Boston Applied Technologies Incorporated (BATI) was formed in 2002 by the key management and technical team formerly with Corning Applied Technologies (CAT), a subsidiary of Corning Incorporated. The mission of BATI is to develop and manufacture novel materials-based devices for emerging photonic/electronic markets.

BATI's basic technology (Materials Development Group) includes the state-of-the-art OptoCeramic^® materials in bulk and thin-film forms, both for solid-state light controlling devices. BATI's Photonics Group combines its expertise in optics, fiber-optics, and packaging to produce low cost and high performance photonic products for applications ranging from fiber optic communications to optical sensors and instrumentation.

With many years' development effort and a group of industry pioneers, BATI has established a unique leading position in designing, manufacturing and marketing a variety of light and polarization management components for the telecommunications and instrumentation markets.