| 1953 |
The Minister of Lightweight Industry establishes The Laboratory of Technical Textile Industry in Lodz at the Belts and Technical Textiles Works |
| 1960 |
Aquiring the premises at M.Sklodowskiej-Curie Str. #3 from PLYTOLEX - the Vulcanized Goods Works |
| 1966 |
Renaming the Laboratory into the Central Laboratory of Felt and Technical Textiles Industry, and later on to the Central Laboratory of Technical Textiles |
| 1973 |
Aquiring the premises at Piotrkowska Str. #278. The adopted space shall host the research section and recently-established experimental teams: weaving, non-wovens and technical making-up |
| 1979 |
Conferral of a new statute enabling to establish the Scientific & Technical Council and the name changed to Research and Development Centre of Technical Textiles |
| 1984 |
Purchasing the property at Sienkiewicza Str. #165 with weaving machinery from Technical Textile Works of Pabianice |
| 1985 |
Conferral the status of research and development body of military industry to the Centre by the Chairman of Defence Industry Committee of the Cabinet |
| 1992 |
The Minister of Industry and Trade rises the Centre to the rank of Institute. The Centre name changed to the Institute of Technical Textiles „MORATEX” |
| 1998 |
Polish Centre for Testing and Certification (PCBC) grants MORATEX the accreditation to the research laboratories of the Institute |
| 1999 |
The supervision over the Institute transferred to the Minister of Interior and Administration |
| 2001 |
Implementation of quality management system at the Institute confirmed by the certificate issued by Polish Centre for Testing and Certification (PCBC) |
| 2002 |
Polish Centre for Testing and Certification grants accreditation to the Products Certification Department of MORATEX |
| 2002 |
Obtaining from the Quality and Management Systems Department of Ministry of National Defense the certificate of conformity to the requirements of AQAP |
| 2002 |
Expansion of the property at M.Skłodowskiej-Curie Str. #3 complete. Every organisational unit of MORATEX moved to this building |
| 2004 |
The European Community Committee assigns MORATEX the status of notified body regarding the Directive 89/686/EEC |
| 2006 |
Reorganizing and changing the name to The Institute of Security Technology „MORATEX” on a basis of Decree of Minister of Interior and Administration (Journal of Laws no. 94, item 654) |
| 2006 |
The MORATEX Institute has been moved within the structure of Ministry of Interior and Administration to the Department of Logistics and Infrastructure according to the § 18 of Decree no. 7 of Minister of Interior And Administration |
