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January Battelle releases its list of the 10 most innovative products for the next decade. At the top of the list are genetaceuticals, genetics-based medical treatments, and very powerful "personalized" computers. The list receives global attention. |
| March Battelle announces a 15-year plan to renovate and rebuild its Columbus headquarters at a cost of $100 million. | |
| April Battelle teams with Huntington National Bank and Sallie Mae to form a for-profit company, CyberMark, for the development of smart cards. | |
| June Dr. William R. Wiley dies. Wiley was a long-time Battelle researcher and former director of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He was 64. | |
| July Battelle wins six R&D 100 awards, bringing the company total to 53 since 1969. The awards are given annually by R&D Magazine for the 100 top inventions worldwide. | |
 | Battelle began training more than 30 Sardinian researchers, perparing them to operate two Italian national laboratories. |
| August Battelle implements an Intelligent Transportation System showcase in Atlanta that operates concurrently with the Summer Olympics. The showcase is called a "tremendous success" by the U.S. Department of Transportation. On the heels of the successful Atlanta project, Battelle is selected to implement a regional traveler information system in the Washington, D.C., area. | |
| In a move to increase its medical product development capabilities, Battelle purchases Larren Corporation of Boulder, Colorado. | |
 | October The Chemical Industry Environmental Technology Projects program, headquartered at Battelle, began its initial projects. |
| Marv Clement, director of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Office of Research and Technology Applications, earned the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in Technology Transfer from the Technology Utilization Foundation and the Federal Laboratory Consortium. | |
| The $230 million, William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory is dedicated at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington. | |
| December Thomas Dunning of PNNL wins the Lawrence Award, given annually to an outsanading researcher at a federal laboratory. | |
| George Meredith, Executive Vice President of 3M, is elected to the Battelle Board of Directors. | |
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