Kennametal Inc. announced that Faisal Hamadi, currently Vice President of Kennametal's Value Creation Systems, will succeed Franklin Cardenas as President of the Company's Infrastructure segment, effective January 20, 2025. Hamadi joined Kennametal in July 2024 from Eaton Corporation where he had 17 years of experience in progressively larger roles. Most recently, he had P&L ownership as the General Manager of a $600 million aerospace business that served major airlines and OEMs globally and had more than 1,000 employees.

Hamadi's existing Value Creation Systems responsibilities will be combined with existing roles at Kennametal, providing strong alignment between business, operations and continuous improvement efforts across the company. Cardenas will remain with the company through April 1, 2025.