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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20150522172954
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000931148-15-000032
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150515
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150522
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150522

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:		6100 OAK TREE BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300 PARK CENTER I
		CITY:			INDEPENDENCE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44131
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2166762000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6100 OAK TREE BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300 PARK CENTER I
		CITY:			INDEPENDENCE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44131

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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Coburn Quinn J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001643036

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13888
		FILM NUMBER:		15887617

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL
		STREET 2:		6100 OAK TREE BLVD, SUITE 300
		CITY:			INDEPENDENCE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44131
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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 20th day of May 2015.





Signature:  /s/Quinn J. Coburn



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