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LATROBE, Pa., Sept 05, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) announced today that its Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Carlos M. Cardoso, as well as key members of the senior management team, will provide an update on the company's strategy and its outlook at a meeting with the financial community on Wednesday, September 17, in New York.

The presentation is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time and is expected to end by 11:00 a.m. This meeting event will be broadcast live on the company's website, http://www.kennametal.com. Once on the homepage, select "Investor Relations" and then "Events." The replay of this event will also be available on the company's website through October 17, 2008.

Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) 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 more than $2.7 billion annually of Kennametal products and services -- delivered by our 14,000 talented employees in over 60 countries -- with more than 50 percent of these revenues coming from outside North America. Visit us at www.kennametal.com. [KMT-G]

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