Brush Engineered Materials Inc. Appoints Mark M. Comerford President of Brush International, Inc.

Brush International, Inc. has service centers in Germany, England,Japan and Singapore that primarily focus on the distribution of alloyproducts while also providing local support to portions of othersubsidiaries of Brush Engineered Materials operating internationally.

In addition to his senior management role with the internationalbusinesses, Comerford oversees sales, marketing and technical servicesfunctions for Brush Wellman Inc.'s Alloy Products group. Brush WellmanInc. is the largest wholly-owned subsidiary of Brush EngineeredMaterials Inc.

Comerford joined Brush Wellman as Managing Director, BrushWellman-Singapore in 1998 and has progressed through variouscommercial roles during his tenure at Brush. Prior to joining BrushWellman, he worked at Carpenter Technology and American Brass invarious metallurgical engineering, international and commercialmanagement positions.

He is a 1984 graduate of the University of Notre Dame with aBachelor of Science degree in metallurgical engineering and materialsscience and holds an MBA from Canisius College of Buffalo, New York.

Brush Engineered Materials Inc., commemorating its 75th year in2006, is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The Company, through itswholly-owned subsidiaries, supplies worldwide markets with berylliumproducts, alloy products, electronic products, precious metalproducts, and engineered material systems. Around the world, theCompany's engineered materials can be found in technically demandingend-use products within the telecommunications and computer, magneticand optical data storage, aerospace and defense, automotiveelectronics, industrial components and appliance markets.