EX-21 4 kai2024ex21_subsidiaries.htm KADANT 2024 10-K EXHIBIT 21 SUBSIDIARIES
Exhibit 21
Kadant Inc.
Subsidiaries of the Registrant
At February 14, 2025, the Registrant owned the following subsidiaries:

Name |  |  |  |  |  | State or Jurisdiction of Incorporation | Percent of Ownership
Kadant Black Clawson LLC |  | Delaware | 100
| Kadant Japan K.K. |  | Japan | 100
| Sundance Partners LLC |  | Delaware | 100
|  | Verus Lebanon, LLC |  | Delaware | 100
Arcline Products LLC |  | New York | 100
Kadant Fibergen Inc. |  | Delaware | 100
| Kadant GranTek Inc. |  | Delaware | 100
|  | Kadant Composites LLC |  | Delaware | 100
Cogent Industrial Technologies Ltd. |  | Canada | 100
Fiberprep Inc. (31.05% owned by Kadant Lamort SAS and 68.95% owned by Kadant Inc.) |  | Delaware | 100
Kadant Cayman Ltd. |  | Cayman Islands | 100
Kadant PAAL LLC |  | Delaware | 100
Kadant Northern U.S. LLC |  | Delaware | 100
| Nicholson Manufacturing Company LLC |  | Delaware | 100
| VK North America LLC |  | Delaware | 100
Kadant Syntron Holdings, LLC |  | Delaware | 100
| Syntron Material Handling Group, LLC |  | Delaware | 100
|  | Syntron Material Handling Holdings, LLC |  | Delaware | 100
|  |  | Syntron Material Handling Intermediate Holdings, LLC |  | Delaware | 100
|  |  |  | Syntron Material Handling, LLC |  | Delaware | 100
|  |  |  |  | Syntron Material Handling Holdings Limited |  | Hong Kong | 100
|  |  |  |  |  | Syntron Material Handling (Changshu) Co., Ltd. |  | China | 100
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Syntron Material Handling (Changshu) Trading Co., Ltd. |  | China | 100
Kadant Johnson LLC |  | Delaware | 100
| Kadant Australia Pty Ltd |  | Australia | 100
|  | Kadant Johnson Australia Pty Limited |  | Australia | 100
|  | Kadant Johnson Corporation Asia Pacific Pty Ltd |  | Australia | 100
| Kadant Johnson China-TZ Holding Inc. |  | Michigan | 100
|  | Tengzhou Feixuan Rotary Joints Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |  | China | 100
| Kadant Johnson Latin America Holding Inc. |  | Michigan | 100
|  | Kadant South America Ltda. (99.9% owned by Kadant Johnson Latin America Holding Inc. and 0.1% owned by Kadant Johnson LLC) |  | Brazil | 100
| Kadant Johnson Holdings Inc. |  | Michigan | 100
| Kadant Unaflex LLC |  | Delaware | 100
| The Johnson Corporation de Mexico S.A. de C.V. |  | Mexico | 100
East Chicago Machine Tool Corporation |  | Indiana | 100
Key Knife, Inc. |  | Oregon | 100
| Key Knife Chile Limitada |  | Chile | 100
| Key Knife US Investments LLC |  | Oregon | 100
|  | Lindsay Forest Products Inc. |  | Washington | 45

Name |  |  |  |  |  | State or Jurisdiction of Incorporation | Percent of Ownership
Kadant International Holdings LLC |  | Delaware | 100
| Kadant Asia Holdings Inc. |  | Mauritius | 100
|  | Kadant Fiberline (China) Co., Ltd. |  | China | 100
Kadant US Foreign Holdings, LLC |  | Delaware | 100
| Kadant Finland International Holdings US, LLC |  | Delaware | 100
|  | Kadant Finland International Holdings Oy |  | Finland | 100
|  |  | Kadant Finland Holdings US, LLC |  | Delaware | 100
|  |  |  | Kadant Finland Holdings Oy |  | Finland | 100
|  |  |  |  | Kadant Northern UK Co. Ltd. |  | United Kingdom | 100
|  |  |  |  |  | Valon Kone Oy |  | Finland | 100
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Valon Kone AB |  | Sweden | 100
| Kadant Sweden International Holdings AB |  | Sweden | 100
|  | Kadant Sweden Holdings US, LLC |  | Delaware | 100
|  |  | Kadant Sweden Holdings AB |  | Sweden | 100
|  |  |  | Kadant Nordic AB |  | Sweden | 100
|  |  |  | FrontWay AB |  | Sweden | 100
|  |  |  | Kadant Noss AB |  | Sweden | 100
| Kadant Luxembourg Holdings S.à r.l. |  | Luxembourg | 100
|  | Kadant Luxembourg S.à r.l. |  | Luxembourg | 100
|  |  | Kadant Johnson Europe B.V. |  | Netherlands | 100
|  |  |  | Kadant Canada Corp. |  | Canada | 100
|  |  |  |  | Key Knife Canadian Investments Inc. |  | Canada | 100
|  |  |  |  |  | Haskins Industrial Inc. |  | Canada | 100
|  |  |  |  |  | Lindsay Forest Products Ltd. |  | Canada | 100
|  |  |  |  | Nicholson Manufacturing Ltd. |  | Canada | 100
|  |  |  |  | Kadant Cyprus (Canada) Limited |  | Cyprus | 100
|  |  |  |  | Kadant UK Holdings Limited |  | United Kingdom | 100
|  |  |  |  |  | Fibertek U.K. Limited |  | United Kingdom | 100
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Kadant U.K. Limited |  | United Kingdom | 100
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | D.S.T. Pattern and Engineering Company Limited |  | United Kingdom | 100
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Vickerys Limited | United Kingdom | 100
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Winterburn Limited |  | United Kingdom | 100
|  |  |  |  |  | Kadant Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (0.002% owned by Kadant Johnson Europe B.V. and 99.998% owned by Kadant UK Holdings Limited) |  | Mexico | 100
|  |  |  | Johnson-Fluiten Srl |  | Italy | 50
|  |  |  | Johnson Corporation (JoCo) Limited |  | United Kingdom | 100
|  |  |  | Kadant Johnson (Wuxi) Technology Co. Ltd. |  | China | 100
|  |  |  |  | Clouth (Jiangshu) Advanced Material Co. Ltd. |  | China | 100
|  |  |  | Kadant Johnson Systems International Limited |  | United Kingdom | 100
|  |  |  | Kadant Lamort SAS |  | France | 100
|  |  |  |  | Kadant BC- Lamort UK Limited |  | United Kingdom | 100
|  |  |  |  | Kadant Lamort SL |  | Spain | 100
|  |  |  |  | Kadant Lamort S.r.l. |  | Italy | 100
|  |  |  | VN Services NV (99.95% owned by Kadant Johnson Europe B.V. and 0.05% owned by Nicholson Manufacturing Company LLC) |  | Belgium | 100

Name |  |  |  |  |  | State or Jurisdiction of Incorporation | Percent of Ownership
|  |  |  | Joh. Clouth GmbH |  | Germany | 100
|  |  |  |  | Alcaidesa AG |  | Switzerland | 100
|  |  |  |  |  | Joh. Clouth Composite Technology Spolka z. o. o. (40% owned by Joh. Clouth GmbH and 60% owned by Alcaidesa AG) |  | Poland | 100
|  |  |  |  | Clouth Sprenger GmbH |  | Germany | 100
|  |  |  |  |  | Clouth Sprenger, LLC |  | Ohio | 100
|  |  |  |  | Joh. Clouth Technical Service GmbH |  | Germany | 100
|  |  |  |  | Joh. Clouth PaperTec GmbH |  | Germany | 100
|  |  |  |  | Joh. Clouth Services Ltd. |  | Canada | 100
|  |  |  | Kadant Johnson Deutschland GmbH |  | Germany | 100
|  |  |  |  | Kadant PAAL Holding GmbH |  | Germany | 100
|  |  |  |  |  | MAC-Service GmbH |  | Germany | 100
|  |  |  |  |  | Kadant PAAL Limited |  | United Kingdom | 100
|  |  |  |  |  |  | J&H Rentals Limited |  | United Kingdom | 100
|  |  |  |  |  | Kadant PAAL SAS |  | France | 100
|  |  |  |  |  | Kadant PAAL GmbH |  | Germany | 100
|  |  |  |  |  | Kadant PAAL S.A. |  | Spain | 100
|  |  |  | Kadant India Private Limited (84.93% owned by Kadant Johnson Europe B.V. and 15.07% owned by Kadant Lamort SAS) |  | India | 100
|  |  |  | Kadant Flow Control Italy S.r.l. |  | Italy | 100
KWS Manufacturing Company, LLC |  | Texas | 100
Clouth Americas LLC |  | Delaware | 100
Dynamic Sealing Technologies LLC |  | Minnesota | 100
| DSTI LLC |  | Minnesota | 100
Kadant Australia International Holdings Pty Ltd |  | Australia | 100
| Kadant Australia Holdings Pty Ltd |  | Australia | 100
|  | Vayeron International Pty Ltd |  | Australia | 100
|  |  | Vayeron (Projects) Pty Ltd |  | Australia | 100
|  |  | Vayeron Technologies Pty Ltd |  | Australia | 100
|  |  | Vayeron Pty Ltd |  | Australia | 100
|  |  |  | Vayeron Latin America SpA |  | Chile | 100