MANCHESTER, Conn., Sept. 3, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lydall, Inc. (NYSE:LDL) is pleased to announce that they will attend the Sidoti & Company Eighth Annual West Coast Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Forum at the San Francisco Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Friday, September 11, 2009. Lydall management will be available in the afternoon on Thursday, September 10 and during the day on Friday, September 11 for meetings with investors. Management representing the Company will be Dale Barnhart, President and Chief Executive Officer; Thomas Smith, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Peter Kurto, Vice President of Business Development and Investor Relations.
Dale Barnhart said, "We have used Lean Six Sigma successfully this year to improve efficiencies and maintain liquidity in a tough environment. We believe we are positioned much better now than before the economic downturn and are pleased with the prospects for our future. We look forward to discussing our company with the investment community next week."
A copy of the management presentation will be posted on the Investor Relations section of our website: www.lydall.com
About Lydall, Inc.
Lydall, Inc. (NYSE:LDL) designs and manufactures specialty engineered products for the thermal/acoustical, filtration/separation, and biopharmaceutical markets. Lydall operates in the following segments: Performance Materials, Thermal/Acoustical, and Other Products & Services. Performance Materials provides filtration and separation media solutions, as well as industrial thermal insulation solutions. Thermal/Acoustical offers automotive thermal and acoustical barriers. Lydall's Other Products & Services segment is made up of Vital Fluids (Charter Medical) and Affinity. Vital Fluids offers specialty products for blood transfusion and cell therapy applications in the life science industry, as well as single-use bioprocessing containers and medical filtration components. Affinity designs and manufactures high precision temperature-control equipment. Lydall has manufacturing facilities in the U.S., France, Germany and The Netherlands; and sales offices in Europe and Asia. Headquarters are in Manchester, CT.