EAGLEPICHER RECEIVES ISO 9001:2000 RE-CERTIFICATION

JOPLIN, Missouri, February 6, 2004-The Defense and Space Power Division of EaglePicher Technologies, LLC announced today it has received ISO 9001:2000 certification. Issued December 5, 2003, Certificate of Registration No. 98-1124b is applicable to the design and manufacturing of batteries for commercial, military and space applications. Sites certified include Ordnance Systems, Defense Systems, Product Development, Energetic Devices, Commercial Power Solutions, and Space Power business units located in Joplin, MO.
"This re-certification is a substantial accomplishment and demonstrates our continued commitment to quality," said Steve Nash, Director of Quality for EaglePicher.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is the world's largest developer of standards instituted from 148 countries worldwide. ISO works in partnership with international organizations, governments, industry, business and consumer representatives to coordinate and unify industrial standards around the world. Although ISO's principal activity is the development of technical standards, ISO standards make a positive difference, not just to engineers and manufacturers for whom they solve basic problems in production and distribution, but to society as a whole.
EaglePicher received its original ISO 9000 certification June 12, 1998 and has continually worked to improve its quality system. Details about the certification and EaglePicher's overall commitment to quality management are available on our Web site at 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, anticancer pharmaceutical ingredients and ultra clean scientific containers. Areas of global focus include telecommunications, medical, nuclear power plants, space, defense, environmental, semiconductors and pharmaceutical/biotech. Additional information is available on the Internet at www.eaglepicher.com.

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 4,000 employees and operates more than 30 plants in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the U.K. 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 Holding's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

EaglePicher is a trademark of EaglePicher Incorporated.
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