Thomas A. Weihsmann Promoted to Vice President, Regional Manager at Kaman Industrial Technologies


WINDSOR, Connecticut (February 27, 2008) - Kaman Industrial Technologies today announced the promotion of Thomas A. Weihsmann to vice president, regional manager, reporting to T. Jack Cahill, president.

Weihsmann previously was regional manager, Southeast group. In his new position, he assumes full management responsibility over Kaman's Southeast region, based in Atlanta, where he will oversee management functions including customer relationships, customer service, personnel management, asset management and financial performance.

Weihsmann began his career at Kaman in 1982. He left in 1985 to serve in sales management roles at the Morse division of Emerson Power Transmission and then with a distributor in the Northeast. He rejoined Kaman in 1994 as the Florida district sales manager. In 1997, he was promoted to district manager based in Atlanta and in 2003 was appointed regional manager.

"Tom has a distinguished record of successful customer relationship development, sales growth and financial performance improvement resulting in significant progress for Kaman Industrial Technologies" said T. Jack Cahill, President. "This appointment reflects the commitment we have to this major market area and the confidence we have in Tom to lead us to future levels of growth and delivering value to our customers."

Weihsmann graduated from Clarkson University in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in marketing. He and his family reside in Marietta, Georgia.

About Kaman Industrial Technologies Corp.

Kaman Industrial Technologies is a subsidiary of Kaman Corp. (NASDAQ-GS: KAMN) of Bloomfield, Conn., which conducts business in the aerospace and industrial distribution markets. Kaman Industrial Technologies provides products and high value-added technical services from nearly 200 locations to customers in virtually every North American industry.

For more information visit www.kamandirect.com.

Contact:
David Grebowski (860) 687-5178
E-mail: dtg-kit@kaman.com

Kaman Industrial Technologies
1 Waterside Crossing
Windsor, CT 06095
(860) 687-5000

Internet: www.kamandirect.com

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