KAMAN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES NAMED QUAD/GRAPHIC’S 2005 SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR

Windsor, Connecticut (June 12, 2006) – Kaman Industrial Technologies has been recognized as MRO Supplier of the Year by Quad/Graphics at a ceremony in Sussex, Wisconsin. The awards were created to honor those suppliers who contribute key value-added services to operations and to recognize the vendors that go above and beyond to help Quad/Graphics succeed.

Kaman Industrial Technologies provides a variety of products and services to Quad/Graphic’s manufacturing facilities located throughout North America, including their industrial maintenance, repair, operating and power transmission needs.

The award goes beyond simply recognizing and thanking our outstanding suppliers, according to Art Noe, Director of Corporate Purchasing. “The Supplier of the Year program is not only a chance to thank our suppliers but to give all suppliers the knowledge that will make them a stronger partner in helping us achieve ongoing cost reductions and productivity improvements,” Art said.

 “This success was achieved through the sincere and dedicated efforts of the employees of both companies working in a partnership to increase productivity and reliability while reducing cost,” said T. Jack Cahill, president, Kaman Industrial Technologies.  “Kaman is dedicated and honored to support Quad/Graphics as they pursue achievement of their strategic objectives.” 

About Quad/Graphics
Headquartered in Sussex, Wis., Quad/Graphics is the world’s largest privately held printer of magazines, catalogs, direct mail and other commercial products, and the third largest printer – public or private – in the Western Hemisphere. Through a network of print production facilities on three continents, Quad/Graphics offers services from front-end design and photography through digital imaging, printing, list management, finishing and distribution. The company employs 12,000 people worldwide and has annual sales of $1.9 billion.

About Kaman Industrial Technologies Corp.
A subsidiary of Kaman Corp. (NASDAQ:KAMN) of Bloomfield, Conn., Kaman Industrial Technologies is one of the nation’s largest industrial distributors, supplying products and providing high value-added technical services to approximately 50,000 customers in virtually every North American industry.  Based in Windsor, Conn., the company offers more than one million individual items in seven product groups: bearings, power transmission, electrical/electronic drive, fluid power, material handling, linear motion and accessory items.   

Kaman Corp. conducts business in the aerospace, industrial distribution and music markets.

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Contact: David H. Mayer  (860) 687-5178
E-mail: david.grebowski-kit@kaman.com