Kennametal Inc. announced today that its President and Chief Executive Officer Carlos M. Cardoso and Chief Financial Officer Frank P. Simpkins will meet with various members of the financial community in the Mid-Atlantic region that includes Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania on December 20 and December 21, 2006.

Kennametal Inc. is a leading global supplier of tooling, engineered components and advanced materials consumed in production processes. The company improves customers' competitiveness by providing superior economic returns through the delivery of application knowledge and advanced technology to master the toughest of materials application demands. Companies producing everything from airframes to coal, from medical implants to oil wells and from turbochargers to motorcycle parts recognize Kennametal for extraordinary contributions to their value chains. Customers buy over $2.3 billion annually of Kennametal products and services - delivered by our approximately 13,500 talented employees in over 60 countries - with almost 50 percent of these revenues coming from outside the United States. Visit us at www.kennametal.com. [KMT-G]

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: jan.tagliaferi@kennametal.com

SOURCE: Kennametal Inc.