Type: Public
On the web: http://www.graftech.com
Employees: 2,915
Employee growth: 35.8%

If GrafTech International were a bard, it could wax poetic in an ode to the electrode. The company is a leading maker in the US of graphite electrodes, which are essential to the production of electric arc furnaces. GrafTech also manufactures advanced carbon materials, flexible graphite products, flow field plates, gas diffusion layers, and carbon electrodes and refractories for the aeronautics, construction, energy, fire protection, marine, and transportation industries. Customers include Arcelor Mittal, BaoSteel, Elkem, Griffin Wheel (railroad wheels), Samsung Electronics, and ThyssenKrupp Steel. GrafTech gets more than 80% of sales outside the US.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $1,007.0M
One year growth: 52.8%
Net income: $175.1M
Income growth: 1295.0%

Officers:
Chairman, President, and CEO: Craig S. Shular
VP and CFO: Automobile Parts Manufacturing

Competitors:
SGL CARBON
Showa Denko
Tokai Carbon

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