Kennametal
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| Kennametal, Inc. | |
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| Type | Public (NYSE: KMT) |
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| Founded | 1938 |
| Headquarters | Latrobe, Pennsylvania |
| Key people | Carlos M. Cardoso, President and CEO |
| Industry | Metals |
| Products | aggregates metalworking abrasive flow products cutting tools metallurgy mining equipment woodworking fluid handling |
| Revenue |  $2.33 billion USD |
| Employees | 14,000 |
| Website | www.kennametal.com |
Kennametal is a metalworking and tool production company headquartered in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, a city some 50 miles from Pittsburgh. The corporation specializes in advanced engineering and in the creation of products for high-tech or complex industries. Advanced materials such as tungsten carbide, specialty steels, diamonds, and heat and pressure resistant synthetics, are produced by Kennametal for heavy duty industries. In March 2005, Kennametal purchased the Extrude Hone Corporation. In announcing the acquisition, the companies expressed the view that combining Extrude Hone's techniques with Kennametal's broad technological experience, and worldwide operations would enhance their ability to serve their customers in the future.
[edit] Production
Kennametal products:
- Blades, disks, skins, fuel control systems, and landing gear for the aerospace industry
- Synthetic fertilizers for agriculture
- Camshafts, crankshafts, cylinder heads, rotors, caplipers and differentials for automobiles
- Roofing and abrasives for home construction
- Asphault, stabilization tools, and tunneling equipment for road construction
- Woodworking tools
- Machining centers, small parts machines, and lathes for the tooling industry
- Mining equipment
- Abrasives and flow control for the oil industry
- Generating equipment for electric power plants
- Fluids for the paper industry
- Wheels and axles for the railroads
- Custom engineering
| Pittsburgh-based Corporations (Within the Pittsburgh Metro Area) |
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| Pittsburgh-based Fortune 500 Corporations: U.S. Steel | PPG | H.J. Heinz | PNC Financial | Mellon Financial | WESCO International |
| Pittsburgh-based Fortune 1000 Corporations: Allegheny Energy | Consol Energy | Allegheny Technologies | Dick's Sporting Goods | Kennametal | American Eagle Outfitters | Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel | Mylan |
| Pittsburgh-based Forbes Largest Private Companies: 84 Lumber | GNC | Giant Eagle | Sheetz |
| Externally owned, regionally based, and other Pittsburgh corporations: American Bridge | Ampco Pittsburgh | Bayer USA | Calgon Carbon | Dollar Bank | DQE Holdings | Eat'n Park | Federated Investors | FedEx Ground | GlaxoSmithKline | Guru.com | Highmark | iGate | Koppers | Michael Baker | Mine Safety Appliances | NOVA Chemicals | Oxford Development | Pittsburgh Brewing Company | Respironics | rue21 | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | Vivisimo | Wabtec |
