EaglePicher Technologies Receives Boeing Performance Excellence Award

JOPLIN, Mo., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- EaglePicher Technologies, a leading producer of batteries and energetic devices for the defense, space and commercial industries, today announced that The Boeing Company has awarded it a 2007 Boeing Performance Excellence Award for achieving a silver level of performance over the 12-month period.

EaglePicher, which supplies thermal batteries and other products to Boeing, was one of more than 250 companies out of approximately 10,000 Boeing worldwide suppliers to receive a silver or gold level performance award. EaglePicher's thermal batteries support Boeing's Smart Bomb programs, including Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) and Small Diameter Bomb (SDB).

"We are very proud to receive this honor from Boeing," said John Bennett, vice president and general manager, EaglePicher Technologies. "This is a tribute to our employees who work hard each day to deliver on EaglePicher's commitment to quality and operational excellence."

EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, an EaglePicher company, is the leading producer of batteries and energetic devices for the defense, space and commercial industries, and provides the most experience and broadest capability in battery electrochemistry of any battery supplier in the United States. EaglePicher Technologies offers a wide range of battery technology including thermal, nickel hydrogen, lithium carbonmonofluoride, lithium thionyl chloride, lithium manganese dioxide, lithium sulfur dioxide, lithium ion, reserve lithium oxyhalide, custom battery assemblies and silver zinc batteries. It also provides other energy products and pyrotechnic devices for the defense industry, as well as advanced battery chargers and other power solutions for business, industrial and recreational applications. EaglePicher Technologies is headquartered in Joplin, Mo., and is an AS9100 certified supplier. For more information, visit www.eaglepicher.com .