Type: Public
On the web: http://www.kennametal.com
Employees: 11,600
Employee growth: 5.5%

Kennametal welcomes your cutting-edge remarks. The company offers a host of metal-cutting tools and tooling supplies for machining steel, equipment for mining and highway construction, and engineering services for production processes. Its lines include cutting, milling, and drilling tools used in metalworking; drums, bits, and accessories used in mining; and bits, grader blades, and snowplow blades used in construction. The company, which sells its products globally, serves customers in the aerospace, defense, transportation, engineering, energy, and mining sectors. Its customers have included such giants as Honda, Caterpillar, and Pratt & Whitney Canada. More than half of sales come from outside of the US.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending June, 2011:
Sales: $2,403.5M
One year growth: 27.6%
Net income: $229.7M
Income growth: 394.9%

Officers:
Chairman, President, and CEO: Carlos M. Cardoso
VP and CFO: Frank P. Simpkins
VP and CIO: Steven R. (Steve) Hanna

Competitors:
Atlas Copco
GILDEMEISTER
Sandvik

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