EaglePicher Automotive Divisions Join GlobalSpec Online Database

INKSTER, Mich., Oct. 24, 2003 -- EaglePicher Automotive has joined GlobalSpec, Inc., a leading specialized search engine and product/service content source for the technical community.

"We evaluated a number of online solutions for marketing our products and services," explained Jamey Mesaros, vice president of sales and marketing with Wolverine Division. "GlobalSpec offers many comprehensive programs, including standardized parameters for products and services, specification-based searches and additional marketing support. Our company's technology can be applied to a variety of applications and markets, and GlobalSpec will connect us with a broad range of customers."

Established in 1996, GlobalSpec leverages the Internet, searchable database technology and engineering specifications to provide extensive search capabilities for engineers and technical buyers worldwide. SpecSearch(R), GlobalSpec's proprietary search technology, allows users to search by specification more than 850,000 product families representing 45 million parts from more than 9,500 supplier catalogs.

Scott Virkler, vice president of business development with GlobalSpec, said, "Suppliers affiliated with GlobalSpec are the most innovative leaders in their markets. We are pleased that EaglePicher Automotive has agreed to join this elite group of manufacturers, giving their products exposure to the largest growing community of engineers and technical buyers, currently more than 800,000 registered users."

GlobalSpec, Inc. is a leading specialized search engine and online community for engineers and technical buyers seeking products and services. GlobalSpec's trademarked search technology, SpecSearch, allows users to search by specification more than 850,000 product families representing 45 million parts from more than 9,500 supplier catalogs. Manufacturers representing their products and services on GlobalSpec gain a comprehensive marketing program designed to promote their brand and generate highly-qualified sales leads. Information about GlobalSpec can be found at www.globalspec.com .

EaglePicher Automotive is an operating unit of EaglePicher, Inc. Its Hillsdale and Wolverine divisions are worldwide suppliers of torsional and linear vibration dampers, micro bypass filters, steering knuckles, pump components and rubber coated metallic and paper gasketing for automotive OE and aftermarket applications. EaglePicher Automotive operates 17 facilities in the U.S., Mexico and Germany from headquarters in Inkster, Mich.

EaglePicher, Inc., Phoenix, Ariz., is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of advanced technology and industrial products for automotive, filtration, aerospace, defense and commercial applications worldwide. The company has 4,000 employees and operates more than 30 plants in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Germany. Additional information is available 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 EaglePicher Holding's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.