Kennametal Inc. Announces Conference Call and Webcast for Financial Community and Media (Listen Only) on Second Quarter Earnings Results for Fiscal Year 2006

10 a.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, January 25, 2006

A Question and Answer Period for the Financial Community Will Immediately Follow Conference Call

  Hosted by:
   Markos I. Tambakeras - Executive Chairman
   Carlos M. Cardoso - President and Chief Executive Officer
   Cathy R. Smith - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Listen via real-time audio on the Kennametal website at www.kennametal.com Replay available through February 8, 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 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.