Young Engineers Program Honors First Graduates

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The first graduating class of the Kennametal Foundation’s Young Engineers Program was honored January 4 and included 15 juniors and seniors from Greater Latrobe Senior High School.

The 15-week program included a combination of hands-on projects, classroom discussion, mentoring from Kennametal’s expert engineers, and field trips to Kennametal manufacturing sites. The experiences gave the students a glimpse of the career opportunities available in engineering and the manufacturing industry.

Graduates of the Young Engineers Program included Zack Battaglia, Austin Faddish, Shiloh Kail, Dan Krall, Larry Kunkel, Marisa Larkin, Justin Maust, Josh McIntyre, Lauren Morlacci, Brendan Moss, Charlie Musick, Nathan Schomer, Jonathan Skoloda, Ian Steel, and Patrick Trumbetta.

The students met twice weekly for the program on Kennametal’s headquarters campus in Latrobe, PA, and earned academic credit for their participation and completion of the program.

Congratulations Graduates!!!

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It is programs like these that keep me hopeful about the development and evolution of STEM education in our schools. Our workforce is desperate for highly skilled technical labor but the US has lagged behind other countries in promoting and maintaining its education system in this way. Thank you for supporting STEM in the US. Your efforts are a true inspiration to those of us who not only hope for a bright future for the US economy, but also for the fulfillment of young people by STEM. Science, technology, engineering, and math are rewarding and life-changing fields.

March 5, 2013 |

Kristie Karkanen

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Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) is a leading global supplier of tooling, engineered components and advanced materials that are consumed in production processes. We provide customers with a broad range of technologically advanced tools, tooling systems and engineering services. Our products use highly complex metallurgy and materials science in tungsten carbide powders, high-speed steels, ceramics, industrial diamond and other materials that are particularly resistant to heat, abrasion, pressure and wear.

Kennametal is the market leader in North America in metalcutting tools and is second in Europe and worldwide. It is the undisputed global market leader in tools for the mining and highway construction industries. Kennametal markets its products under several highly respected, widely recognized brand names, including Kennametal, WIDIA, WIDIA-Rübig, and WIDIA-Hanita.

Kennametal serves a vast array of end markets, including industries such as aerospace, automotive, construction and farm machinery, power generation and transmission equipment, home appliances and oil and gas exploration. Kennametal markets its products and services through a multi-channel network that includes a highly trained and skilled direct sales force, direct marketing, the Internet, integrated supply programs and a network of industrial distributors.