GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE:GTI) and Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd. (“TOUCHSTONE”) announce that TOUCHSTONE has granted GrafTech a license under its carbon foam tooling patents for composite tooling.

GrafTech International Ltd. is one of the world's largest manufacturers and providers of high quality synthetic and natural graphite and carbon based products and technical and research and development services, with customers in 80 countries engaged in the manufacture of steel, automotive products and electronics. We manufacture graphite electrodes, products essential to the production of electric arc furnace steel. We also manufacture thermal management, fuel cell and other specialty graphite and carbon products for, and provide services to, the electronics, power generation, solar, oil and gas, transportation, petrochemical and other metals markets. We operate 11 manufacturing facilities strategically located on four continents. For additional information on GrafTech International Ltd., call 216-676-2000, or visit our website at www.graftech.com.

Touchstone Research Laboratory is an award-winning supplier of materials testing, industrial problem solving, and outsourced R&D services to commercial and government customers. Over the past two decades, Touchstone has developed for numerous clients, a host of technologies which account for sales totaling hundreds of millions of dollars annually. For additional information on Touchstone Research Laboratory, visit our website at http://www.trl.com.

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GrafTech International Ltd.
Deanna Panik, 216-676-2538