Kadant Inc.
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- CEO
- Jeffrey L. Powell
- Full Time Employees
- 3,900
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Industrial - Machinery
- Address
- One Technology Park Drive Westford MA United States of America 01886
- IPO Date
- Nov 3, 1992
- CIK
- 0000886346
- Website
- kadant.com
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- Kadant Inc. Kadant Inc. (NYSE:KAI) manufactures and supplies technologies and engineered systems that drive sustainable industrial processing for process industries worldwide, including paper, packaging, tissue, wood products, mining, metals, food processing, and recycling; its primary product lines encompass fiber processing systems for recovering recycled and virgin fibers, fluid handling systems for transferring fluids, power, and data in rotating components, roll doctoring and scraping products for cleaning roll surfaces, cleaning and filtration systems for fabrics and process water recycling, wood processing systems for debarking and stranding logs into OSB and lumber, baling equipment for recyclable waste, and bulk material handling equipment for conveying, feeding, screening, and elevating materials. The company operates through three reportable segments—Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling—serving a diverse global customer base of industrial manufacturers and distributors via subsidiaries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts, Kadant employs approximately 3,500 people across 20 countries and traces its heritage to businesses with over a century of service in these markets. In recent developments, Kadant completed the acquisition of Italy-based Babbini S.p.A. and G.P.S. Engineering S.r.l. in July 2025 to bolster dewatering and power transmission capabilities in its Industrial Processing segment, expanding into agriculture, food and beverage, and rendering markets; it acquired Clyde Industries Holdings, Inc. for $175 million in October 2025, adding boiler efficiency and cleaning technologies with $92 million in annual revenue; and amended its credit agreement in September 2025 to increase its revolving facility to $750 million while extending maturity to 2030, enhancing financial flexibility.
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