Kennametal Inc. today announced that its President and Chief Executive Officer, Carlos M. Cardoso, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Cathy R. Smith, will meet with various members of the financial community in Chicago, Minneapolis, and mid-Atlantic region on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 and Wednesday, February 8, 2006.

In addition, Mr. Cardoso and Ms. Smith will present at the Lehman Brothers Industrial Select Conference on Tuesday, February 14, 2006. The event is scheduled for 9:50 a.m. Eastern time and will be available on the company's website, www.kennametal.com, through February 28th, 2006. Once on the homepage, just click on the link to "Corporate", and then click "Investor Relations."

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 14,000 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]

SOURCE: Kennametal Inc.