1929年按照美国钢铁实业家戈登·巴特尔得遗愿建立，以他160万美元遗产作为启动资金，研究所成立之初的以金属冶炼和材料科学为重要研究方向。之后不断进行技术革新和科研商业化发展，将科学技术和专利转化成生产力，运用到生产生活中。在国际上具有最高权威性，通过检测和研究的产品很多会被推荐给国家军事及安全机构。通过科学技术发展和计划研究，推动技术革新和教育，来促进科学技术的进步和实际应用，为经济和社会发展作出贡献。

Founded in 1929 by the will of American steel industrialist Gordon Battle, with his $1.6 million estate as the starting capital, the Institute was founded with metal smelting and materials science as important research directions. Since then, we have continuously carried out technological innovation and commercial development of scientific research, and transformed science and technology and patents into productive forces and applied them to production and life. With the highest authority in the world, many products that have passed testing and research will be recommended to national military and security agencies. Promote technological innovation and education through scientific and technological development and planned research, promote the progress and practical application of science and technology, and contribute to economic and social development.