Graftech International Promotes Dr. Julian Norley To Senior Corporate Fellow
Cleveland, OH - October 25, 2005 -GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE: GTI) today announced the promotion of Dr. Julian Norley, Ph.D., DIC, ARSM, to Senior Corporate Fellow, the company's highest R&D scientist position, for his outstanding leadership and contributions to the research and development of the company's eGraf® thermal management product offerings.
"Dr. Norley has been instrumental in the invention, innovation and successful commercialization of the company's electronic thermal management products and solutions," said John Wetula, president of Advanced Energy Technology Inc. (AET), a subsidiary of GTI.
Dr. Norley has achieved international recognition during his tenure as GTI Director of Technology. He has received five U.S. patents with another 17 pending, published technical articles on the use of natural graphite materials in electronics cooling and served as a guest speaker at national and international industry conference. In addition, Dr. Norley has been a part of the GTI team that received two R&D 100 Awards, presented for the 100 most technologically significant new products.
Dr. Norley joined AET in 1997 and is responsible for the development of materials for both the electronic thermal management and supercapacitor markets. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Metallurgy from Imperial College, London, and has more than twenty years experience working in the area of carbon and graphite science.
AET is a subsidiary of GrafTech International Ltd. GrafTech is one of the world's largest manufacturers and providers of high quality synthetic and natural graphite products and carbon based products, with customers in about 80 countries engaged in the manufacture of steel, aluminum, silicon metal, automotive products and electronics. GrafTech also provides technical and research and development services to these and other global customers. A leading manufacturer in all of its major product lines, GrafTech has 13 state of the art manufacturing facilities strategically located on four continents. GrafTech manufactures graphite electrodes, cathodes and carbon products, which are essential to the production of electric arc furnace steel, aluminum and other metals. GrafTech also manufactures thermal management, fuel cell, fluid sealing and automotive gasket materials, and other specialty natural graphite products through it's AET subsidiary. For additional information on AET, visit the website at www.graftechaet.com. GRAFCELLâ, GRAFOILâ, and eGRAFâ are the registered trademarks of AET. For additional information on GrafTech International, call 302-778-8227 or visit the company's website at www.graftech.com.
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