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Allegheny
Technologies CEO Pat Hassey to Speak at the
Credit Suisse Aerospace & Defense Conference
CONTACT:
Dan L. Greenfield
(412) 394-3004
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania -- November 17, 2008 -- Allegheny
Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: ATI) announced that L. Patrick Hassey,
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, will speak at the Credit
Suisse 2008 Aerospace & Defense Conference in New York, NY on
Wednesday, November 19, 2008. Mr. Hassey's remarks and presentation
slides will be available at 11:00 a.m. (ET) on Wednesday, November 19,
2008, on ATI's website www.alleghenytechnologies.com
under the "Investors" tab.
The presentation may contain "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Certain statements relate to future events and expectations and, as
such, constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
include those containing such words as "anticipates,"
"believes," "estimates," "expects,"
"would," "should," "will," "will
likely result," "forecast," "outlook,"
"projects," and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements
are based on management's current expectations and include known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which we are
unable to predict or control, that may cause our actual results,
performance or achievements to materially differ from those expressed or
implied in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements include: (a) material adverse changes in economic
or industry conditions generally, including credit market conditions and
related issues, and global supply and demand conditions and prices for
our specialty metals; (b) material adverse changes in the markets we
serve, including the aerospace and defense, construction and mining,
automotive, electrical energy, chemical process industry, oil and gas,
medical and other markets; (c) our inability to achieve the level of cost
savings, productivity improvements, synergies, growth or other benefits
anticipated by management, including those anticipated from strategic
investments and the integration of acquired businesses, whether due to
significant increases in energy, raw materials or employee benefits
costs, the possibility of project cost overruns or unanticipated costs
and expenses, or other factors; (d) volatility of prices and availability
of supply of the raw materials that are critical to the manufacture of
our products; (e) declines in the value of our defined benefit pension
plan assets or unfavorable changes in laws or regulations that govern
pension plan funding; (f) significant legal proceedings or investigations
adverse to us; (g) other risk factors summarized in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and in other reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no duty to
update our forward-looking statements.
Building the World's Best Specialty Metals Company(TM)
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) is one of the largest and
most diversified specialty metals producers in the world with revenues of
$5.5 billion during 2007. ATI has approximately 9,700 full-time employees
world-wide who use innovative technologies to offer growing global
markets a wide range of specialty metals solutions. Our major markets are
aerospace and defense, chemical process industry/oil and gas, electrical
energy, medical, automotive, food equipment and appliance, machine and
cutting tools, and construction and mining. Our products include titanium
and titanium alloys, nickel-based alloys and superalloys, grain-oriented
electrical steel, stainless and specialty steels, zirconium, hafnium, and
niobium, tungsten materials, and forgings and castings. The Allegheny
Technologies website is www.alleghenytechnologies.com.
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