March 28, 2009

K-Tron International, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTII) today announced that Robert E. Wisniewski has been elected Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective May 30, 2009, replacing Ronald R. Remick who will retire on that date.Mr. Wisniewski, 55, is currently Vice President, Finance of K-Tron America, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer of the global K-Tron Process Group, which is one of the Company's two lines of business.

He joined K-Tron in these positions in February 2008 from ELB Capital Management LLC and FB Capital Partners, LP, two private equity/income partnerships where he had been a Managing Director since June 2005. Mr. Wisniewski brought to K-Tron a broad background with considerable experience in manufacturing and public accounting. He spent 11 years with Ernst & Young (June 1975-July 1986) and 14 years with Moore Products Company, a NASDAQ-listed company similar in size to K-Tron that provided technology solutions to the process automation industry worldwide (August 1986-January 2000).