The Kibbutz Industry Association unites 250 Kibbutz and collective settlement factories that make up 10% of the national industrial sales. The KIA works to promote the industry in Israel in collaboration with the Israel Industrial Association and represents the Kibbutz industries and factories in national establishments including farming and economic.

The KIA activities are divided into three pillars: Human Development, Global Activities, and Innovation and Enterernurialship whose goal is to unite the factories and create opportunities for a better future.
The KIA was established in 1962 with over 70% of its presence is in the periphery bridging over the central district with the peripheral.