EaglePicher Horizon to Open Oklahoma Facilty

EaglePicher Horizon Batteries LLC, a joint venture of EaglePicher Inc.and Horizon Batteries Inc., will open a state-of-the-art battery facility in Grove, Oklahoma Initially, the plant will be used for charging EaglePicher Horizon™ sealed lead acid batteries and distributing them to the U.S. market. In the fall of 2004, EaglePicher Horizon will open manufacturing operations at the Grove site to supplement its manufacturing capabilities in Beijing, China.

EaglePicher Horizon expects to invest several million dollars in the plant and employ up to 200 workers at full production. Facility preparation has begun and initial employment recruiting will begin later this spring.

“We expect to ramp up production capability of the site to 1,500 batteries per day,” says Mike Reed, chief operating officer.

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