Kennametal Inc. announced Mr. Ronald Port, Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, Metal Cutting, has notified Kennametal Inc. of his resignation from the Company to pursue another opportunity. Mr. Port will remain with the Company until October 23, 2020 for transition purposes. In connection with the departure of Mr. Port, Mr. Nicholas Pflugh, Vice President America's Inserts and Steel Manufacturing, has assumed the role of Chief Commercial Officer, Metal Cutting, on an interim basis. Mr. Pflugh has nearly 14 years of commercial and operational experience with Kennametal and will report to President and CEO, Christopher Rossi while serving in this role.
Kennametal Inc. is an industrial technology company, which serves customers across the aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation end markets. The Company's segments include Metal Cutting and Infrastructure. The Metal Cutting segment develops and manufactures tooling and metal cutting products and services and offers an assortment of standard and custom metal cutting solutions to diverse end markets. The Metal Cutting segment offers products, including milling, hole making, turning, threading and toolmaking systems used in the manufacture of airframes, aero engines, trucks and automobiles, ships and various types of industrial equipment. The Infrastructure segment produces engineered tungsten carbide and ceramic components, earth-cutting tools, and advanced metallurgical powders, for the aerospace and defense, energy, earthworks and general engineering end markets. The Infrastructure segment markets its products under the Kennametal brand.