Exhibit 31.2

                                 CERTIFICATIONS

I, John D. Grampa, certify that:

         1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Brush
               Engineered Materials Inc. (the "Company");

         2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
               statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
               necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
               circumstances under which such statements were made, not
               misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly
               report;

         3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
               financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly
               present in all material respects the financial condition, results
               of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the
               periods presented in this quarterly report;

         4.    The Company's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
               establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
               (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for
               the Company and we have:

               a)    designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
                     such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
                     under our supervision, to ensure that material information
                     relating to the Company, including its consolidated
                     subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
                     entities, particularly during the period in which this
                     report is being prepared;

               b)    evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure
                     controls and procedures and presented in this report our
                     conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
                     controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
                     covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

               c)    disclosed in this report any change in the Company's
                     internal control over financial reporting that occurred
                     during the Company's most recent fiscal quarter (the
                     Company's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
                     report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
                     likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control
                     over financial reporting; and

         5.    The Company's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
               based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
               financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
               committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons
               performing the equivalent functions):

               a)    all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                     design or operation of internal control over financial
                     reporting which are reasonable likely to adversely affect
                     the Company's ability to record, process, summarize and
                     report financial information; and

               b)    any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                     management or other employees who have a significant role
                     in the Company's internal control over financial reporting.


Dated:  November 6, 2003                       /s/ John D. Grampa
                                               John D. Grampa
                                               Vice President Finance and CFO