Ajoy Datta Named Chief Technology Officer at Eaglepicher Horizon Batteries, LLC

PHOENIX, July 27 -- EaglePicher Horizon Batteries, LLC, a joint venture of EaglePicher Incorporated and Horizon Batteries, Inc., announced that Ajoy Datta has joined the company as chief technology officer. In this position, Datta will be responsible for battery design and development, technology upgrades and improvements, and overall technical direction of the company.

Making the announcement was Steven E. Westfall, president of EaglePicher Horizon Batteries, LLC.

"We are pleased to welcome Ajoy to EaglePicher Horizon," said Westfall. "As a developer of the original Horizon Advanced Lead Acid Battery, Ajoy has a thorough understanding of our product technology. He combines this knowledge with 37 years of experience at seven major manufacturers of lead acid batteries. EaglePicher Horizon will benefit from his extensive expertise in problem analysis, process engineering, product design and development, program management and customer support."

Datta most recently served as vice president of engineering and director of battery technology at the Trojan Battery Company. Prior to joining Trojan, he was an executive at Electrosource for 15 years, holding the positions of vice president of product engineering and R&D, vice president of product development, and technical vice president.

Datta also held engineering management positions with Exide, AlliedSignal Prestolite, GNB Batteries, Chloride Inc., Gould Canada and Chloride India.

Datta holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics/chemistry/math from Gauhati University, India, and a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in electrical engineering from IIT, Kharagpur, India.

EaglePicher Horizon offers high-performance sealed lead acid batteries that deliver more power per pound that any other lead acid battery on the market today. These fast-charging, maintenance-free batteries are targeted to diverse applications such as truck starting, lighting and ignition; truck idling solutions; powered industrial equipment; and car audio sound competitions.

EaglePicher Horizon Batteries, LLC is a joint venture of EaglePicher Incorporated and Horizon Batteries, Inc. The joint venture develops, manufactures, markets and distributes breakthrough, high-performance sealed lead acid battery solutions to industries in which superior power and reduced weight create customer value. Additional information is available on the Internet at www.ephorizon.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, 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 Holding's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

EaglePicher Horizon(TM) is a trademark of EaglePicher Horizon Batteries, LLC.