Latest WIDIA Products Group Stories

LATROBE, Pa., Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In a contest that runs like survival of the fittest, WIDIA Products Group announced its plans to sponsor the Ultra4-class Griffin King of the Hammers Race Presented by Nitto Tire in Johnson Valley, California on Friday, February 8. In addition, the brand will back Buck Wild Racing and driver David Buchberger's WIDIA Ultra4 Rock Racer, built race-ready with WIDIA products and solutions that lend more than 80 years of metalworking and tooling...

LATROBE, Pa., May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For showing "exceptional documented cost savings or productivity improvements to an end user," the Industrial Supply Association (Pittsburgh, PA) awarded WIDIA Products Group and Ron Wallace & Associates its American Eagle Value-Added Partner Award at the 2011 ISA Product Show and Conference (May 14-17, Rosemont, IL). WIDIA and Ron Wallace & Associates join a select group of companies to receive this prestigious award. Specifically, the...

LATROBE, Pa., May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- WIDIA Products Group announced today that it has signed an agreement with Fastenal to become WIDIA's North American National Distributor. "This is a very exciting day for WIDIA. Fastenal has been selling WIDIA brands for years, and we are adding the complete portfolio to the Fastenal Company, aligning with our brand and channel strategy going forward," said Bernard C. McConnell, Vice President, WIDIA Product Group and Services. "Fastenal provides...

LATROBE, Pa., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) announced the launch of the WIDIA Products Group at EMO Milano 2009, the flagship metalworking show in Europe. Effective immediately, this announcement completes the migration of all its current brands of metalcutting tools and tooling systems into two distinct portfolios: WIDIA Products Group and Kennametal Products Group. The WIDIA Products Group will include WIDIA, Hanita(TM), Rubig(TM), Manchester(TM),...