Woburn, MA, December 08, 2007 -Boston Applied Technologies, Inc. (BATi) and its subsidiary, iOptron Corporation were invited to join Massachusetts Governor, Deval Patrick, at the Massachusetts-Shanghai Partnership Forum in Shanghai, China. The Massachusetts Governor and members of the Massachusetts-China Partnership delegation announced the opening of the Massachusetts Technology center on December 6th at the Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park. Massachusetts-based high-tech companies were also on display at the center's opening.

BATi's functional materials, fuel cells and photonics devices attracted attendees' attention at the opening exhibition. Governor Patrick highly praised BATi and its clean energy and life science products. He encouraged BATi to bring more innovations to the industry.

"We have developed ultra-fast, low-loss products for bio-medical, remote sensing and renewable energy industries. Plus, we have partners in China to manufacture the photonics devices in large volume," says Dr. Hua Jiang, Chairman of BATi.

BATi's subsidiary, iOptron Corporation, also brought its products at the display. They are SmartStar™ computerized GoTo telescope, 3D imaging system, stokes imaging system, hyperspectral imaging filter, and dental imaging scope.