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ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Central Analytical Laboratory (CAL), a division of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) (NASDAQ:ENER), today announced that it has accomplished yet another milestone of quality assurance specifically designed for laboratories. CAL was granted ISO 17025 accreditation as of September 20, 2006. In January 2005, the laboratory attained ISO 9001:2000 certification. "This new level of certification signifies that the Central Analytical Laboratory has undergone the arduous task of demonstrating and ensuring the laboratory's technical competence, as well as its continued commitment to quality," said Robert C. Stempel, ECD Ovonics Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. After achieving ISO 9001:2000 certification, the laboratory took the additional steps necessary to complete the requirements for ISO 17025. In 2005, CAL became available to external companies required to employ ISO- certified laboratories for their testing needs. However, this new accreditation will open the door for companies demanding the highest level of technical competence and quality for a testing facility. CAL 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. Dr. Benjamin Chao is the director of the Central Analytical Laboratory. For additional information about the services offered, please visit CAL's website http://www.ovonic-central-lab.com/ or contact David Pawlik at . 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/ . DATASOURCE: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. CONTACT: Dick Thompson, Media Relations of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. +1-248-293-0440 Web site: http://www.ovonic.com/ http://www.ovonic-central-lab.com/

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