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LATROBE, Pa., Feb 02, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) announced today that its President and Chief Executive Officer Carlos M. Cardoso and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Frank P. Simpkins will present at the Lehman Brothers Industrial Select Conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007. The event is scheduled for 7 a.m. Eastern time and will be available on the company's website, www.kennametal.com. In addition, the replay will be available through February 22, 2007. Once on the home page, just click on the link to "Corporate", and then click "Investor Relations."

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 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]

SOURCE Kennametal Inc.

Investor Relations Contact: Quynh McGuire, +1-724-539-6559, or Media Relations
Contact: Joy Chandler, +1-724-539-4618, both of Kennametal Inc.

http://www.kennametal.com

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