Press Release

Hillenbrand Appoints Mark Kohler President of K-Tron’s Size Reduction Group

BATESVILLE, Indiana, July 11, 2011 – Hillenbrand, Inc. (NYSE: HI) named Mark L. Kohler president of the Size Reduction Group, a division of the company’s K-Tron subsidiary, effective July 1, 2011.

Kohler’s primary responsibility is to oversee the strategy and global growth of the Size Reduction Group’s three brands: Gundlach, which manufactures crushing equipment used at mining sites for coal and other minerals; Pennsylvania Crusher, which makes crushing and sizing equipment used at utilities and other industrial processors; and Jeffrey Rader, which manufactures equipment used for processing bark and wood chips for the pulp, paper, forest products and biomass industries.

A 35-year veteran in the industry, Kohler began his career as a designer at Gundlach in Belleville, Ill., working his way up through positions of increasing responsibility, including vice president of manufacturing. Since 2007, he has served as general manager for the Gundlach brand. During his tenure, Gundlach’s business has more than doubled, including developing and introducing industry-leading crushers and cage mills used in a number of industries around the globe.

“Mark has deep institutional knowledge about both the company and the industries served by the Size Reduction Group,” said Joe A. Raver, president of K-Tron International. “I look forward to working closely with him to develop and implement the company’s global growth strategy.”

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About Hillenbrand, Inc.
Hillenbrand (www.HillenbrandInc.com) is a diversified enterprise with multiple subsidiaries focused around two separate operating businesses. Batesville Casket (www.batesville.com) is a leader in the North American death care industry through the sale of funeral services products, including burial caskets, cremation caskets, containers and urns, selection room display fixturing, and other personalization and memorialization products. K-Tron International (www.ktroninternational.com) is a recognized leader in the design, production, marketing and servicing of bulk solids material handling equipment and systems. The company serves many different industrial markets through two product lines. The Process Group focuses primarily on feeding and pneumatic conveying equipment, doing business under two main brands: K-Tron Feeders and K-Tron Premier. The Size Reduction Group concentrates on size reduction equipment, conveying systems and screening equipment, operating under three brands: Pennsylvania Crusher, Gundlach and Jeffrey Rader. HI-INC-E
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