GE Energy Honors Kaydon Corporation with Supplier Award

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(Business Wire)--
Kaydon Corporation (NYSE: KDN) recently was honored by GE Energy through its
Supplier Excellence Awards program. The prestigious award recognizes excellence
in compliance, quality, lean, direct material productivity, growth and customer
centricity. Kaydon received GE`s Excellence in Growth award, which is given to a
supplier with the largest year-over-year growth.

"Kaydon has consistently demonstrated a commitment to excellence," said Jody
Markopoulos, vice president of global sourcing, GE Energy. "GE`s Excellence in
Growth award recognizes Kaydon`s dedication to integrity, strong values and
quality performance."

"This recognition by GE Energy, a valued partner and global leader, is an
important honor for Kaydon and its employees," said James O`Leary, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Kaydon Corporation. "It provides further validation
of our success in providing value added solutions for world class customers."

GE Energy has been presenting its Supplier Excellence Awards for more than 10
years. This year`s award winners were chosen from a field of 60 U.S. and
European contenders, which were nominated by GE global commodity leaders and
supplier quality leaders. GE Energy`s senior sourcing leadership team reviewed
the applications, which were put through a rigorous selection process. The final
decisions are based on actual quantitative metrics and subjective opinion tied
to historical commercial relations.

Additionally, Kaydon will have a mural donated on its behalf by GE to the C.S.
Mott`s Children`s Hospital, located in Ann Arbor, MI. The mural will be painted
by Foundation for Hospital Art volunteers. The non-profit organization was
founded in 1984 and since that time 500,000 volunteers and patients have painted
more than 30,000 paintings in 190 countries in more than 2,000 hospitals.

C.S. Mott Children`s Hospital, named in honor of one of its founding
benefactors, Flint (Michigan) automotive pioneer Charles Stewart Mott, is one of
America`s leading children`s hospitals, attracting young patients from around
the nation and the world. A part of the University of Michigan, its
faculty-physicians and post-doctoral fellows are leaders in pediatric treatment
and research across a wide range of specialty areas including childhood cancers,
cardiac surgery, esophageal repair, adolescent depression, and public policy.

Kaydon Corporation is a leading designer and manufacturer of custom-engineered,
performance-critical products, supplying a broad and diverse group of
alternative-energy, industrial, aerospace, medical and electronic equipment, and
aftermarket customers.

James O`Leary
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(734) 747-7025 ext. 2025

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