---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000886346-25-000113"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KAI"
cik: "0000886346"
company_name: "KADANT INC"
filed_at: "2025-10-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T04:32:00.498959+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kadant completes acquisition of Clyde Industries for $175M cash

## Summary
- Purchase price $175M in cash, financed through Kadant's revolving credit facility.
- Clyde Industries provides boiler efficiency solutions; ~400 employees; FY2025 revenue $92M.
- Acquisition integrated into Kadant's Industrial Processing segment.
- Founded in 1924, headquartered in Atlanta, with operations in Brazil, China, Indonesia, Finland, Canada.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000886346-25-000113
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KAI
- cik: 0000886346
- company_name: KADANT INC
- filed_at: 2025-10-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634625000113/0000886346-25-000113-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634625000113/kai-20251007.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000886346-25-000113.txt

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