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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000032878-06-000108
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060925
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060927
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060926

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000032878
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [3690]
		IRS NUMBER:				381749884
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08403
		FILM NUMBER:		061109592

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2956 WATERVIEW DRIVE
		CITY:			ROCHESTER HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48309
		BUSINESS PHONE:		248-293-0440

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2956 WATERVIEW DRIVE
		CITY:			ROCHESTER HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48309

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ENERGY CONVERSION LABORATORIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19710603
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<TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif" size=2>Pursuant to Section 13 Or 15(d) of the<BR>Securities Exchange Act of 1934</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=left width=300><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;September 25, 2006</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top align=left width=370><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif" size=2>2956 Waterview Drive, Rochester Hills, MI</FONT></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT size=2>On September 25, 2006, the Board of Directors of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (&#147;ECD Ovonics&#148;), acting upon the recommendation of its Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, approved the appointment of Messrs. Pasquale Pistorio and George A. Schreiber, Jr. as members of the Board of Directors. With the appointment of Messrs. Pistorio and Schreiber, ECD Ovonics Board of Directors has eight members, six of whom are independent directors. A copy of the press release announcing the appointment is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.</FONT></P>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>OF ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>OF TWO NEW MEMBERS TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS </font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Rochester Hills, Mich</font></b><font size=2>., Sept. 26, 2006 &#150; Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) (NASDAQ: ENER) today announced the appointments of two new independent directors to its Board of Directors, Pasquale Pistorio, the retired President and Chief Executive Officer of STMicroelectronics, and George A. Schreiber, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of SEMCO Energy, Inc.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>With these additions, ECD Ovonics Board of Directors now has eight members, six of whom are independent directors.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&#147;We are extremely pleased to announce the addition of Pasquale and George to our Board and look forward to the unique experience, insight and leadership they will bring,&#148; said ECD Ovonics Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert C. Stempel.  </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pasquale Pistorio, 70, after a long and successful career with Motorola (1967-1980), returned to Italy in 1980 to take the helm as President and CEO of SGS Microelectronica (which merged with France&#146;s Thomson Semiconducteurs in 1987 and is now STMicroelectronics).  Under his leadership, STMicroelectronics became one of the top companies in the semiconductor industry.  Upon his retirement in March 2005, he was named honorary chairman of STMicroelectronics.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Schreiber, 58, joined SEMCO Energy, a natural gas distribution company serving markets in Michigan and Alaska, as its President and CEO in March 2004.  From September 1999 to March 2004, he was the Chairman, Global Energy Group, at Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, in charge of the firm&#146;s energy, utility and power businesses.  Schreiber received an MBA from Arizona State University in 1971 and was inducted in the College of Business Hall of Fame, Arizona State University, in 2000.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>About ECD Ovonics</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:2pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>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. The Company's portfolio of alternative energy solutions includes Ovonic thin-film 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' proprietary advanced information technologies include Ovonic phase-change electrical memory, Ovonic
phase-change optical memory and the Ovonic Threshold Switch. ECD Ovonics designs and builds manufacturing machinery that </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:2pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>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 the company is available on </font><font color="#0000FF"><u><font size=2>www.ovonic.com</font></u></font><font size=2>.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><i><font size=2>This release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such forward-looking statements are based on assumptions which ECD Ovonics, as of the date of this release, believes to be reasonable and appropriate.  ECD Ovonics cautions, however, that the actual facts and conditions that may exist in the future could vary materially from the assumed facts and conditions upon which such forward-looking statements are based.  The risk factors identified in the ECD Ovonics filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company&#146;s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K could impact any forward-looking statements contained in this release.</font></i></p>

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