GrafTech International, Ltd. develops and manufactures graphite and carbon material science-based solutions. It operates in three segments: Graphite Electrodes, Advanced Graphite Materials, and Other Businesses. The Graphite Electrodes segment manufactures graphite electrodes and related services. Its electrodes are used as components of the conductive power systems in electric arc furnace steel production, as well as in other ferrous and non-ferrous melting applications, including steel refining, titanium dioxide production, and chemical processing. The Advanced Graphite Materials segment manufactures primary and specialty products for transportation, solar, and oil and gas exploration industries. Its products are used in applications, including fused refractories, diamond drill bits, and semiconductor components, as well as in aluminum refining applications. This segment also offers products, which are combined with advanced flexible graphite to provide heat management solutions for insulation packages, induction furnaces, high temperature vacuum furnaces, direct solidification furnaces, and other industrial thermal management applications. The Other Businesses segment manufactures natural graphite products, including advanced flexible graphite and flexible graphite. It offers electronic thermal management solutions, which are used in electronics, power generation, automotive, petrochemical, and transportation industries. This segment also manufactures carbon, semi-graphitic, and graphite refractory bricks that are used in blast furnace and submerged arc furnaces for applications, including cooling courses in the hearth bottoms, backup linings in hearth walls, and lintels over copper cooling plates. The company sells its products through direct sales force, direct employees, independent sales representatives, and distributors in North America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. GrafTech International was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Parma, Ohio.
Analysts'
Recommendation: | Buy |
| 30 Days Ago: | Buy |
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| Analysts' Target: | $25 |
| Analysts' Targets |
| Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. | $24 |
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008
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| Cowen & Co. | $25 |
| Aggressive Buy |
Monday, December 17, 2007
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$26.59 (06/29/08)
