Kennametal Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Frank P. Simpkins discusses manufacturing, R&D, BEYOND BLAST, and a host of other topics in a recent interview with the Wall Street Transcript.

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Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) delivers productivity to customers seeking peak performance in demanding environments by providing innovative custom and standard wear-resistant solutions. This proven productivity is enabled through our advanced materials sciences and application knowledge.  Our commitment to a sustainable environment provides additional value to our customers. Companies operating in everything from airframes to coal mining, from engines to oil wells and from turbochargers to construction recognize Kennametal for extraordinary contributions to their value chains. In fiscal year 2009, customers bought approximately $2.0 billion of Kennametal products and services – delivered by our nearly 12,000 talented employees doing business in more than 60 countries – with more than 50 percent of these revenues coming from outside North America. 

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