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EaglePicher Gets Li/MnO2 Contract with CECOM
EaglePicher Energy Products Corp. (EPEPC) has received a five-year, multi-million
dollar contract to supply its Next Gen II, Phase
III, Large Cell, Lithium Manganese Dioxide (Li/MnO2)
batteries to the United States Army Communications-Electronics
Command (CECOM).
EPEPC, a manufacturer of lithium sulfur dioxide
(LiSO2) batteries, currently supplies CECOM with
the Li/SO2 version of these batteries under its
existing Next Gen II, Phase I, LiSO2 contract.
EPEPC has supplied Li/MnO2 batteries to CECOM
in the past and has submitted its proposal to
deliver the Next Gen II, Phase IV, Li/MnO2 Rectangular
Battery Group.
The batteries, manufactured in Vancouver, Canada,
have a higher energy density than present Li/SO2.The
Li/MnO2 will be used by the U.S. Army in its fielded
communications equipment. Deliveries are set to
begin in 2005.
For more information, visit www.eaglepicher.com.
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