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EaglePicher Technologies Opens Research and Development Center in Joplin, Mo.

Posted on: Monday, 12 November 2007, 09:00 CST

JOPLIN, Mo., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, an EaglePicher company, today announced it has opened a dedicated research and development (R&D) center in Joplin, Mo., to expand its new technology research and enhance existing development efforts. The new technical center employs 15 scientists and engineers and expects to double by mid-2008.

The new R&D center has focused technical resources, both manpower and equipment, dedicated to key research and development activities including engineering designs, battery electrochemistries and affiliated technologies such as energetic devices for land, sea, air and space applications.

"EaglePicher has a long history of development expertise within our specific business units," said Steve Westfall, president of EaglePicher Technologies. "Establishing this dedicated R&D facility allows us to leverage our strong engineering talent at one central location, bringing increased innovation and efficiency to our customers."

The dedicated technical team will work with project managers, engineers and quality assurance groups across EaglePicher Technologies to identify development opportunities for primary, secondary and reserve batteries, as well as energetic device technologies. The team will also evaluate emerging technologies such as ultracapacitators and fuel cell applications and explore the incorporate of nano-technology and nano-materials into new and existing products.

"Having a stand-alone research and development effort helps insure that we have the very best technologies available to our customers now, and that we are investing in the right technologies for the future," said Viet Vu, vice president of technology. "It also helps us make objective decisions quickly to keep EaglePicher competitive within the industry."

The decision to locate the new R&D center within EaglePicher Technologies' Joplin, Mo., campus was in part a result of the Missouri Legislature's passage of a bill extending the Quality Jobs Program.

EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, an EaglePicher company, is the leading producer of batteries and energetic devices for the defense, space and commercial industries, and provides the most experience and broadest capability in battery electrochemistry of any battery supplier in the United States. EaglePicher Technologies offers a wide range of battery technology including thermal, nickel hydrogen, lithium carbonmonofluoride, lithium thionyl chloride, lithium manganese dioxide, lithium sulfur dioxide, lithium ion, reserve lithium oxyhalide, custom battery assemblies and silver zinc batteries. It also provides other energy products and pyrotechnic devices for the defense industry, as well as advanced battery chargers and other power solutions for business, industrial and recreational applications. EaglePicher Technologies is headquartered in Joplin, Mo., and is an AS9100 certified supplier. For more information, visit http://www.eaglepicher.com/.

EaglePicher Corporation, based in Inkster, Mich., operates businesses in automotive, defense, space, commercial power, and medical. Its other companies include Hillsdale Automotive, LLC; Wolverine Advanced Materials, LLC; EaglePicher Technologies, LLC; EaglePicher Medical Power, and EP Minerals, LLC. For more information, visit http://www.eaglepicher.com/.

EaglePicher Technologies, LLC

CONTACT: Tina Kozak, +1-313-567-5044, kozak@franco.com, or AdrienneProcopio, +1-313-567-5040, procopio@franco.com, both for EaglePicherTechnologies, LLC

Web site: http://www.eaglepicher.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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