unique combination of applied research and scientific instrumentation. The primary function of IIR is to drive national development and global competitiveness in industry through scientific and technological research. This function forms part of CSIR’s vision that seeks to use the transforming power of science and technology for wealth creation. On this premise, the institute is a community of scholars dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding of industries’ most pressing challenges in ways that are relevant to today’s world.