Making the World a Better Place : 75 Years and Beyond: Battelle Annual Report (2004)

Battelle develops & commercializes tech. & manages labs. for customers. It oversees 19,000 staff members & conducts $1.9 billion in annual R&D at more than 100 locations. It operates 5 leading-edge nat. labs.: Pacific NW Nat. Lab; Brookhaven Nat. Lab.; Oak Ridge Nat. Lab.; Nat. Renewable Energy Lab.; & Idaho Nat. Lab. This report shows how, for 75 years, Battelle has had the goal of helping improving the quality of life for clients, fellow citizens, & neighbors. For gov't., those challenges include energy & environ., homeland security, defense tech., health & life sciences, & transport. & space. For industry, they include providing tech. solutions, developing breakthrough products, & participating in a perpetually moving global economy. Illus.Kohrt, Carl F. is the author of 'Making the World a Better Place : 75 Years and Beyond: Battelle Annual Report (2004)', published 2005 under ISBN 9780756749408 and ISBN 0756749409.