{"id":46799,"date":"2026-02-07T11:22:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/kennametal-india-sustains-growth-momentum-with-strong-q2-fy26-performance\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T11:22:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:52:53","slug":"kennametal-india-sustains-growth-momentum-with-strong-q2-fy26-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/kennametal-india-sustains-growth-momentum-with-strong-q2-fy26-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennametal India Sustains Growth Momentum with Strong Q2 FY26 Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 07: <\/strong>For the quarter ended December 31, 2025, Kennametal India Limited (KIL) posted revenues of<strong>\u20b93340 Mn<\/strong>, marking a growth of<strong>16.4%<\/strong>over<strong>\u20b92870<\/strong><strong>Mn<\/strong>in the same period last year. Profit Before Tax stood at<strong>\u20b9353 Mn<\/strong>(includes a one-time cost of \u20b934 Mn due to implementation of new labour codes),<strong>up 9%<\/strong>from<strong>\u20b9324 Mn<\/strong>in Q2 FY25.<\/p>\n<p>The quarter benefited from favorable macroeconomic conditions, with India&#8217;s continued economic strength providing tailwinds across key industrial sectors. Kennametal India&#8217;s diversified portfolio and customer-centric approach also enabled the company to capture share while maintaining operational discipline.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our Q2 performance demonstrates our ability to capitalize on India&#8217;s economic growth while effectively managing the dynamic tungsten pricing environment,&#8221; said Vijaykrishnan Venkatesan, Managing Director, Kennametal India Limited. \u201cSupported by volume growth and strategic pricing actions, our performance remained strong\u2014especially within the Hard Metal segment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of a long-term growth strategy, Kennametal India remains committed to advancing manufacturing excellence, expanding its market presence, and delivering value to shareholders.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you object to the content of this press release, please notify us at pr.error.rectification@gmail.com. We will respond and rectify the situation within 24 hours.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 07: For the quarter ended December 31, 2025, Kennametal India Limited (KIL) posted revenues of\u20b93340 Mn, marking a growth of16.4%over\u20b92870Mnin the same period last year. Profit Before Tax stood at\u20b9353 Mn(includes a one-time cost of \u20b934 Mn due to implementation of new labour codes),up 9%from\u20b9324 Mnin Q2 FY25. The quarter benefited&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/kennametal-india-sustains-growth-momentum-with-strong-q2-fy26-performance\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Kennametal India Sustains Growth Momentum with Strong Q2 FY26 Performance&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[755,756],"class_list":["post-46799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-kennametal-india","tag-vijaykrishnan-venkatesan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}