The Institute was established in 1950 as Severodonetsk branch of USSR State Institute of Nitrogen Industry (GIAP, Moscow).
In 1981 Severodonetsk branch was reorganized in a self-sustaining State Research and Design Institute for Methanol and Organic Synthesis Products (GosNIImetanolproekt).
In 1991 GosNIImetanolproekt was renamed to State Research and Design Institute of Chemical Engineering “Khimtekhnologiya” (GNIPI Khimtekhnologiya), which became a leading institute in process chemistry in Ukraine.
In 2006 research and design departments of the Institute were separated as State Enterprise “Institute of Nitrogen Industry and Organic Synthesis Products” (GP IAP).
In 2008 Research and Design Institute of Chemical Engineering “Khimtekhnologiya”, Ltd. was established.