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SCI Engineered Materials Appoints Technical Director

CONTACT:
Daniel Rooney
President and CEO
(614) 486-0261

Robert Lentz
Robert A. Lentz and Associates, Inc.
(614) 876-2000

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- July 17, 2002 -- SCI Engineered Materials, the operating unit of Superconductive Components, Inc. (OTCBB: SCCI), today announced the appointment of Scott Campbell, Ph.D. as Technical Director. He is responsible for the Company's research and development program and manufacturing scale-up in conjunction with commercialization of certain products.

Prior to joining the Company, Dr. Campbell was Senior Research Manager at Oxynet, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) for five years. He managed two programs dedicated to commercialization of medical oxygen concentrators and high purity nitrogen gas de-oxygenation devices from licensed technology.

From 1991-1997, Dr. Campbell was Senior Staff Scientist, Corporate Research, at AlliedSignal, Inc. (Des Plaines, Illinois), now Honeywell, Inc., where he was responsible for programs to develop enabling and focus technologies for the company's business units. His achievements included two of the four patents he has been awarded during his professional career. He also held engineering and scientific positions with other technology-based companies from 1983-1991.

Dr. Campbell earned his Ph.D., Metallurgy, from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1997. In addition, he earned M.S. and B.S., Ceramic Engineering, degrees from The Ohio State University in 1983 and 1980, respectively. He is a member of the American Ceramic Society.

Superconductive Components, Inc. operates through SCI Engineered Materials and manufactures advanced ceramics such as superconductors, ferroelectric and optical materials for use in wire, cable, sensors, batteries, wireless and fiber optics systems. Additionally, the Company manufactures thin film materials for photovoltaics, flat panel displays, electronic switches, hardness and decorative coatings. The Company is a global materials supplier with clients in more than 40 countries. Additional information is available at www.sci-engineered-materials.com

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are intended to be covered by the safe harbors created thereby. Those statements include, but may not be limited to, all statements regarding intent, beliefs, expectations, projections, forecasts, and plans of the company and its management, and include statements in this press release regarding intentions to achieve manufacturing scale-up in conjunction with commercialization of certain products (paragraph 1). Such forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties, including all of the other risks and uncertainties inherent in the Company's business as detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001. One or more of these factors have affected, and could in the future affect the Company's businesses and financial results in future periods and could cause actual results to differ materially from plans and projections. Therefore there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements included in this press release will prove to be accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the Company, or any other person should not regard the inclusion of such information as a representation, that the objectives and plans of the Company will be achieved. All forward-looking statements made in this press release are based on information presently available to the management of the Company. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

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