Ladish Names Roberts General Manager of Sales and Marketing For Ladish Forging

Cudahy, WI—Ladish Co., Inc. (www.ladishco.com) (Nasdaq: LDSH) has named Douglas Roberts to be General Manager of Sales and Marketing for Ladish Forging, LLC, the main forging facility of Ladish Co., Inc., located in Cudahy, WI. He was International Sales Manager.  Mr. Roberts will report to Gary Vroman, President of Ladish Forging, LLC.

Roberts began his career at Ladish as a Sales Coordinator in 1985 and was promoted to increasingly responsible positions in the sales department before becoming International Sales Manager in December 2005. In that position, he oversaw all of the company’s international business, which historically accounts for about 50 percent of sales. In his new role, Roberts will be responsible for managing all sales and marketing activities of the Ladish Forging operation.

Roberts holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Ladish Co., Inc. is a leading producer of highly engineered technically advanced components for the jet engine, aerospace and general industrial markets.  Ladish is headquartered in Cudahy, Wisconsin with operations in Wisconsin, Connecticut, Oregon and Poland.  Ladish common stock trades on NASDAQ under the symbol LDSH.

This release includes forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in them.  These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, uncertainties in the company's major markets, the impact of competition, the effectiveness of operational changes expected to increase efficiency and productivity, worldwide economic and political conditions and the effect of foreign currency fluctuations.