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Kennametal, Kyocera in Pact

Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA, has signed a product supply agreement with Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, Japan. The agreement includes initiatives such as private labeling, cross-licensing and sales and marketing.

The agreement is global in scope and is designed to complement the suppliers’ existing product lines. Kennametal and Kyocera plan to grow sales of each others’ product lines worldwide. Each company will also continue to sell its own products through established channels.

This agreement will enable each company to leverage the strength of the other in different geographical regions,” said Yukihiro Takarabe, Kyocera Corporation executive officer and general manager of the Corporate Cutting Tool Group. “As Kyocera strives to expand its global footprint, …

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Kennametal Sales Up 6% YTD

Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA, reported sales in the third quarter 2007 increased 7% on an organic basis to $616 million. Sales in the first nine months of fiscal 2007 were up 6% on an organic basis to $1.7 billion.
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Metalworking Solutions & Services Group (MSSG) growth of 7% (organic) in the third quarter was led by year-over-year expansion in the distribution, general engineering and machine tool markets and the effect of an acquisition. The European market (up 8%) continued to be favorable. Asia Pacific (up 22%) and India (up 25%) delivered double-digit growth, while the North American market showed flat-to-modest growth of 2%.
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Advanced Materials Solutions Group (AMSG) sales grew 6% on an organic basis. Energy product sales were up 18%, mining and …

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MDM News Digest 3708

Paris-based electrical distributor Rexel Inc. reported sales of 2.576 million euro (US$3.509 billion) in the first quarter 2007, up 31 percent from the same period last year. Growth was 5.9 percent on a comparable basis. Rexel saw double-digit organic growth in Europe and Asia-Pacific, with flat sales in North America. Acquisitions added 545 million euro (US$742 million) in sales in 2006. More …

Grainger, Chicago, IL, reported sales of $1.5 billion in the first quarter, up 9 percent from the first quarter 2006. Profit increased 18 percent to $102 million. Daily sales increased 8 percent in January, 10 percent in February and 9 percent in March. Sales in the branch-based segment in the U.S., Mexico and …

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Kennametal to Buy Advanced Materials Business

Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA, has agreed to buy Purity Metal Holdings Inc. and its subsidiary International Specialty Alloys Inc.&nbsp ; ISA will become part of Kennametal’s Advanced Materials Solutions Group.
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ISA manufactures high-purity specialty metal products for the aerospace, defense and super alloy industries.
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This acquisition further supports Kennametal’s growth and investment strategies, which include expanding AMSG to eventually represent 50% of its …

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MDM News Digest 3702

Apollo Management, which also recently invested in Rexnord, has made an investment in Bradco Supply Corp., a roofing distributor based in Avenel, NJ. Bradco has more than 150 branches in the U.S. Bradco founder Barry Segal says the investment is a great opportunity to significantly grow the company.” More …

Global fastener distributor The Wurth Group, based in Germany, recorded 12 percent sales growth in fiscal 2006 to 7.74 billion euro, or US$9.9 billion. Outside of Germany, sales increased by 11.8 percent to 4.62 billion euro, or US$5.96 billion. Profit grew by 16.5 percent overall. <a href="/pub/1_1/breaking-news/3616-1.html" ...

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Kennametal Sales in First 6 Months Unchanged

Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA, reported sales for the first six months of fiscal 2007 were $1.1 billion, level with the same period last year. Sales grew 6% on an organic basis, offset by the impact of acquisitions and divestiture of J & L Industrial Supply.


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Sales for the quarter were $569 million compared with $563 million in the same quarter last year. Sales grew 6% on an organic basis.


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Metalworking Solutions & Services Group sales were up 5%, led by year-over-year expansion in the distribution, aerospace and general engineering markets. The North American market continued to moderate (+1%), while conditions in the European market continued to improve (+11%), and Asia Pacific (+6%) and India (+7%) delivered solid growth.


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MSC Keeps Eye on ISM Index

MSC Industrial Direct Inc., Melville, NY, said in a recent conference call with investors that it has seen a slowdown in revenue growth in the past few months.


We’re mindful of the ISM index and its historic correlation to our growth rate, CEO David Sandler said of the Institute for Supply Management’s monthly manufacturing report. While we believe a number of marketing and sales initiatives will moderate its impact … it is apparent that three to six months of ISM weakness has modestly affected our revenue growth and will probably continue to do so in the next couple of quarters if past experience proves out.”


Still, thanks in part to its acquisition of J & L Industrial Supply last year from Kennametal, the industrial MRO distributor recorded an increase in sales …

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MDM News Digest 3701

Strategic Distribution, Inc., Bristol, PA, has agreed to be bought out by Platinum Equity in a deal worth $30 million. The deal stipulates that Strategic Distribution will merge with Project Eagle Holding Corp. and Project Eagle Merger Corp., each a Platinum Equity portfolio company. Strategic reported revenues of $136.9 million in 2005 and a net loss of $3.4 million. Platinum Equity has been busy in the industrial sector, recently buying Textron Fastening Systems for $630 million and PNA Group Inc., a $1.2 billion processor and distributor of steel products. More …

Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA, has agreed to acquire Federal Signal …

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MSC Industrial Sales Grow 35.9% in 1Q

MSC Industrial Direct Inc., Melville, NY, distributor of MRO supplies to industrial customers, reported sales of $402 million for the first quarter 2007, an increase of 35.9% from the same period in fiscal 2006. Profit increased 26.2% to $40.3 million from the year-ago period.


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J & L Industrial Supply, purchased from Kennametal last year, accounted for two-thirds of the growth. CEO David Sandler said the integration of J & L is going as planned, and that MSC should be able to generate the forecasted $20 million in margin improvements and cost savings that was originally anticipated.


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A conference call regarding the first quarter results and current operations is available at&nbsp ; <A href=http://www.mscdirect.com/" target=_blank ...

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Kennametal to Buy Federal Signal’s Cutting Tool Business

Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA, has agreed to acquire Federal Signal Corporation’s cutting tool business comprised of Manchester Tool Company, ClappDiCO Corporation and On Time Machine, Inc. for $67 million.


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With annual sales of about $40 million, Federal Signal Corporation’s cutting tool business produces, markets and services super hard polycrystalline diamond and cubic boron nitride cutting tools, tool holding systems and certain specialized turning tools which are complementary to Kennametal’s product range.


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Kennametal says the acquisition is consistent with its growth strategy and with the company’s previously stated intentions for the use of cash.


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