Kadant Inc
A maker of engineered equipment and systems for process industries, Kadant builds rotary joints, doctoring blades, and fluid-handling gear used in papermaking, recycling, and wood processing. The company began in 1991 as Thermo Fibertek, a subsidiary of Thermo Electron, and was spun off as an independent firm in 2001, adopting the invented name "Kadant" for its new identity.