Case Study
Battelle, Greif Work With Donna Karan to Preserve Haitian Art
Battelle, Greif Work With Donna Karan to Preserve Haitian Art Challenge Battelle works with many industrial and consumer companies to develop new product features or improve processes, and quite often as a result of these innovations, new applications come to light that solve other important challenges. In the aftermath of 2010’s devastating earthquake in Haiti, Donna Karan, founder of the international fashion brand Donna Karan, visited Battelle and Greif in Columbus to observe the completion of work done by Battelle scientists who were able to expand color palette options for Haitian artisans of steel drums by offering better coatings and integrating a larger variety of pigments into their artistic process. Solution Because there’s a risk of the steel artwork rusting or deteriorating, Ka