---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000886346-26-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KAI"
cik: "0000886346"
company_name: "KADANT INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:47:16.252897+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kadant to acquire voestalpine BÖHLER Profil for €157M cash, expected close Q1 2026

## Summary
- Purchase price approx. €157M in cash, financed through Kadant's revolving credit facility.
- Target has ~150 employees and revenue of €51.5M for fiscal year ended March 31, 2025.
- Acquisition expected to close Q1 2026, subject to Austrian regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
- voestalpine BÖHLER Profil will be renamed Kadant Profil and integrated into Kadant's Industrial Processing segment.
- Seller is voestalpine High Performance Metals GmbH; Kadant and target have a 30+ year supply relationship.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000886346-26-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KAI
- cik: 0000886346
- company_name: KADANT INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-29T23:59:59+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/886346/000088634626000005/0000886346-26-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634626000005/kai-20260129.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000886346-26-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  KADANT INC entered into Share Purchase and Transfer Agreement with voestalpine High Performance Metals GmbH valued at approximately 157.0 million Euros in cash (effective 2026-01-29).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: voestalpine High Performance Metals GmbH
  - Value: approximately 157.0 million Euros in cash
  - Effective: 2026-01-29
  source text: On January 29, 2026, Kadant Holdings GmbH, a subsidiary of Kadant Inc., (together, "Kadant" or the "Company") entered into a Share Purchase and Transfer Agreement (the "Acquisition Agreement") with voestalpine High Performance Metals GmbH (the "Seller") for the purchase of the shares of voestalpine BÖHLER Profil GmbH & Co KG ("voestalpine BÖHLER Profil") and the shares of voestalpine BÖHLER Profil VerwaltungsGmbH for approximately 157.0 million Euros in cash, subject to certain customary adjustments (the "Acquisition").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634626000005/0000886346-26-000005-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.