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Steven E. Westfall Named President of EaglePicher Technologies, LLC

Accounting Function Moved to Joplin, Missouri

EaglePicher Technologies, LLC today announced that Steven E. Westfall has been appointed President. Mr. Westfall has P&L accountability for the businesses that comprise the division including: EaglePicher Defense and Space, EaglePicher Pharmaceutical (where he continues as President), EaglePicher Medical Energy Products, EaglePicher Boron, EaglePicher Distributed Products and the EaglePicher Horizon Joint Venture. As a result of his expanded role, Mr. Westfall will now have responsibility for functional leadership for EaglePicher Technologies as well, including Legal and Human Resources.

Mr. Westfall is located in Joplin, Missouri, EaglePicher's premier U.S. location for its Defense and Space Business and the divisional headquarters for EaglePicher Technologies. He reports to Grant T. Hollett, Jr. RADM, U.S. Navy, retired, Chairman of the Board and CEO EaglePicher Technologies, LLC.

Previously Mr. Westfall was Chief Operating Officer for EaglePicher Technologies. Prior to that he had been Executive Vice President and General Manager, EaglePicher Technologies, LLC and President of EaglePicher Pharmaceutical Services. He held previous positions at EaglePicher including President, Horizon Batteries, LLC (a joint venture), Vice President and General Manager EaglePicher Technologies, LLC Specialty Materials Business Unit, and Director of Business Operations, EaglePicher Technologies, LLC.

Mr. Westfall holds a Masters of Business Administration/MBA and a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration from Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas. He serves as Chairman of the Board for EaglePicher Pharmaceutical Services and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Diehl & EaglePicher Joint Venture, Germany.

In a related move, EaglePicher Technologies, LLC has also announced that it is moving its accounting function to Joplin, Missouri. The majority of transactional accounting across the division will now be centralized from the Joplin facility.

For more information about EaglePicher products, access www.eaglepicher.com.

EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of EaglePicher Incorporated, has facilities in Arizona, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and Canada. The operating group develops and markets advanced high-reliability power systems and associated electronics for government, space and commercial applications. It also processes Boron isotopes and anticancer pharmaceutical ingredients. Areas of global focus include telecommunications, medical, nuclear power plants, space, defense, environmental, semiconductors and pharmaceutical/biotech.

EaglePicher Incorporated, founded in 1843 and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of innovative, advanced technology and industrial products and services for space, defense, environmental, automotive, medical, filtration, pharmaceutical, nuclear power, semiconductor and commercial applications worldwide. The company has 3,900 employees and operates more than 30 plants in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Germany. Additional information on the company is available on the Internet at www.eaglepicher.com.

This release contains statements which, to the extent that they are not recitations of historical fact, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These include any statements about future business operations, financial performance or market conditions. Such forward-looking information involves risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties are discussed in Eagle-Picher Holdings' filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

EaglePicher(TM) is a trademark of EaglePicher Incorporated.

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