The National Center for Defense Manufacturing & Machining Board of Directors
Philip H. Weihl

Vice President – Kennametal Value Business System and Lean
Kennametal Inc.

Philip H. Weihl is Vice President, Kennametal Value Business System (KVBS) and Lean for Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, Pennsylvania.  Mr. Weihl joined Kennametal in 1986 as Manager, Manufacturing Systems.  He became Manager of Manufacturing Systems and Services in 1991, Director of Metallurgical Operations in 1995, Director of North American Metalworking Manufacturing in 1997, Director of Global Manufacturing in 2000, Vice President of Global Manufacturing in 2001, and Vice President of KVBS and Lean in 2005.

Mr. Weihl leads Kennametal’s focus on thorough, worldwide deployment of both KVBS and the Lean Enterprise.  Mr. Weihl has led the introduction of Lean Thinking at Kennametal; in his previous positions at Kennametal, his organizations realized multi-million dollar benefits from the implementation of Lean.

Before joining Kennametal, Mr. Weihl had increasing managerial responsibilities in the manufacturing section of Carboloy Systems Department at General Electric Company, Warren, Michigan.  Prior to that, he was in General Electric’s Manufacturing Management Program.  Mr. Weihl earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1977 and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1984.

Mr. Weihl is a member of Kennametal’s Executive Management Council, a member of the MAPI/Manufacturers’ Alliance Manufacturing Council, a member of the Board of Directors for the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, a member of the Board of Directors for Kennametal- Widia India Operations, and a member of the Council of Advisors for the Kennametal Center for Operational Excellence at Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania.  He has also served as the Chairperson of Kennametal’s Manufacturing Council and as a member of the Applied Mathematics Board of Visitors for Robert Morris College.  In addition, he has served as the Chairperson of Kennametal’s United Way Campaign in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania for two years (2001, 2002) and as a Co-Chairperson of Kennametal’s United Way United States Campaign in 2004.

Mr. Weihl is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio.  He, his wife, Marianne, and their two daughters, Samantha and Alison, reside in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.