Battelle
Barbara Kunz and Battelle thrive from a culture of collaboration. In Ohio.
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Bioscience & Bioproducts
Region:
Region 1 - Central Ohio
Company:
Battelle
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Barbara Kunz, Battelle
Barbara discusses the strength of Ohio's bioscience community, the state's balance between professional and personal opportunity, and the state's easy access to out-of-state markets.- View All »
An avid gardener, Barbara Kunz knows it takes the right combination of sun, soil and water to grow a thriving garden. And, as president of Battelle's Health and Life Sciences Global Business, she knows that a culture of collaboration inspires business growth. Ohio offers Battelle renowned hospitals, research centers and manufacturing facilities working together to develop new advances in bioscience.
Battelle is supported by AEP Ohio, its preferred energy partner. AEP Ohio has a stake in the Buckeye State's economic vitality, providing competitive and reliable electricity to thousands of businesses committed to Ohio as the prime location to grow and prosper.
Battelle's location in Ohio proves that scientific discovery thrives in the heart of the Midwest, where practical innovation is hard at work. The company's Health and Life Sciences Global Business delivers comprehensive R&D services - solving complex challenges in the biotechnology, medical device, pharmaceutical and public health sectors. Battelle forges alliances on related initiatives with others at the top of their game - generating world-class research and driving award-winning clinical practice.
Why Ohio? A more balanced lifestyle provides Kunz time to pursue personal interests like gardening, and a collaborative business environment helps her cultivate global business growth.
About Battelle
Battelle is the world's largest non-profit independent research and development organization, providing innovative solutions to the world's most pressing needs through its four global businesses: Laboratory Management, National Security, Energy Technology, and Health and Life Sciences. It advances scientific discovery and application by conducting $5.2 billion in global R&D annually through contract research, laboratory management and technology commercialization. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Battelle oversees 20,400 employees in more than 130 locations worldwide, including seven national laboratories which Battelle manages or co-manages for the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and two international laboratories - a nuclear energy lab in the United Kingdom and a renewable energy lab in Malaysia. For more information, visit www.battelle.com.
About AEP Ohio
AEP Ohio serves nearly 1.5 million customers in Ohio and the northern panhandle of West Virginia. In Ohio, we provide power to more than 920 communities located in 61 of the state's 88 counties. In West Virginia, we serve Ohio and Marshall counties, providing service to approximately 41,000 customers. Our headquarters is in Gahanna, with regulatory and external affairs offices in downtown Columbus. A subsidiary of American Electric Power and the largest of its regional utility divisions, AEP Ohio is comprised of Columbus Southern Power Company and Ohio Power Company and Wheeling Power.
AEP Ohio is focused on providing reliable affordable energy to our customers in a safe, effective manner. We also are committed to environmental protection and improvement consistent with providing electricity at a competitive price.
We at AEP Ohio believe strongly in the merits of fuel diversity in generating electricity, and our generating fleet reflects that belief. Today, coal-fired plants account for 74 percent of AEP's generating capacity, while natural gas represents 15 percent and nuclear 8 percent. The remaining 3 percent comes from wind, hydro, pumped storage and other sources.
AEP Ohio is part of the American Electric Power system, one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, delivering electricity to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. AEP ranks among the nation's largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. AEP also owns the nation's largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network that includes more 765 kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than all other U.S. transmission systems combined. AEP's transmission system directly or indirectly serves about 10 percent of the electricity demand in the Eastern Interconnection, the interconnected transmission system that covers 38 eastern and central U.S. states and eastern Canada, and approximately 11 percent of the electricity demand in ERCOT, the transmission system that covers much of Texas. AEP's utility units operate as AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas). AEP's headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio. For more information, see our corporate web site, www.aep.com.