Hawk to Present at the Roth Capital Partners 17th Annual Growth Stock Conference

CLEVELAND--Feb. 1, 20057, 2005--Hawk Corporation (AMEX:HWK) will be presenting on Wednesday February 23, 2005 at the 2005 17th Annual Growth Stock Conference hosted by Roth Capital Partners.

This annual event is the largest in the nation for emerging growth companies. The conference will highlight approximately 220 companies from various industry groups. The conference is focused on bringing small cap investment ideas to institutional investors.

Ron Weinberg, Hawk's Chairman and CEO, Joe Levanduski, Vice President and CFO, and Tom Gilbride, Vice President - Finance will be presenting at 12:30 PM EST on Monday.

A live webcast of the presentation will be available through the following link: www.wsw.com/webcast/roth5/. This link will also access a replay of the webcast shortly after each presentation ends and will be available for 60 days. The webcast link will also be available at www.hawkcorp.com in the Investor Information - Conference Calls & Presentations section of the site.

The Company

Hawk Corporation is a leading worldwide supplier of highly engineered products. Its friction products group is a leading supplier of friction materials for brakes, clutches and transmissions used in airplanes, trucks, construction equipment, farm equipment and recreational vehicles. Through its precision components group, the Company is a leading supplier of powder metal and metal injected molded components for industrial, consumer and medical applications, including pump, motor and transmission elements, lawn and garden and telecommunication equipment. The Company's performance racing group manufactures clutches and gearboxes for motorsport applications and performance automotive markets. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Hawk has approximately 1,600 employees and 17 manufacturing, research, sales and administrative sites in 5 countries at its continuing operations.

Hawk Corporation is online at: www.hawkcorp.com