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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000931148-14-000139
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20141101
FILED AS OF DATE:		20141107
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20141107

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000931148
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIAL APPARATUS [3620]
		IRS NUMBER:				061385548
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12900 SNOW ROAD
		CITY:			PARMA
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44130
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2166762000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12900 SNOW ROAD
		CITY:			PARMA
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44130

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	UCAR INTERNATIONAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19941011

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Blair Darrell A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001623749

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13888
		FILM NUMBER:		141205839

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD.
		STREET 2:		12900 SNOW ROAD
		CITY:			PARMA
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44130
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        <footnote id="F9">On November 27, 2012, the Company granted 10,000 stock options under the Company's 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.  The options vest in equal thirds on November 27 of each of 2013, 2014 and 2015. The vested portions of such options will become exercisable upon vesting.</footnote>
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>POWER OF ATTORNEY

(Beneficial Ownership Reports)



The undersigned hereby:



(i)  constitutes and appoints the Chief Executive Officer, the President,

the General Counsel, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, the Chief Financial

Officer, the Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer, now or hereafter serving,

of GrafTech International Ltd. (the "Company"), and each of them individually,

with full power of substitution and resubstitution (collectively, the "Attorneys-

in-Fact," and, individually, an "Attorney-in-Fact"), to be the undersigned's true

and lawful representative, agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, for him or her and

in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to:



(a) prepare, act on, execute, acknowledge, publish (including website posting)

and deliver to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any and all

national securities exchanges and the Company the following Forms with respect to

securities of the Company, including those which are or may be deemed to be

beneficially owned or held by the undersigned:



(1) Forms ID, 3, 4, 5 and 144 (including any and all amendments thereto) under

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), the Securities

Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the rules and regulations

thereunder; and



(2) any successor Form or any related document; and



(b) request and obtain from any and all third parties, including brokers, employee

benefit plan administrators and trustees, any and all information with respect to

ownership and holding of and transactions in securities of the Company and to use and

disclose such information, in each case as necessary, appropriate, convenient or

expedient in connection with the foregoing; and



(ii) authorizes any and all such third parties to provide and disclose such information

to any and all of the Attorneys-in-Fact or their agents;



(iii)  grants to any and all of the Attorneys-in-Fact the full right, power and authority

to do any and all such things and all such actions which may be necessary, convenient,

expedient or appropriate in connection with the foregoing, as fully for all intents and

purposes as he or she might or could do or take; and



(iv) approves, ratifies and confirms all that any and all of the Attorneys-in-Fact may

lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



The undersigned hereby agrees that any and all of the Attorneys-in-Fact may rely on

information provided or disclosed orally or in writing by or on behalf of the undersigned

or such third parties without independent verification thereof.



The validity of this Power of Attorney shall not be affected in any manner by reason of

(i) the execution, at any time, of other powers of attorney by the undersigned in favor of

persons other than those named herein or (ii) the death, disability or incompetence of

the undersigned.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect as long as the undersigned remains employed

by the Company or its subsidiaries or a director of the Company, unless it is revoked as

described in the next sentence.  This Power of Attorney may be revoked only by written

notice to the Secretary of the Company, delivered personally or by registered mail or

certified mail, return receipt requested.  No such revocation shall be effective as to

any Attorney-in-Fact until such notice of revocation shall have been actually received

and read by him or her.  All third parties may deal with each Attorney-in-Fact as if such

Attorney-in-Fact was the undersigned, without undertaking or having any duty to undertake

any investigation as to whether this Power of Attorney has been revoked or otherwise

becomes invalid.



The undersigned acknowledged that it is his or her responsibility to pre-clear with the

General Counsel all proposed transactions in securities of the Company and that this Power

of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from any responsibility for compliance with

the obligations of the undersigned under the Exchange Act, including the reporting requirements

under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.





IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 24th

day of October, 2014.





Signature:  /s/Darrell A. Blair



Print Name:  Darrell A. Blair</PRE></BODY></HTML>
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