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EaglePicher Sells Scientific Products Business Unit to EP Scientific Products LLC PHOENIX, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- EaglePicher Incorporated announced that its subsidiary EaglePicher Technologies, LLC has sold its Scientific Products business unit to EP Scientific Products LLC, a subsidiary of Apogent Technologies Inc. , for approximately $23 million. The Scientific Products business, located in Miami, Okla., is a leading global supplier of ultra-clean glassware, plasticware and cleaning and treating services for containers used in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology, semiconductor and environmental industries. "This sale is part of EaglePicher Technologies' strategy to focus on its core businesses," said Louis Lupo, vice president and general manager of EaglePicher Defense and Space Power and Specialty Materials businesses. "Scientific Products is an excellent fit for EP Scientific Products and Apogent, whose Research Group is a leading provider of reusable and disposable plastic and glass products used in general research applications." Brookwood Associates, LLC, a leading privately-held investment banking firm focused on middle-market mergers, acquisitions and financing transactions, served as exclusive advisor to EaglePicher Technologies, LLC on this divestiture. Brookwood's advisory team was led by Thomas L. Temple, a Managing Director in the firm's Charlotte, N.C. office. 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 and anticancer pharmaceutical ingredients. 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 http://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 http://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. EaglePicher(TM) is a trademark of EaglePicher Incorporated. DATASOURCE: EaglePicher Incorporated CONTACT: Lou Lupo of EaglePicher, +1-417-623-8000 Web site: http://www.eaglepicher.com/

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