Exhibit 23

            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K)
of Brush Engineered Materials Inc. and subsidiaries of our reports dated March
3, 2006, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Brush
Engineered Materials Inc. and subsidiaries, Brush Engineered Materials Inc. and
subsidiaries' management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control
over financial reporting, and the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting of Brush Engineered Materials Inc. and subsidiaries,
included in the 2005 Annual Report to Shareholders of Brush Engineered Materials
Inc.

Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of Brush Engineered
Materials Inc. and subsidiaries listed in Item 15(a). This schedule is the
responsibility of Brush Engineered Materials Inc.'s management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, as
to which the date is March 16, 2006, the financial statement schedule referred
to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as
a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth
therein.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration
Statements:

(1)  Registration Statement Number 333-88994 on Form S-8 dated May 24, 2002;

(2)  Post-Effective Amendment Number 1 to Registration Statement Number
     333-74296 on Form S-8 dated November 30, 2001;

(3)  Post-Effective Amendment Number 5 to Registration Statement Number 2-64080
     on Form S-8 dated May 17, 2000;

(4)  Post-Effective Amendment Number 1 to Registration Statement Number
     333-63355 on Form S-8 dated May 17, 2000;

(5)  Post-Effective Amendment Number 1 to Registration Statement Number 33-28605
     on Form S-8 dated May 17, 2000;

(6)  Post-Effective Amendment Number 1 to Registration Statement Number
     333-63353 on Form S-8 dated May 17, 2000;

(7)  Post-Effective Amendment Number 1 to Registration Statement Number
     333-63357 on Form S-8 dated May 17, 2000;

(8)  Post-Effective Amendment Number 1 to Registration Statement Number
     333-52141 on Form S-8 dated May 17, 2000;

(9)  Post-Effective Amendment Number 1 to Registration Statement Number 2-90724
     on Form S-8 dated May 17, 2000;

(10) Registration Statement Number 333-63353 on Form S-8 dated September 14,
     1998;

(11) Registration Statement Number 333-63355 on Form S-8 dated September 14,
     1998;

(12) Registration Statement Number 333-63357 on Form S-8 dated September 14,
     1998;

(13) Registration Statement Number 333-52141 on Form S-8 dated May 5, 1998;

(14) Registration Statement Number 33-28605 on Form S-8 dated May 5, 1989;

(15) Registration Statement Number 2-90724 on Form S-8 dated April 27, 1984;

(16) Post-Effective Amendment Number 3 to Registration Statement Number 2-64080
     on Form S-8 dated April 22, 1983;

(17) Registration Statement Number 333-114147 on Form S-3 dated July 1, 2004;
     and

(18) Registration Statement Number 333-127130 on Form S-8 dated August 3, 2005.



Cleveland, Ohio
March 16, 2006