ECD's Central Analytical Laboratory Achieves ISO Certification

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Feb. 22, 2005 -- The Central Analytical Laboratory (CAL), a division of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) , today announced that it has achieved official ISO 9001:2000 certification as of January 31, 2005.

"This accomplishment is testament to the level of quality assurance the laboratory has always provided and is also an industry-accepted standard of quality," said Dr. Benjamin Chao, Director of the laboratory.

The Central Analytical Laboratory specializes in materials characterization for the determination of physical and chemical properties, failure analysis, and quality assurance to all industries. The group has been in operation since 1960 as an in-house technical and analytical support facility for ECD Ovonics and its subsidiaries. Their expertise is now available to companies required to employ ISO-certified laboratories for their testing needs.

For additional information about the services offered, please visit ECD Ovonics' website http://www.ovonic.com/ or contact David Pawlik at dpawlik@ovonic.com .

About ECD Ovonics:

ECD Ovonics is the leader in the synthesis of new materials and the development of advanced production technology and innovative products. It has invented, pioneered and developed its proprietary, enabling technologies in the fields of energy and information leading to new products and production processes based on amorphous, disordered and related materials. ECD Ovonics' proprietary advanced information technologies include Ovonic phase-change electrical memory, Ovonic phase-change optical memory and the Ovonic Threshold Switch. The Company's portfolio of alternative energy solutions includes Ovonic thin-film continuous-web amorphous solar cells, modules, panels and systems for generating solar electric power; Ovonic NiMH batteries; Ovonic hydride storage materials capable of storing hydrogen in the solid state for use as a feedstock for fuel cells or internal combustion engines or as an enhancement or replacement for any type of hydrocarbon fuel; and Ovonic fuel cell technology. ECD Ovonics designs and builds manufacturing machinery that incorporates its proprietary production processes, maintains ongoing research and development programs to continually improve its products and develops new applications for its technologies. ECD Ovonics holds the basic patents in its fields. More information on ECD Ovonics is available on http://www.ovonic.com/ .