History

1. 2025
   • Merged MOD into CITECH and integrated the MOD brand and business
   • Strategic alliance with CLOBOT to co-develop AI autonomous robots
   • Entered new markets: AI healthcare platform and AI on-premise computer servers
2. 2024
   • Received the USD 7 Million Export Tower award
   • HiFi ROSE selected as a World-Class Product of Korea
   • HiFi ROSE released a total of 12 products
3. 2023
   • Established the joint venture “ROSE X PIEGA SA” with Swiss high-end speaker maker PIEGA SA
   • iF Design Award 2023 winner, audio product category
4. 2020
   • Expanded the kiosk business
5. 2018
   • iF Design Award winner and Red Dot Design Award selection
   • Official launch of HiFi ROSE in Korea
6. 2017
   • PINUP Design Award, top prize
   • Developed HiFi media player brand HiFi ROSE and entered the high-end audio market
7. 2015
   • Changed company name from Samyoung Holdings Co., Ltd. to CITECH Co., Ltd.
   • Absorbed the former CITECH Co., Ltd., a maker of unmanned certificate-issuing machines and kiosks, after making it a subsidiary
8. 2006
   • Changed company name from Samyoung Mobang Co., Ltd. to Samyoung Holdings Co., Ltd.
9. 1998
   • Completed the Yeoncheon factory
10. 1989
    • Listed on the KOSPI market
11. 1987
    • Started a university certificate-issuing kiosk business in Korea through a separate entity (described by CITECH as a first in Korea)
12. 1967
    • Company founded

Source: Overview & History page of the Korean website (original Korean). In 2026 CITECH also completed the merger with KEVIC (see Newsroom).