2008 Cleveland Corporate Challenge

Team of the Week

Company Coordinators: Sara Rae

Graftech International has demonstrated the mission of Corporate Challenge through its determination and dedication throughout the 2008 Cleveland Corpoarate Challenge. Highlights for Graftech included a 3rd Place finish in the dodgeball tournament as well as the sand volleyball tournament. We would like to recognize Graftech International as the "Team of the Week."

Graftech International:

GrafTech International Ltd. is a world leader in graphite material science with more than 120 years of experience in the carbon and graphite industry. Our products are used in a variety of applications in a diverse array of industries: metal production, electronics, chemicals, aerospace and transportation, among others.

Our history goes back to supplying arc carbons to the City of Cleveland, Ohio in the early 1900’s, to allow the city to become the first in the world with electric powered street lamps. Our company was an Academy Award Oscar® winner for its work on arc carbons for the motion picture industry in the 1950's.

Our products, which include graphite electrodes, advanced carbon and graphite materials, and flexible graphite, are manufactured on four continents and sold in more than 80 countries around the world. Continuing a century-old tradition of global leadership, the employees of GrafTech are united in their dedication to common goals: continually improving productivity, maximizing profitability and delivering the highest levels of quality and value to our customers.

Website: www.graftech.com

To submit your company as a candidate for "Team of the Week," please email a brief description of why your company should be featured to kgrendel@hermescleveland.com