Woburn, MA, June 22, 2003 - Boston Applied Technologies Incorporated (BATI) is pleased to announce winning of three SBIR contracts from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Under these contracts BATI will focus on the development of leading edge optical/laser materials and components. Up to date, BATI has won many contracts from government agencies, including NSF, NASA, Navy, Army, and Air Force. "It was very tough in the NSF competition; only about 250 contracts were awarded in the nation, and BATI was among the companies with the highest wining rate," said Dr. Kevin Zou, Vice President and CTO of BATI. "This proved that scientists at BATI are very competitive and our technology platform is solid. We have always taken the SBIR mandate to commercialize very seriously; the extra financial resource from NSF will help us to speed up the commercialization of our products and strengthen our core business," said Dr. Zou.


About BATI
Boston Applied Technologies Incorporated (BATI) was formed in 2002 by the key management and technical team formerly with Corning Applied Technologies, a subsidiary of Corning Incorporated. 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.