Kennametal Promotes John H. Jacko, Jr., To Chief Marketing Officer

LATROBE, Pa., July 7 PA-Kennametal-promote


LATROBE, Pa., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT)
announced today that it has promoted John H. Jacko, Jr., to Chief Marketing
Officer. In this role, Mr. Jacko will assume enterprise-wide responsibility
for marketing and strategy.


"John brought an extensive global experience in marketing and strategy to
Kennametal," said Kennametal Chairman, President and CEO Carlos M. Cardoso.
"He has helped us further our global growth strategies and has focused on
driving the brand strategy for our company. In his new role we look forward to
leveraging his marketing expertise across the entire enterprise."


John Jacko joined Kennametal Inc. as Vice President Corporate Strategy and
Metalworking Solutions Services Group Marketing in March of 2007. In this
role, he was responsible for corporate strategy and for the marketing of
Kennametal's MSSG business unit.


He came to Kennametal from Flowserve Corporation, where he served as a
corporate officer and CMO. Before joining Flowserve, John spent six years with
Honeywell (formerly AlliedSignal), in a series of marketing positions of
increasing responsibility and global impact.



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 approximately $2.4 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
http://www.kennametal.com. [KMT-G]



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