Kadant (KAI) 10-K 2023 FY Annual report

Exhibit 21

Kadant Inc.

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

At February 16, 2024, 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 Argentina S.A. (99% owned by Kadant Johnson LLC and 1% owned by Kadant Johnson Latin America Holding Inc.)							Argentina	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

Name									State or Jurisdiction of Incorporation	Percent of Ownership
Key Knife, Inc.									Oregon	100
	Key Knife Chile Limitada								Chile	100
	Key Knife US Investments LLC								Oregon	100
		Lindsay Forest Products Inc. (45% owned by Key Knife US Investments LLC)							Washington	45
Kadant International Holdings LLC									Delaware	100
	Kadant Asia Holdings Inc.								Mauritius	100
		Kadant Fiberline (China) Co., Ltd.							China	100
Kadant Luxembourg Holdings S.à r.l.									Luxembourg	100
	Kadant Northern UK Co. Ltd.								United Kingdom	100
		Valon Kone Oy							Finland	100
			Valon Kone OOO						Russia	100
			Valon Kone AB						Sweden	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. (45% owned by Key Knife Canadian Investments Inc.)				Canada	45
				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
			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
			Kadant Noss AB						Sweden	100
			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

Name							State or Jurisdiction of Incorporation	Percent of Ownership
				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
					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 Nordic AB				Sweden	100
			Kadant Johnson Systems International - S.r.l.				Italy	100
Kadant Finland International Holdings Oy							Finland	100
	Kadant Finland Holdings Oy						Finland	100
Kadant Sweden International Holdings AB							Sweden	100
	Kadant Sweden Holdings AB						Sweden	100
		FrontWay AB					Sweden	100
KWS Manufacturing Company, Ltd.							Texas	100