3Suppliers
11Customers
1Debt Items
0Related Chains

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Kadant Inc. (KAI) is shown with relationship data already present in ChainSifter's database. Counts below come from stored supply-chain records and filing/source URLs where available; missing source URLs are not filled in or estimated.

16Total relationships
4Distinct source URLs
6High confidence
0.723Average confidence
2026-09-13Latest database update
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Kadant Inc. Suppliers

TickerNameConfidenceEvidence
KADANT-PROFIL KADANT-PROFIL 92% Kadant Profil has been a trusted supplier to Kadant for over 30 years
KEY-KNIFE KEY-KNIFE 90% In connection with the Company's January 2024 acquisition of Key Knife, Inc. and certain of its affiliates (collectively, Key Knife), the Company acquired a 45 % interest in two of Key Knife's subsid…
ITALIAN-COMPANY ITALIAN-COMPANY 80% one of the Company's foreign subsidiaries that manufactures fluid-handling products is part of a joint venture agreement with an Italian company in which each holds a 50 % ownership interest

Kadant Inc. Customers

TickerNameConfidenceEvidence
USGOV-DEPARTMENT-OF-DEFENSE USGOV-DEPARTMENT-OF-DEFENSE 95% USAspending awards from Department of Defense: $20,914 across 1 awards. N3220525P2017 USNS MERCY MAIN SEAWATER EXPANSION JOINTS | Qwen corrected direction: Explicit Department of Defense government c…
ABOUT-KADANT-KADANT-INC ABOUT-KADANT-KADANT-INC 62% nced materials to produce application-specific solutions. Kadant Profil is recognized for its patented processes, strong R&D capabilities, engineering expertise, and customer partnerships. “We are de…
CLYDE-INDUSTRIES-HOLDINGS-INC CLYDE-INDUSTRIES-HOLDINGS-INC 62% ated to its acquisitions of Babbini S.p.A. and G.P.S. Engineering S.r.l (collectively, Babbini), acquired on July 9, 2025, and Clyde Industries Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, Clyd…
DYNAMIC-SEALING-TECHNOLOGIES-LLC DYNAMIC-SEALING-TECHNOLOGIES-LLC 62% d waste management, among others. Some of our businesses or their predecessor companies have been in operation for more than 100 years. Our diverse customer base includes global and regional industri…
KADANT-PROFIL-GMBH KADANT-PROFIL-GMBH 62% ressures, and geopolitical tensions. We expect our operating environment to continue to be challenging, especially for large capital equipment projects where the order timing is uncertain. However, w…
KADANT-PROFIL-VERWALTUNGS-GMBH KADANT-PROFIL-VERWALTUNGS-GMBH 62% ressures, and geopolitical tensions. We expect our operating environment to continue to be challenging, especially for large capital equipment projects where the order timing is uncertain. However, w…
KEY-KNIFE-INC KEY-KNIFE-INC 62% 9,319 Acquisition of subsidiary shares ( N ote 2 ) — — ( 194 ) — — — — ( 329 ) ( 523 ) Dividend paid to noncontrolling interest — — — — — — — ( 1,346 ) ( 1,346 ) Other comprehensive items — — — — — —…
KWS-MANUFACTURING-COMPANY-LTD KWS-MANUFACTURING-COMPANY-LTD 62% d waste management, among others. Some of our businesses or their predecessor companies have been in operation for more than 100 years. Our diverse customer base includes global and regional industri…
OPERATIONS-KADANT-INC OPERATIONS-KADANT-INC 62% 9,319 Acquisition of subsidiary shares ( N ote 2 ) — — ( 194 ) — — — — ( 329 ) ( 523 ) Dividend paid to noncontrolling interest — — — — — — — ( 1,346 ) ( 1,346 ) Other comprehensive items — — — — — —…
PROFIL-GMBH PROFIL-GMBH 62% ressures, and geopolitical tensions. We expect our operating environment to continue to be challenging, especially for large capital equipment projects where the order timing is uncertain. However, w…
SEC-OVERVIEW-COMPANY SEC-OVERVIEW-COMPANY 62% Item 7, "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2023, filed with the SEC. Over…

Kadant Inc. Debt Obligations

InstrumentDescriptionConfidenceEvidence
KAI-DEBT Debt stack $66.7M 90% Market cache reports total debt of $66.7M.

Kadant Inc. Acquisitions

No acquisitions on recordNo completed or pending acquisitions found in our database for Kadant Inc..

Kadant Inc. Ownership

HolderNameConfidenceEvidence
KAI-OWNER-BLACKROCK-INC BlackRock, Inc. 90% 13F overlay lists BlackRock, Inc. as top holder; 321 tracked holders.

Kadant Inc. Extended Supply Chain Network

No secondary connectionsNo correlated companies found through shared supply chain relationships.
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KADANT-PROFILKADANT-PROFILSupplier92%
KEY-KNIFEKEY-KNIFESupplier90%
USGOV-DEPARTMENT-OF-DEFENSEUSGOV-DEPARTMENT-OF-DEFENSECustomer95%
ABOUT-KADANT-KADANT-INCABOUT-KADANT-KADANT-INCCustomer62%
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