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Kadant Inc
(NYSE:KAI) 

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Kadant Inc. supplies critical components and engineered systems worldwide. It operates through three segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. The Flow Control segment develops, manufactures, and markets fluid-handling systems and equipment, such as rotary joints, syphons...

Founded: 1991
Full Time Employees: 2,700
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Specialty Industrial Machinery

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    Unit: USD2026-04-04 2026-01-03 2025-09-27 2025-06-28 2025-03-29 2024-12-28 2024-09-28 2024-06-29 2024-03-30 2023-12-30 2023-09-30 2023-07-01 2023-04-01 2022-12-31 2022-10-01 2022-07-02 2022-04-02 2022-01-01 2021-10-02 2021-07-03 2021-04-03 2021-01-02 2020-09-26 2020-06-27 2020-03-28 2019-12-28 2019-09-28 2019-06-29 2019-03-30 2018-12-29 2018-09-29 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-30 2017-09-30 2017-07-01 2017-04-01 2016-12-31 2016-10-01 2016-07-02 2016-04-02 2016-01-02 2015-10-03 2015-07-04 2015-04-04 2015-01-03 2014-09-27 2014-06-28 2014-03-29 2013-12-28 2013-03-30 2012-12-29 2012-09-29 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-10-01 2011-07-02 2011-04-02 2011-01-01 2010-10-02 2010-07-03 2010-04-03 2010-01-02 2009-10-03 2009-07-04 2009-04-04 2009-01-03 2008-09-27 2008-06-28 2008-03-29 2007-12-29 2007-09-29 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-30 2005-12-31 2005-01-01 2004-01-03 
                                                                                   
      revenue
    281,505,000 286,204,000 271,567,000 255,267,000 239,210,000 258,030,000 271,614,000 274,765,000 248,975,000 238,679,000 244,182,000 245,053,000 229,758,000 232,100,000 224,510,000 221,649,000 226,480,000 218,516,000 199,789,000 195,811,000 172,463,000 168,431,000 154,610,000 152,860,000 159,127,000                                                       
      yoy
    17.68% 10.92% -0.02% -7.10% -3.92% 8.11% 11.23% 12.12% 8.36% 2.83% 8.76% 10.56% 1.45% 6.22% 12.37% 13.20% 31.32% 29.74% 29.22% 28.10% 8.38%                                                           
      qoq
    -1.64% 5.39% 6.39% 6.71% -7.29% -5.00% -1.15% 10.36% 4.31% -2.25% -0.36% 6.66% -1.01% 3.38% 1.29% -2.13% 3.64% 9.37% 2.03% 13.54% 2.39% 8.94% 1.14% -3.94%                                                        
      costs and operating expenses:
                                                                                   
      cost of revenue
    154,802,000 160,509,000 148,906,000 138,225,000 128,880,000 146,170,000 150,175,000 152,878,000 138,013,000 136,695,000 138,456,000 138,503,000 127,712,000 132,150,000 129,154,000 125,611,000 128,269,000 125,877,000 116,096,000 110,493,000 96,748,000 94,212,000 86,294,000 86,412,000 90,804,000                                                       
      selling, general, and administrative expenses
    82,538,000 80,862,000 75,839,000 73,941,000 71,221,000 70,568,000 69,043,000 70,004,000 70,305,000 59,823,000 57,889,000 59,990,000 58,562,000 56,765,000 53,153,000 55,319,000 59,168,000 57,773,000 52,316,000 49,267,000 49,431,000 47,387,000 43,853,000 45,073,000 45,592,000 47,642,000 47,097,000 48,467,000 49,319,000 43,618,000 42,888,000 45,132,000 45,776,000 44,022,000 42,535,000 39,159,000 34,799,000 102,226,000 33,527,000 36,072,000 32,496,000 30,324,000 29,200,000 31,068,000 32,222,000 33,377,000 31,872,000 31,588,000 32,482,000  26,950,000 76,930,000 26,171,000 25,490,000 26,143,000 76,580,000 26,080,000 25,821,000 24,473,000 22,942,000 22,465,000 22,681,000 21,124,000 61,672,000 19,557,000 19,248,000 22,205,000 23,576,000 24,411,000 26,924,000 25,369,000 25,029,000 24,004,000 23,087,000 23,496,000     
      research and development expenses
    4,056,000 4,098,000 3,919,000 3,724,000 3,523,000 3,697,000 3,409,000 3,482,000 3,730,000 3,460,000 3,324,000 3,408,000 3,370,000 3,150,000 3,245,000 3,251,000 3,078,000 2,856,000 2,649,000 3,041,000 2,857,000 2,766,000 2,658,000 2,798,000 3,076,000 2,904,000 2,597,000 2,762,000 2,621,000 2,503,000 2,452,000 2,728,000 2,869,000 2,559,000 2,635,000 2,222,000 2,147,000 5,389,000 1,991,000 1,945,000 1,704,000 1,430,000 1,787,000 1,800,000 1,660,000 1,467,000 1,555,000 1,392,000 1,749,000  1,704,000 4,439,000 1,511,000 1,393,000 1,532,000 4,309,000 1,408,000 1,403,000 1,312,000 1,365,000 1,326,000 1,206,000 1,372,000 4,563,000 1,059,000 1,722,000 1,470,000 1,562,000 1,520,000 1,497,000 1,608,000 1,367,000 1,430,000 1,493,000 1,667,000     
      costs and operating expenses: - sum
    241,396,000 246,495,000 228,951,000 215,890,000 203,624,000 221,093,000 222,627,000  212,048,000 199,658,000 200,638,000 201,975,000 189,644,000 193,145,000 185,624,000 184,181,000 170,507,000 186,971,000 171,061,000 162,801,000 149,036,000 146,418,000 133,275,000 134,739,000 139,472,000 161,106,000 148,951,000 154,023,000 152,741,000 139,111,000 138,370,000 135,178,000 132,529,000 131,334,000 133,336,000 98,799,000 90,811,000 275,595,000 92,958,000 99,584,000 86,445,000 93,176,000 79,248,000 85,684,000 81,880,000 92,928,000 88,568,000 92,799,000 85,746,000                               
      operating income
    40,109,000 39,709,000 42,616,000 39,377,000 35,586,000 36,937,000 48,987,000 48,401,000 36,927,000 39,021,000 43,544,000 43,078,000 40,114,000 38,955,000 38,886,000 37,468,000 55,973,000 31,545,000 28,728,000 33,010,000 23,427,000 22,013,000 21,335,000 18,121,000 19,655,000 21,553,000 24,553,000 23,142,000 18,575,000 24,824,000 27,375,000 19,735,000 16,664,000 17,806,000 19,458,000 11,443,000 12,046,000 33,012,000 12,561,000 12,244,000 10,093,000 14,424,000 12,681,000 12,643,000 10,371,000 12,278,000 10,151,000 12,036,000 7,621,000  7,372,000 26,530,000 9,914,000 9,415,000 10,390,000 27,905,000 10,805,000 10,482,000 8,308,000 6,707,000 6,259,000 7,302,000 4,681,000 -1,285,000 811,000 -1,199,000 208,000 -39,663,000 8,958,000 10,142,000 7,556,000 10,575,000 9,904,000 9,175,000 7,384,000     
      yoy
    12.71% 7.50% -13.01% -18.64% -3.63% -5.34% 12.50% 12.36% -7.94% 0.17% 11.98% 14.97% -28.33% 23.49% 35.36% 13.50% 138.93% 43.30% 34.65% 82.16% 19.19% 2.13% -13.11% -21.70% 5.81% -13.18% -10.31% 17.26% 11.47% 39.41% 40.69% 72.46% 38.34% -46.06% 54.91% -6.54% 19.35% 128.87% -0.95% -3.16% -2.68% 17.48% 24.92% 5.04% 36.08%  37.70% -54.63% -23.13%  -29.05% -4.93% -8.25% -10.18% 25.06% 316.06% 72.63% 43.55% 77.48% -621.95% 671.76% -709.01% 2150.48% -96.76% -90.95% -111.82% -97.25% -475.06% -9.55% 10.54% 2.33%         
      qoq
    1.01% -6.82% 8.23% 10.65% -3.66% -24.60% 1.21% 31.07% -5.37% -10.39% 1.08% 7.39% 2.98% 0.18% 3.78% -33.06% 77.44% 9.81% -12.97% 40.91% 6.42% 3.18% 17.74% -7.80% -8.81% -12.22% 6.10% 24.59% -25.17% -9.32% 38.71% 18.43% -6.41% -8.49% 70.04% -5.01% -63.51% 162.81% 2.59% 21.31% -30.03% 13.74% 0.30% 21.91% -15.53% 20.95% -15.66% 57.93%   -72.21% 167.60% 5.30% -9.38% -62.77% 158.26% 3.08% 26.17% 23.87% 7.16% -14.28% 55.99% -464.28% -258.45% -167.64% -676.44% -100.52% -542.77% -11.67% 34.22% -28.55% 6.78% 7.95% 24.26%      
      operating margin %
    14.25% 13.87% 15.69% 15.43% 14.88% 14.32% 18.04% 17.62% 14.83% 16.35% 17.83% 17.58% 17.46% 16.78% 17.32% 16.90% 24.71% 14.44% 14.38% 16.86% 13.58% 13.07% 13.80% 11.85% 12.35% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity%     
      interest income
    351,000 600,000 373,000 439,000 517,000 529,000 407,000 368,000 611,000 705,000 438,000 316,000 299,000 254,000 271,000 277,000 102,000 91,000 55,000 56,000 65,000 41,000 52,000 37,000 51,000 55,000 43,000 59,000 56,000 44,000 30,000 122,000 183,000 147,000 94,000 102,000 104,000 215,000 54,000 66,000 55,000 50,000 54,000 43,000 53,000 52,000 42,000 82,000 222,000  109,000 256,000 63,000 74,000 94,000 377,000 122,000 122,000 99,000 90,000 54,000 32,000 38,000 338,000 49,000 92,000 207,000 398,000 485,000 511,000 541,000 537,000 340,000 342,000 351,000     
      interest expense
    -4,484,000 -5,322,000 -3,089,000 -3,338,000 -3,822,000 -4,642,000 -5,516,000 -5,201,000 -4,669,000 -1,676,000 -2,107,000 -2,245,000 -2,370,000 -2,157,000 -1,721,000 -1,366,000 -1,234,000 -1,324,000 -1,320,000 -1,066,000 -1,111,000 -1,363,000 -1,670,000 -1,931,000 -2,459,000 -2,612,000 -3,066,000 -3,573,000 -3,504,000 -1,712,000 -1,738,000 -1,850,000 -1,732,000 -1,525,000 -1,282,000 -392,000 -348,000 -988,000 -305,000 -340,000 -269,000 -247,000 -239,000 -231,000 -231,000 -200,000 -210,000 -250,000 -306,000  -165,000 -614,000 -219,000 -196,000 -209,000 -812,000 -254,000 -299,000 -257,000 -307,000 -311,000 -339,000 -358,000 -1,698,000 -473,000 -507,000 -813,000 -833,000 -670,000 -640,000 -595,000 -732,000 -759,000 -789,000 -806,000     
      other expense
    -13,000 -9,000 -19,000 -17,000 -16,000 -21,000 -16,000  -30,000 -39,000 -20,000 -21,000 -21,000 -12,000 -19,000 -19,000 -22,000 -33,000 -23,000 -24,000 -24,000 -100,000 -32,000 -31,000 -32,000 -6,063,000 -98,000 -99,000 -99,000 -1,681,000 -245,000 -245,000 -246,000                                               
      income before provision for income taxes
    35,963,000 34,978,000 39,881,000 36,461,000 32,265,000 32,803,000 43,862,000  32,839,000 38,011,000 41,855,000 41,128,000 38,022,000 37,040,000 37,417,000 36,360,000 54,819,000 30,279,000 27,440,000 31,976,000 22,357,000 20,591,000 19,685,000 16,196,000 17,215,000 12,933,000 21,432,000 19,529,000 15,028,000 14,513,250 25,422,000 17,762,000 14,869,000 10,306,250 18,270,000 11,153,000 11,802,000                                           
      provision for income taxes
    10,142,000 10,488,000 11,766,000 9,822,000 7,828,000 8,706,000 11,964,000  7,854,000 10,449,000 10,816,000 11,182,000 9,763,000 10,831,000 9,746,000 9,951,000 13,378,000 5,919,000 6,742,000 8,949,000 5,561,000 4,210,000 4,705,000 4,474,000 4,559,000 4,048,000 5,219,000 3,128,000 3,963,000 2,907,000 6,443,000 5,271,000 3,861,000 15,520,000 4,860,000 2,955,000 2,735,000 9,002,000 3,081,000 3,531,000 2,888,000 3,798,000 3,782,000 3,914,000 3,268,000 2,979,000 3,246,000 3,870,000 2,352,000                               
      net income
    25,821,000 24,490,000 28,115,000 26,639,000 24,437,000 24,097,000 31,898,000 31,574,000 24,985,000 27,562,000 31,039,000 29,946,000 28,259,000 26,209,000 27,671,000 26,409,000 41,441,000 24,360,000 20,698,000 23,027,000 16,796,000 16,381,000 14,980,000 11,722,000 12,656,000 8,885,000 16,213,000 16,401,000 11,065,000 18,568,000 18,979,000 12,491,000 11,008,000 908,000 13,410,000 8,198,000 9,067,000 23,237,000 9,232,000 8,439,000 6,991,000 10,447,000 8,710,000 8,536,000 6,990,000 9,146,000 6,733,000 7,989,000 5,180,000  5,320,000 23,274,000 8,547,000 6,585,000 7,076,000 25,106,000 8,743,000 7,373,000 5,873,000 5,268,000 4,566,000 5,273,000 3,641,000 -5,820,000 -148,000 -1,221,000 -2,866,000 -41,417,000 6,858,000 6,888,000 5,113,000 7,674,000 5,781,000 4,914,000 4,299,000     
      yoy
    5.66% 1.63% -11.86% -15.63% -2.19% -12.57% 2.77% 5.44% -11.59% 5.16% 12.17% 13.39% -31.81% 7.59% 33.69% 14.69% 146.73% 48.71% 38.17% 96.44% 32.71% 84.37% -7.61% -28.53% 14.38% -52.15% -14.57% 31.30% 0.52% 1944.93% 41.53% 52.37% 21.41% -96.09% 45.26% -2.86% 29.70% 122.43% 5.99% -1.14% 0.01% 14.22% 29.36% 6.85% 34.94%  26.56% -65.67% -39.39%  -24.82% -7.30% -2.24% -10.69% 20.48% 376.58% 91.48% 39.83% 61.30% -190.52% -3185.14% -531.86% -227.04% -85.95% -102.16% -117.73% -156.05% -639.71% 18.63% 40.17% 18.93%         
      qoq
    5.43% -12.89% 5.54% 9.01% 1.41% -24.46% 1.03% 26.37% -9.35% -11.20% 3.65% 5.97% 7.82% -5.28% 4.78% -36.27% 70.12% 17.69% -10.11% 37.10% 2.53% 9.35% 27.79% -7.38% 42.44% -45.20% -1.15% 48.22% -40.41% -2.17% 51.94% 13.47% 1112.33% -93.23% 63.58% -9.58% -60.98% 151.70% 9.40% 20.71% -33.08% 19.94% 2.04% 22.12% -23.57% 35.84% -15.72% 54.23%   -77.14% 172.31% 29.79% -6.94% -71.82% 187.16% 18.58% 25.54% 11.48% 15.37% -13.41% 44.82% -162.56% 3832.43% -87.88% -57.40% -93.08% -703.92% -0.44% 34.72% -33.37% 32.75% 17.64% 14.31%      
      net income margin %
    9.17% 8.56% 10.35% 10.44% 10.22% 9.34% 11.74% 11.49% 10.04% 11.55% 12.71% 12.22% 12.30% 11.29% 12.33% 11.91% 18.30% 11.15% 10.36% 11.76% 9.74% 9.73% 9.69% 7.67% 7.95% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity%     
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    -312,000 -465,000 -393,000 -480,000 -374,000 -222,750 -312,000 -283,000 -296,000                                                                       
      net income attributable to kadant
    25,509,000 24,025,000 27,722,000 26,159,000 24,063,000 24,032,000 31,586,000 31,291,000 24,689,000 27,396,000 30,864,000 29,734,000 28,075,000 26,079,000 27,487,000 26,170,000 41,192,000 24,157,000 20,461,000 22,864,000 16,561,000 16,207,000 14,851,000 11,607,000 12,531,000 8,749,000 16,115,000 16,304,000 10,900,000 18,422,000 18,784,000 12,349,000 10,858,000 760,000 13,285,000 8,096,000 8,951,000 22,920,000 9,157,000 8,311,000 6,876,000 10,385,000 8,643,000 8,464,000 6,897,000 9,101,000 6,647,000 7,858,000 5,053,000  5,284,000 23,162,000 8,461,000 6,543,000 7,053,000 24,927,000 8,648,000 7,304,000 5,791,000 5,179,000 4,497,000 5,220,000 3,611,000 -5,805,000 -119,000 -1,193,000 -2,891,000             
      earnings per share attributable to kadant
                                                                                   
      basic
    2.16 2.04 2.35 2.22 2.05 2.05 2.69 2.66 2.11 2.34 2.64 2.54 2.4 2.24 2.36 2.24 3.54 2.08 1.77 1.97 1.43 1.41 1.29 1.01 1.1 0.76 1.43 1.46 0.98 1.66 1.69 1.11 0.98 0.07 1.21 0.74 0.82 2.11 0.84 0.76 0.64 0.96 0.8 0.77 0.63 0.83 0.61 0.71 0.45  0.48 2.03 0.67 0.57 0.61 1.96 0.81   0.41                    
      diluted
    2.16 2.04 2.35 2.22 2.04 2.04 2.68 2.66 2.1 2.33 2.63 2.54 2.4 2.23 2.35 2.24 3.53 2.07 1.75 1.96 1.43 1.39 1.28 1.09 0.75 1.41 1.42 0.96 1.61 1.64 1.08 0.96 0.06 1.17 0.72 0.8 2.06 0.82 0.75 0.62 0.94 0.78 0.76 0.62 0.82 0.6 0.7 0.45  0.47 0.66 0.56 0.6 1.94 0.8   0.41                    
      weighted-average shares
                                                                                   
      basic
    11,794 11,773 11,777 11,776 11,760 11,739 11,745 11,743 11,724 11,700 11,706 11,704 11,681 11,654 11,662 11,660 11,630 11,579 11,580 11,579 11,553 11,482 11,504 11,482 11,432 11,235 11,267 11,194 11,133 11,086 11,101 11,092 11,042 10,991 11,004 11,001 10,952 10,869 10,901 10,870 10,793 10,867 10,861 10,948 10,892 10,988 10,898 11,049 11,132 11,153 11,163 11,456 11,341 11,575 11,653 12,124 12,155 12,321 12,267 12,339 12,336 12,426 12,411 12,331 12,270,000 12,265,000 12,506,000 13,527 13,506 13,703 14,167 14,116 14,174 14,012 14,007     
      diluted
    11,802 11,794 11,802 11,793 11,776 11,771 11,780 11,766 11,744 11,729 11,740 11,723 11,694 11,688 11,700 11,689 11,655 11,655 11,668 11,650 11,612 11,564 11,589 11,552 11,508 11,457 11,469 11,448 11,385 11,400 11,421 11,400 11,342 11,312 11,344 11,296 11,205 11,149 11,189 11,152 11,018 11,094 11,096 11,173 11,086 11,210 11,133 11,246 11,314 11,340 11,267 11,590 11,491 11,679 11,729 12,261 12,276 12,477 12,408 12,466 12,487 12,549 12,492 12,331 12,270,000 12,265,000 12,506,000 13,527 13,614 13,822 14,273 14,290 14,319 14,202 14,214     
      other costs
     1,026,000 287,000                                                                             
      other income
           -2,000                                               307,000 -570,500 -2,282,000                       
      income before benefit from income taxes
           43,566,000                                                                        
      benefit from income taxes
           11,992,000                                           1,967,000 2,797,000 2,055,000 2,705,000 3,138,000 3,511,000 774,000 2,927,000 2,273,000 1,334,000 1,431,000  716,000 3,162,000 530,000  2,464,000 1,309,000 1,892,000 2,977,000 2,288,000 2,513,000 2,376,000 2,705,000 2,190,000     
      gain on sale and other costs
             260,750 969,000 74,000  1,080,000 72,000                                                                 
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
             -166,000 -175,000 -212,000 -184,000 -130,000 -184,000 -239,000 -249,000 -203,000 -237,000 -163,000 -235,000 -174,000 -129,000 -115,000 -125,000 -136,000 -98,000 -97,000 -165,000 -146,000 -195,000 -142,000 -150,000 -148,000 -125,000 -102,000 -116,000 -317,000 -75,000 -128,000 -115,000 -62,000 -67,000 -72,000 -93,000 -45,000 -86,000 -131,000 -127,000  -36,000 -112,000 -86,000 -42,000 -23,000 -23,750 -95,000 -69,000 -82,000    -30,000    -25,000             
      gain on sale and other expense
                    -20,008,000                                                               
      restructuring costs
                         231,500 470,000 456,000      429,250 378,000 569,000 770,000         75,000  216,000 84,000  534,000  328,000                 1,013,000              
      revenues
                             182,659,000 173,504,000 177,165,000 171,316,000 163,935,000 165,745,000 154,913,000 149,193,000 149,140,000 152,794,000 110,242,000 102,857,000 308,607,000 105,519,000 111,828,000 96,538,000 107,600,000 91,929,000 98,327,000 92,251,000 105,206,000 98,719,000 104,835,000 93,367,000  76,204,000 245,150,000 86,601,000 82,982,000 84,113,000 251,102,000 84,358,000 82,457,000 71,680,000 73,256,000 66,516,000 69,136,000 61,121,000 171,849,000 53,716,000 50,132,000 64,957,000 67,154,000 83,734,000 92,406,000 85,864,000 96,453,000 92,695,000 89,107,000 88,241,000     
      cost of revenues
                             108,032,000 99,257,000 102,794,000 100,801,000 92,990,000 92,652,000 86,749,000 83,114,000 84,550,000 88,166,000 57,418,000 53,865,000 168,297,000 57,440,000 61,567,000 52,562,000 61,207,000 48,261,000 52,600,000 47,914,000 58,207,000 54,607,000 59,753,000 51,187,000  40,178,000 136,944,000 49,005,000 46,684,000 45,741,000 141,900,000 48,347,000 44,751,000 37,587,000 42,176,000 37,214,000 37,968,000 34,246,000 102,983,000 31,776,000 29,348,000 40,317,000 38,241,000 49,467,000 53,843,000 51,804,000 59,701,000 57,357,000 54,964,000 55,694,000     
      cash dividends declared per common share
                                 0.22 0.22 0.22  0.21 0.21 0.21  0.19   0.19 0.17   0.17 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15                               
      cash dividend declared per common share
                                    0.22    0.21 0.048 0.19 0.19   0.17 0.17       0.125                             
      income from continuing operations
                                     908,000 13,410,000   23,237,000 9,229,000 8,439,000 6,991,000 10,429,000 8,714,000 8,541,000 6,925,000 9,151,000 6,737,000 7,998,000 5,185,000  5,349,000 23,375,000 7,703,000 6,588,000 7,137,000 23,959,000 9,899,000 7,378,000 5,877,000 5,156,000 4,571,000 5,278,000 3,645,000 -5,807,000 -143,000 -1,216,000 -2,862,000 -41,440,000 6,835,000 6,893,000 5,117,000 7,778,000 7,013,000 5,936,000 4,691,000     
      income from discontinued operation
                                          3,000   18,000   65,000      -29,000 -101,000 844,000 -3,000 -61,000 -289,000 -1,156,000 -5,000 -4,000 112,000 -5,000 -5,000 -4,000 -13,000 -5,000 -5,000 -4,000   -5,000 -4,000 -104,000 -1,232,000 -1,022,000 -392,000     
      income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes
                                         32,239,000 12,310,000 11,970,000 9,879,000 14,227,000 12,496,000 12,455,000 10,193,000 12,130,000 9,983,000 11,868,000 7,537,000                               
      amounts attributable to kadant:
                                                                                   
      earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to kadant
                                                                                   
      basic
    2.16 2.04 2.35 2.22 2.05 2.05 2.69 2.66 2.11 2.34 2.64 2.54 2.4 2.24 2.36 2.24 3.54 2.08 1.77 1.97 1.43 1.41 1.29 1.01 1.1 0.76 1.43 1.46 0.98 1.66 1.69 1.11 0.98 0.07 1.21 0.74 0.82 2.11 0.84 0.76 0.64 0.96 0.8 0.77 0.63 0.83 0.61 0.71 0.45  0.48 2.03 0.67 0.57 0.61 1.96 0.81   0.41                    
      diluted
    2.16 2.04 2.35 2.22 2.04 2.04 2.68 2.66 2.1 2.33 2.63 2.54 2.4 2.23 2.35 2.24 3.53 2.07 1.75 1.96 1.43 1.39 1.28 1.09 0.75 1.41 1.42 0.96 1.61 1.64 1.08 0.96 0.06 1.17 0.72 0.8 2.06 0.82 0.75 0.62 0.94 0.78 0.76 0.62 0.82 0.6 0.7 0.45  0.47 0.66 0.56 0.6 1.94 0.8   0.41                    
      earnings per share attributable to kadant
                                                                                   
      loss from discontinued operation
                                              -4,000 -5,000  -4,500 -4,000 -9,000 -5,000                               
      restructuring costs and other income
                                         -79.25   -317,000     232,000  66,000            66,000 -748,000 -21,000 -302,000 128,250 513,000  757,000             
      income from continuing operations before benefit from income taxes
                                                      7,316,000 26,172,000 9,758,000 9,293,000 10,275,000 27,470,000 10,673,000 10,305,000 8,150,000 6,490,000 6,002,000  4,361,000 -2,645,000 387,000  -398,000             
      basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to kadant
                                                          0.61   0.59   0.36 0.42                  
      basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to kadant
                                                             0.59   0.36 0.42                  
      restructuring and other income
                                                                                   
      basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations
                                                              0.47    0.29                 
      basic and diluted earnings per share
                                                              0.47    0.29                 
      net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                                               -89,000 -69,000 -53,000                  
      income from continuing operations before income tax benefit
                                                                 6,995,000    -1,614,000              
      income tax benefit
                                                                 1,717,000    -398,000              
      net income (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                                                   15,000 29,000 28,000              
      income from discontinued operation
                                          3,000   18,000   65,000      -29,000 -101,000 844,000 -3,000 -61,000 -289,000 -1,156,000 -5,000 -4,000 112,000 -5,000 -5,000 -4,000 -13,000 -5,000 -5,000 -4,000   -5,000 -4,000 -104,000 -1,232,000 -1,022,000 -392,000     
      basic
                                                                   -2.5 -10 -100 -230             
      diluted
                                                                   -2.5 -10 -100 -230             
      basic
                                                                   -2.5 -10 -100 -230             
      diluted
                                                                   -2.5 -10 -100 -230             
      amounts attributable to kadant:
                                                                                   
      basic
                                                                   -2.5 -10 -100 -230             
      diluted
                                                                   -2.5 -10 -100 -230             
      basic
                                                                   -2.5 -10 -100 -230             
      diluted
                                                                   -2.5 -10 -100 -230             
      other income and restructuring costs
                                                                       -273,750 -622,000  -473,000         
      income from continuing operations before benefit from income taxes and minority interest expense
                                                                       -40,098,000 8,773,000 10,013,000 7,502,000 10,380,000 9,485,000 8,728,000 6,929,000     
      minority interest expense
                                                                       33,000 46,000 143,000 97,000 89,000 96,000 87,000 48,000     
      income
                                                                       3,500 23,000           
      basic earnings per share
                                                                                   
      continuing operations
                                                                       0.343 0.51 0.5 0.36 0.55 0.49 0.42 0.33     
      discontinued operation
                                                                           -0.01 -0.08 -0.07 -0.02     
      diluted earnings per share
                                                                                   
      loss on sale of subsidiary
                                                                             388,000      
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        assets
                                                                 
        current assets:
                                                                 
        cash and cash equivalents
      117,025,000 119,551,000 124,493,000 95,321,000 91,678,000 94,660,000 88,407,000 73,805,000 81,440,000 103,832,000 76,793,000 66,725,000 81,183,000 76,371,000 72,936,000 76,540,000 86,192,000 91,186,000 82,600,000 73,436,000 65,982,000 65,682,000 53,554,000 57,499,000 60,012,000 66,786,000 48,650,000 57,049,000 56,478,000 45,830,000 57,384,000 60,177,000 72,210,000 75,425,000 90,622,000 85,840,000 71,540,000 71,487,000 63,235,000 54,211,000 104,517,000 56,142,000 47,362,000 42,840,000 45,378,000 65,530,000 41,121,000 37,510,000 57,024,000 45,378,000 54,553,000 46,950,000 61,805,000 45,675,000 40,139,000 61,553,000 39,634,000 40,822,000 82,089,000 
        restricted cash
      2,792,000 3,130,000 2,420,000 1,867,000 2,127,000 1,286,000 1,327,000 1,373,000 1,178,000 2,621,000 2,260,000 3,470,000 4,324,000 3,354,000 2,178,000 1,486,000 2,779,000 2,975,000 1,064,000 84,708,000 726,000 958,000 2,650,000 3,450,000 2,063,000 1,487,000 1,321,000 1,089,000 697,000 287,000 675,000 975,000 1,532,000 1,421,000 766,000 2,141,000 1,543,000 2,082,000 2,240,000 706,000 1,522,000 724,000 1,223,000 371,000 415,000 1,406,000 598,000 167,000 162,000 415,000  700,000        
        accounts receivable
      172,376,000 158,567,000 158,781,000 152,574,000 145,907,000 142,462,000 154,965,000 149,689,000 149,586,000 133,929,000 140,075,000 135,633,000 131,268,000 130,297,000 128,253,000 124,704,000 125,919,000 117,209,000 120,496,000 106,791,000 104,378,000 91,540,000 94,145,000 89,393,000 93,850,000                                   
        inventories
      214,831,000 206,854,000 179,705,000 168,588,000 153,544,000 146,092,000 169,252,000 173,513,000 171,958,000 152,677,000 164,346,000 176,380,000 179,199,000 163,672,000 156,567,000 156,426,000 143,583,000 134,356,000 135,476,000 114,316,000 112,590,000 106,814,000 108,715,000 109,663,000 102,718,000 102,715,000 108,377,000 109,788,000 103,029,000 86,373,000 91,736,000 96,261,000 95,840,000 84,933,000 90,450,000 63,390,000 59,841,000 54,951,000 58,652,000 63,464,000 58,681,000 67,532,000 64,207,000 60,644,000 55,223,000 56,758,000 57,707,000 60,087,000 61,962,000 55,223,000 42,077,000 50,527,000 41,628,000 37,435,000 55,762,000 47,470,000 41,679,000 35,115,000 27,316,000 
        contract assets
      5,921,000 6,599,000 9,866,000 11,105,000 12,222,000 18,408,000 14,534,000 15,144,000 10,673,000 8,366,000 12,113,000 11,986,000 12,389,000 14,898,000 16,064,000 11,861,000 8,978,000 8,626,000                                          
        other current assets
      49,698,000 47,232,000 44,696,000 45,237,000 41,252,000 39,418,000 41,065,000 41,808,000 39,914,000 38,757,000 40,535,000 41,449,000 41,743,000 26,818,000 24,995,000 22,975,000 24,825,000 29,530,000 28,477,000 19,764,000 19,874,000 17,250,000 15,382,000 17,202,000 19,556,000 17,686,000 17,246,000 17,322,000 13,020,000 11,906,000 13,032,000 15,397,000 14,429,000 12,246,000 20,911,000 14,377,000 13,037,000 9,799,000 11,161,000 11,423,000 15,518,000 21,162,000 22,567,000 19,922,000 9,062,000 10,525,000 19,030,000 19,893,000 19,280,000 9,062,000 16,291,000 11,703,000 9,001,000 7,859,000 16,434,000 11,046,000 8,575,000 11,969,000 6,703,000 
        total current assets
      562,643,000 541,933,000 519,961,000 474,692,000 446,730,000 442,326,000 469,550,000 455,332,000 454,749,000 440,182,000 436,122,000 435,643,000 450,106,000 415,410,000 400,993,000 393,992,000 392,276,000 383,882,000 376,028,000 405,496,000 309,754,000 289,820,000 283,541,000 287,651,000 287,681,000 297,576,000 291,296,000 305,178,000 294,340,000 252,761,000 267,468,000 263,216,000 277,915,000 266,023,000 303,669,000 241,163,000 222,149,000 207,350,000 205,867,000 201,477,000 244,586,000 210,295,000 197,645,000 188,149,000 183,674,000 205,120,000 191,091,000 188,364,000 209,444,000 183,674,000 175,593,000 174,291,000 163,607,000 131,271,000 177,007,000 207,253,000 168,399,000 155,361,000 178,729,000 
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 178,135 and 173,586
      193,286,000                                                           
        other assets
      66,465,000 67,592,000 67,029,000 64,301,000 58,878,000 59,025,000 59,915,000 58,788,000 50,095,000 43,609,000 43,893,000 43,775,000 39,478,000 54,516,000 53,748,000 56,666,000 59,299,000 44,111,000 42,777,000 40,370,000 39,669,000 40,391,000 40,565,000 40,092,000 39,932,000 45,851,000 46,040,000 47,446,000 47,804,000 21,310,000 13,509,000 14,353,000 14,541,000 14,311,000 13,546,000 13,182,000 12,421,000 11,452,000 14,521,000 14,309,000 11,081,000 8,959,000 9,548,000 10,818,000 10,272,000 11,002,000 10,148,000 10,894,000 10,687,000 10,272,000 10,145,000 9,000,000 11,473,000 12,277,000 13,127,000 14,156,000 11,983,000 6,856,000 15,036,000 
        intangible assets
      341,170,000 350,376,000 270,775,000 272,973,000 274,782,000 279,494,000 292,211,000 289,695,000 273,831,000 159,286,000 161,034,000 167,327,000 171,396,000 175,645,000 173,707,000 183,317,000 192,426,000 199,343,000 205,328,000 151,582,000 155,534,000 160,965,000 164,359,000 167,314,000 166,690,000 173,896,000 179,681,000 186,390,000 184,596,000 113,347,000 119,246,000 122,242,000 129,635,000 133,036,000 135,231,000 51,659,000 51,816,000 52,730,000 56,710,000 58,584,000 38,147,000 39,933,000 42,143,000 43,256,000 46,954,000 38,032,000 43,744,000   46,954,000 26,095,000 29,053,000 26,793,000 28,071,000 30,115,000 32,944,000 34,686,000 36,262,000  
        goodwill
      551,088,000 555,621,000 497,088,000 497,824,000 484,501,000 479,169,000 493,105,000 478,035,000 459,917,000 392,084,000 384,317,000 388,802,000 387,890,000 385,455,000 372,966,000 384,109,000 394,414,000 396,887,000 398,907,000 350,271,000 348,504,000 351,753,000 342,999,000 337,993,000 330,997,000 336,032,000 334,491,000 340,191,000 343,768,000 258,174,000 262,081,000 261,488,000 269,514,000 268,001,000 264,840,000 158,827,000 153,811,000 151,455,000 157,719,000 157,473,000 121,681,000 121,007,000 122,804,000 121,457,000 127,882,000 119,051,000 129,880,000 134,098,000 134,809,000 127,882,000 107,947,000 105,959,000 97,988,000 97,622,000 95,030,000 140,812,000 137,078,000 124,425,000 74,408,000 
        total assets
      1,714,652,000 1,712,178,000 1,532,234,000 1,484,514,000 1,435,439,000 1,430,345,000 1,489,340,000 1,456,032,000 1,409,426,000 1,175,665,000 1,154,104,000 1,161,422,000 1,169,144,000 1,149,881,000 1,106,853,000 1,124,003,000 1,144,266,000 1,132,212,000 1,133,128,000 1,029,476,000 935,665,000 927,571,000 913,891,000 915,292,000 909,048,000 939,387,000 935,557,000 965,791,000 958,240,000 725,749,000 741,762,000 741,186,000 772,277,000 761,094,000 787,659,000 514,814,000 488,827,000 470,691,000 484,118,000 480,782,000 457,620,000 422,886,000 415,833,000 407,131,000 413,747,000 415,498,000 418,315,000 423,540,000 444,898,000 413,747,000 358,948,000 358,398,000 336,772,000 307,656,000 356,917,000 437,069,000 393,085,000 355,811,000 285,237,000 
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                                 
        current liabilities:
                                                                 
        current maturities of long-term obligations
      3,161,000 3,129,000 3,386,000 3,257,000 3,378,000 3,376,000 3,263,000 3,233,000 3,243,000           1,355,000 1,417,000 1,474,000 1,538,000  2,687,000 2,851,000 2,749,000 2,798,000 2,631,000 1,668,000 1,686,000 665,000 710,000 696,000 707,000 696,000 655,000          625,000 625,000 648,000  625,000     10,240,000 9,330,000 9,000,000  
        accounts payable
      55,481,000 53,362,000 50,625,000 52,541,000 49,305,000 51,062,000 50,536,000 54,415,000 55,587,000 42,104,000 44,286,000 48,911,000 57,939,000 58,060,000 53,495,000 55,924,000 67,762,000 59,250,000 53,476,000 44,087,000 38,988,000 32,264,000 32,588,000 39,922,000 41,196,000 45,852,000 40,391,000 41,974,000 43,571,000 35,720,000 34,761,000 35,069,000 37,026,000 35,461,000 35,136,000 28,875,000 25,218,000 23,929,000 25,177,000 30,828,000 23,796,000 27,199,000 28,453,000 26,484,000 27,233,000 24,418,000 27,873,000 29,254,000 26,172,000 27,233,000 23,124,000 28,624,000 23,756,000 17,612,000 24,212,000 37,132,000 32,934,000 20,229,000 21,327,000 
        accrued payroll and employee benefits
      37,906,000 47,348,000 45,539,000 37,797,000 34,837,000 43,815,000 43,250,000 38,251,000 35,628,000 41,855,000 37,226,000 32,003,000 30,336,000 35,672,000 35,912,000 31,688,000 30,690,000 37,203,000 34,680,000 28,915,000 25,525,000 31,168,000 27,946,000 25,388,000 22,036,000 31,968,000 30,739,000 28,023,000 25,843,000 30,902,000 28,677,000 25,500,000 23,400,000 29,616,000 25,448,000 19,010,000 17,231,000 20,508,000 19,627,000 16,960,000 14,492,000 17,561,000 15,733,000 13,742,000 19,943,000 19,583,000 18,421,000 16,385,000 17,956,000 19,943,000 16,358,000 17,687,000 15,739,000 11,515,000 14,475,000 17,510,000 15,685,000 14,002,000 11,261,000 
        accrued warranty costs
      10,491,000  10,389,000 9,981,000 10,116,000                                              4,462,000       2,836,000 3,582,000 
        customer deposits
      64,466,000 56,867,000 49,124,000 47,646,000 35,761,000 35,887,000 46,208,000 48,391,000 65,536,000 62,641,000 67,090,000 70,580,000 80,190,000 64,361,000 69,394,000 66,088,000 62,432,000 59,262,000 53,087,000 40,617,000 37,434,000 29,433,000 25,834,000 22,716,000 25,588,000 24,012,000 30,012,000 31,789,000 30,693,000 26,987,000 36,431,000 41,601,000 40,034,000 30,103,000 27,940,000 29,073,000 25,337,000 21,168,000 22,062,000 24,340,000 19,085,000 31,167,000 22,409,000 20,027,000 18,452,000 20,123,000 23,178,000 21,187,000 25,977,000 18,452,000 14,811,000 18,627,000 19,269,000 11,920,000 11,747,000 12,956,000 8,688,000   
        advanced billings
      10,190,000 9,605,000 9,280,000 8,029,000 10,316,000 7,641,000 9,548,000 11,007,000 10,720,000 12,194,000 10,498,000 12,043,000 10,219,000 7,966,000 7,958,000 11,663,000 9,599,000 11,894,000 11,980,000 9,110,000 9,801,000 8,513,000 4,520,000 6,110,000 8,335,000 11,280,000 8,124,000 7,907,000 5,869,000 5,534,000 11,313,000 11,463,000 5,745,000                           
        other current liabilities
      45,739,000 46,012,000 44,172,000 40,542,000 36,910,000 39,120,000 52,422,000 46,681,000 51,337,000 52,406,000 51,348,000 46,217,000 43,811,000 43,581,000 44,688,000 43,065,000 42,204,000 48,532,000 39,862,000 37,096,000 33,429,000 31,836,000 35,436,000 33,863,000 30,057,000 30,206,000 31,676,000 33,229,000 33,555,000 28,178,000 29,712,000 26,487,000 25,274,000 29,038,000 29,068,000 27,703,000 22,175,000 19,926,000 21,339,000 20,161,000 19,590,000 20,550,000 20,223,000 22,926,000 20,718,000 21,921,000 25,122,000 23,435,000 26,342,000 20,718,000 11,615,000 26,722,000 17,940,000 20,380,000 22,840,000 19,500,000 17,348,000 14,436,000 11,305,000 
        total current liabilities
      227,434,000 228,171,000 212,515,000 199,793,000 180,623,000 191,565,000 205,227,000 201,978,000 222,051,000 214,409,000 213,564,000 213,218,000 225,847,000 213,461,000 213,000,000 212,971,000 217,580,000 221,497,000 198,659,000 161,180,000 146,594,000 134,688,000 127,862,000 148,386,000 129,899,000 146,169,000 143,691,000 145,720,000 142,162,000 128,989,000 142,580,000 140,785,000 132,189,000 132,230,000 129,080,000 105,357,000 90,616,000 88,913,000 91,498,000 97,895,000 84,179,000 101,952,000 92,418,000 83,904,000 87,170,000 96,628,000 95,432,000 91,099,000 97,308,000 87,170,000 75,292,000 95,792,000 84,601,000 64,354,000 78,990,000 99,766,000 87,857,000 79,915,000 65,079,000 
        long-term obligations
      360,200,000 371,372,000 254,619,000 245,666,000 273,498,000 285,151,000 323,169,000 342,035,000 306,773,000 107,666,000 126,123,000 153,409,000 178,555,000 197,340,000 208,114,000 223,769,000 242,963,000 264,158,000 308,922,000 272,370,000 221,067,000 232,000,000 259,049,000 262,760,000 292,689,000 298,174,000 314,075,000 343,991,000 358,286,000 174,153,000 191,929,000 206,231,000 240,226,000 241,384,000 278,091,000 65,071,000 69,895,000 65,768,000 63,517,000 61,206,000 67,046,000 24,000,000 23,000,000 30,125,000 25,250,000 26,000,000 22,375,000 27,569,000 42,290,000 25,250,000 6,250,000 11,750,000 17,250,000 22,750,000 52,122,000 30,460,000 44,652,000 46,500,000  
        long-term deferred income taxes
      63,378,000  46,029,000 45,249,000 42,643,000 41,850,000 41,397,000 41,250,000 40,972,000 36,398,000 37,805,000 38,690,000 39,672,000 38,745,000 34,926,000 36,919,000 39,336,000 34,944,000 36,842,000   21,669,000    19,736,000 23,692,000 26,588,000 26,602,000 22,962,000 25,168,000 26,484,000 29,125,000 29,085,000 31,070,000 15,011,000 15,526,000 14,631,000 17,756,000 18,381,000 11,680,000    18,960,000 8,992,000    18,960,000          
        other long-term liabilities
      57,491,000 59,089,000 57,564,000 56,513,000 52,105,000 53,651,000 56,761,000 52,383,000 44,862,000 40,952,000 42,695,000 43,080,000 40,765,000 44,764,000 41,309,000 44,180,000 44,649,000 45,997,000 45,319,000 64,800,000 63,696,000 42,309,000 64,735,000 63,787,000 62,188,000 48,229,000 47,226,000 48,932,000 49,194,000 25,074,000 23,646,000 26,001,000 25,510,000 25,891,000 18,531,000 18,038,000 17,500,000 17,100,000 22,114,000 22,089,000 17,112,000 34,060,000 34,740,000 34,835,000 16,908,000 15,933,000 32,260,000 33,809,000 33,246,000 16,908,000 18,646,000 17,022,000 16,884,000 18,281,000 21,090,000 17,731,000 12,833,000 20,726,000 3,327,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                 
        stockholders' equity:
                                                                 
        preferred stock, .01 par value...
                                                                 
        common stock, .01 par value...
      146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 146,000 
        capital in excess of par value
      136,360,000 138,844,000 133,912,000 131,279,000 128,272,000 130,180,000 127,486,000 124,892,000 122,253,000 124,940,000 122,444,000 120,117,000 117,547,000 119,924,000 116,807,000 114,825,000 112,651,000 115,888,000 112,693,000 110,529,000 108,064,000 110,824,000 108,384,000 107,202,000 105,457,000 106,698,000 105,219,000 103,767,000 102,780,000 104,731,000 103,117,000 101,842,000 99,828,000 103,221,000 101,774,000 100,301,000 98,974,000 101,405,000 100,193,000 99,045,000 97,897,000 99,271,000 98,148,000 96,500,000 98,769,000 100,536,000 97,241,000 95,998,000 94,731,000 98,769,000 95,448,000 93,701,000 92,935,000 92,244,000 92,916,000 91,753,000 93,002,000 97,297,000 98,450,000 
        retained earnings
      966,899,000 945,641,000 925,624,000 901,907,000 879,752,000 859,693,000 839,422,000 811,595,000 784,062,000 763,131,000 739,133,000 711,664,000 685,325,000 660,644,000 637,601,000 613,146,000 590,009,000 551,848,000 530,596,000 513,036,000 493,067,000 479,400,000 465,963,000 453,874,000 445,027,000 435,249,000 429,127,000 415,605,000 401,891,000 393,578,000 377,602,000 361,262,000 351,355,000 342,893,000 344,449,000 333,476,000 327,691,000 321,050,000 315,395,000 308,312,000 302,071,000 288,704,000 281,894,000 275,282,000 270,249,000 297,258,000 262,778,000 257,766,000 251,547,000 270,249,000 230,329,000 198,706,000 165,131,000 146,624,000 152,548,000 175,106,000 153,147,000 136,050,000 129,173,000 
        treasury stock
      -68,996,000 -69,473,000 -69,738,000 -69,759,000 -69,795,000 -70,524,000 -70,543,000 -70,563,000 -70,601,000 -71,453,000 -71,480,000 -71,509,000 -71,569,000 -72,287,000 -72,546,000 -72,586,000 -72,649,000 -73,596,000 -74,459,000 -74,587,000 -74,649,000 -75,519,000 -76,320,000 -76,638,000 -77,302,000 -78,778,000 -82,138,000 -82,562,000 -84,532,000 -86,111,000 -86,177,000 -86,464,000 -86,596,000 -88,554,000 -88,627,000 -88,701,000 -88,791,000 -90,335,000 -90,895,000 -91,324,000 -92,376,000 -93,829,000 -89,070,000 -85,339,000 -87,727,000 -94,359,000 -86,386,000 -84,665,000 -75,544,000 -87,727,000 -74,025,000 -62,118,000 -48,786,000 -46,558,000 -46,707,000 -4,152,000 -14,401,000 -24,254,000 -18,158,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive items
      -38,805,000 -35,349,000 -40,097,000 -37,553,000 -62,424,000 -72,368,000 -44,778,000 -58,359,000 -53,173,000 -43,062,000 -58,591,000 -49,547,000 -49,085,000 -54,578,000 -73,959,000 -51,379,000 -32,302,000 -30,350,000 -27,089,000 -19,889,000 -24,040,000 -19,492,000 -37,232,000 -45,863,000 -50,554,000 -37,620,000 -47,360,000 -38,251,000 -40,024,000 -39,376,000 -37,727,000 -36,853,000 -21,212,000 -26,715,000 -28,197,000 -35,916,000 -44,542,000 -49,637,000 -37,300,000 -36,570,000 -31,645,000 -32,723,000 -26,670,000 -29,451,000 -17,146,000 -36,972,000 -6,715,000 642,000 116,000 -17,146,000 -3,315,000 -7,955,000 -3,586,000 252,000 -6,188,000 15,898,000 6,071,000 -1,490,000 2,900,000 
        total kadant stockholders' equity
      995,604,000 979,809,000 949,847,000 926,020,000 875,951,000 847,127,000 851,733,000 807,711,000 782,687,000 773,702,000 731,652,000 710,871,000 682,364,000 653,849,000 608,049,000 604,152,000 597,855,000 563,936,000 541,887,000 529,235,000 502,588,000 495,359,000 460,941,000 438,721,000 422,774,000 425,695,000 404,994,000 398,705,000 380,261,000 372,968,000 356,961,000 339,933,000 343,521,000 330,991,000 329,545,000 309,306,000 293,478,000 282,629,000 287,539,000 279,609,000 276,093,000 261,569,000 264,448,000 257,138,000 264,291,000 266,609,000 267,064,000 269,887,000 270,996,000 264,291,000          
        noncontrolling interests
      10,545,000 11,258,000 11,660,000 11,273,000 10,619,000 11,001,000 11,053,000 10,675,000 12,081,000                                                   
        total stockholders' equity
      1,006,149,000 991,067,000 961,507,000 937,293,000 886,570,000 858,128,000 862,786,000 818,386,000 794,768,000 776,240,000 733,917,000 713,025,000 684,305,000 655,571,000 609,504,000 606,164,000 599,738,000 565,616,000 543,386,000 531,126,000 504,308,000 496,905,000 462,245,000 440,359,000 424,272,000 427,079,000 406,873,000 400,560,000 381,996,000 374,571,000 358,439,000 341,685,000 345,227,000 332,504,000 330,887,000 311,337,000 295,290,000 284,279,000 289,233,000 281,211,000 277,603,000 262,874,000 265,675,000 258,267,000 265,459,000 267,945,000 268,248,000 271,063,000 272,054,000 265,459,000          
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
      1,714,652,000 1,712,178,000 1,532,234,000 1,484,514,000 1,435,439,000 1,430,345,000 1,489,340,000 1,456,032,000 1,409,426,000 1,175,665,000 1,154,104,000 1,161,422,000 1,169,144,000 1,149,881,000 1,106,853,000 1,124,003,000 1,144,266,000 1,132,212,000 1,133,128,000 1,029,476,000 935,665,000 927,571,000 913,891,000 915,292,000 909,048,000 939,387,000 935,557,000 965,791,000 958,240,000 725,749,000 741,762,000 741,186,000 772,277,000 761,094,000 787,659,000 514,814,000 488,827,000 470,691,000 484,118,000 480,782,000 457,620,000 422,886,000 415,833,000 407,131,000 413,747,000 415,498,000 418,315,000 423,540,000 444,898,000 413,747,000          
        property, plant, and equipment
       196,656,000    170,331,000    140,504,000    118,855,000    107,989,000    84,642,000                                      
        accrued warranty and installation costs
       11,848,000    10,664,000                                                      
        deferred income taxes
       62,479,000                                                 8,793,000 10,204,000 10,736,000 8,240,000 10,322,000 8,899,000 8,761,000  4,370,000 
        stockholders' equity
                                                                 
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 164,461 and 145,359
        177,381,000                                                         
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 159,456 and 145,359
         174,724,000                                                        
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 152,021 and 145,359
          170,548,000                                                       
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 145,901 and 132,846
            174,559,000                                                     
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 139,055 and 132,846
             174,182,000                                                    
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 135,032 and 132,846
              170,834,000                                                   
        short-term obligations and current maturities of long-term obligations
               3,209,000 3,116,000 3,464,000 3,352,000 3,821,000 1,553,000 4,543,000 4,893,000 5,356,000 5,574,000     20,387,000                3,109,000            500,000 5,500,000 500,000 3,289,000     
        noncontrolling interest
               2,538,000 2,265,000 2,154,000 1,941,000 1,722,000 1,455,000 2,012,000 1,883,000 1,680,000 1,499,000 1,891,000 1,720,000 1,546,000 1,304,000 1,638,000 1,498,000 1,384,000 1,879,000 1,855,000 1,735,000 1,603,000 1,478,000 1,752,000 1,706,000 1,513,000 1,342,000 2,031,000 1,812,000 1,650,000 1,694,000 1,602,000 1,510,000 1,305,000 1,227,000 1,129,000 1,168,000 1,336,000 1,184,000 1,176,000 1,058,000 1,168,000 1,384,000 1,150,000 1,461,000 1,323,000      
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 128,416 and 121,442
                128,738,000                                                 
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 128,555 and 121,442
                 125,875,000                                                
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 125,754 and 121,442
                  120,274,000                                               
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 116,292 and 114,032
                    105,439,000                                             
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 116,612 and 114,032
                     105,919,000                                            
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 116,911 and 114,032
                      105,851,000                                           
        unbilled revenue
                        7,915,000 6,481,000 6,204,000 7,576,000 9,095,000 10,444,000 12,194,000        2,375,000                           
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 114,845 and 107,832
                        110,088,000                                         
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 112,428 and 107,832
                         81,757,000                                        
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 109,426 and 107,832
                          82,204,000                                       
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 103,664 and 95,309
                            82,427,000                                     
        property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of 99,366 and 95,309
                             82,242,000                                    
        less: allowance for credit losses
                              2,712,000                                   
        property, plant, and equipment, at cost
                              179,639,000 86,032,000 179,098,000 180,823,000 181,384,000 80,157,000 168,414,000 167,382,000 169,523,000 79,723,000 153,878,000 130,518,000 127,631,000 47,704,000 126,813,000 126,405,000 119,270,000 117,922,000 118,614,000 116,565,000 44,965,000 42,293,000 118,017,000 119,035,000 118,290,000 44,965,000 39,168,000 40,095,000 36,911,000 38,415,000 41,638,000 41,904,000 40,939,000 32,907,000 17,064,000 
        less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
                              95,891,000  95,049,000 94,237,000 93,652,000  88,956,000 87,495,000 88,851,000  83,505,000 80,535,000 79,001,000  77,512,000 77,466,000 77,145,000 75,230,000 74,921,000 73,114,000   74,565,000 75,156,000 74,024,000           
        accounts receivable, less allowances
                               95,740,000 102,131,000 106,202,000 104,120,000 92,624,000 96,326,000 88,223,000 91,529,000 89,624,000 94,664,000 68,994,000 71,926,000 65,963,000 65,676,000 65,897,000 62,029,000 56,898,000 58,117,000 61,024,000 58,508,000 64,321,000 67,714,000 67,233,000 69,258,000 58,508,000 59,359,000 59,492,000 49,897,000 36,436,000 54,517,000 58,404,000 49,963,000 41,822,000 30,022,000 
        unbilled revenues
                               13,162,000 13,571,000 13,728,000 16,996,000 15,741,000 8,315,000 2,183,000                            
        unbilled contract costs and fees
                                       2,374,000 6,256,000 6,421,000 4,262,000 3,068,000 4,903,000 5,776,000 2,319,000 7,741,000 4,066,000 3,238,000 5,436,000 6,580,000 4,798,000 3,344,000 1,621,000 5,436,000 2,800,000 3,244,000 875,000 3,370,000 9,631,000 27,487,000 24,087,000 11,603,000 10,258,000 
        billings in excess of costs and fees
                                       7,316,000 10,781,000                         
        short-term obligations
                                           643,000   5,125,000 5,375,000 5,500,000 625,000 611,000 5,250,000    611,000          
        accrued income taxes
                                           2,739,000 3,293,000 2,497,000 2,091,000     5,333,000              
        assets of discontinued operation
                                               96,000 103,000 110,000 116,000  123,000 130,000 137,000 116,000 513,000 1,675,000 401,000 496,000 524,000 1,293,000 4,461,000 14,030,000 15,650,000 
        liabilities of discontinued operation
                                               100,000 100,000 100,000 213,000  213,000 213,000 213,000 213,000 379,000 3,632,000 2,397,000 2,427,000 2,427,000 2,428,000 1,459,000 6,599,000 7,578,000 
        current deferred tax asset
                                                  9,536,000     9,536,000          
        intangible assets, gross
                                                     79,691,000 77,690,000           
        less: accumulated amortization
                                                     33,386,000 31,998,000           
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                 
        deferred revenue
                                                        3,918,000         
        stockholders’ equity
                                                                 
        total kadant stockholders’ equity
                                                        248,583,000         
        total stockholders’ equity
                                                        249,967,000         
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                        358,948,000         
        liabilities and shareholders’ investment
                                                                 
        shareholders’ investment
                                                                 
        total kadant shareholders’ investment
                                                         222,480,000 205,840,000 192,708,000      
        total shareholders’ investment
                                                         223,630,000 207,301,000 194,031,000 192,715,000 278,751,000    
        total liabilities and shareholders’ investment
                                                         358,398,000 336,772,000 307,656,000 356,917,000 437,069,000 393,085,000 355,811,000 285,237,000 
        kadant inc.
                                                         2,011,000 2,010,000      2,004,000 
        minority interest
                                                            1,678,000 1,462,000 1,017,000 1,045,000  
        billings in excess of contract costs and fees
                                                              1,442,000 8,032,000  
        accrued restructuring costs
                                                              971,000 4,781,000 10,026,000 
        deferred compensation
                                                               -124,000 -50,000 
        deferred tax asset
                                                                6,691,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-04-04 2026-01-03 2025-09-27 2025-06-28 2025-03-29 2024-12-28 2024-09-28 2024-06-29 2024-03-30 2023-12-30 2023-09-30 2023-07-01 2023-04-01 2022-12-31 2022-10-01 2022-07-02 2022-04-02 2022-01-01 2021-10-02 2021-07-03 2021-04-03 2021-01-02 2020-09-26 2020-06-27 2020-03-28 2019-12-28 2019-09-28 2019-06-29 2019-03-30 2018-12-29 2018-09-29 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-30 2017-09-30 2017-07-01 2017-04-01 2016-12-31 2016-10-01 2016-07-02 2016-04-02 2015-10-03 2015-07-04 2015-04-04 2015-01-02 2014-09-27 2014-06-28 2014-03-29 2013-03-30 2012-12-29 2012-09-29 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-10-01 2011-07-02 2011-04-02 2010-10-02 2010-07-03 2010-04-03 2010-01-01 2009-10-03 2009-07-04 2009-04-04 2009-01-02 2008-09-27 2008-06-28 2008-03-29 2007-12-29 2007-09-29 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 
                                                                                
          operating activities
                                                                                
          net income attributable to kadant
        25,509,000 24,025,000 27,722,000 26,159,000 24,063,000 24,032,000 31,586,000 31,291,000 24,689,000 27,396,000 30,864,000 29,734,000 28,075,000 26,079,000 27,487,000 26,170,000 41,192,000 24,157,000 20,461,000 22,864,000 16,561,000 16,207,000 14,851,000 11,607,000 12,531,000 8,749,000 16,115,000 16,304,000 10,900,000 18,422,000 18,784,000 12,349,000 10,858,000 760,000 13,285,000 8,096,000 8,951,000 7,733,000 9,157,000 8,311,000 6,876,000 8,643,000 8,464,000 6,897,000 14,831,000 6,647,000 7,858,000 5,053,000 5,284,000 9,566,000 8,461,000 6,543,000 7,053,000 11,832,000 8,648,000 7,304,000 5,791,000 4,497,000 5,220,000 3,611,000 22,710,000 -119,000 -1,193,000 -2,891,000         
          net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
        312,000 465,000 393,000 480,000 374,000  312,000 283,000 296,000                                                                
          net income
        25,821,000 24,490,000 28,115,000 26,639,000 24,437,000 24,097,000 31,898,000 31,574,000 24,985,000 27,562,000 31,039,000 29,946,000 28,259,000 26,209,000 27,671,000 26,409,000 41,441,000 24,360,000 20,698,000 23,027,000 16,796,000 16,381,000 14,980,000 11,722,000 12,656,000 8,885,000 16,213,000 16,401,000 11,065,000  18,979,000 12,491,000 11,008,000  13,410,000 8,198,000 9,067,000                             6,858,000 6,888,000 5,113,000 7,674,000 5,781,000 4,914,000 4,299,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                
          depreciation and amortization
        14,647,000 14,740,000 12,397,000 12,069,000 12,013,000 13,082,000 12,775,000 11,991,000 11,739,000 8,380,000 8,234,000 8,237,000 8,446,000 8,549,000 8,456,000 8,486,000 9,445,000 9,705,000 9,195,000 7,716,000 7,686,000 8,074,000 8,086,000 7,576,000 7,598,000 8,086,000 7,763,000 8,310,000 8,231,000 5,829,000 5,796,000 5,844,000 6,099,000 6,319,000 6,525,000 3,275,000 3,256,000 3,392,000 3,457,000 4,913,000 2,564,000 2,584,000 2,753,000 2,910,000 2,263,000 2,684,000 2,829,000 3,045,000 1,953,000 1,965,000 2,147,000 2,029,000 2,243,000 1,989,000 2,100,000 1,982,000 1,865,000 1,926,000 1,697,000 1,658,000 1,633,000 1,876,000 1,876,000 1,843,000 1,831,000 1,841,000 1,918,000 1,858,000 1,888,000 1,827,000 1,891,000 1,757,000 
          stock-based compensation expense
        2,916,000 2,726,000 2,696,000 3,063,000 2,757,000 2,713,000 2,627,000 2,884,000 2,415,000 2,522,000 2,357,000 2,648,000 2,238,000 2,000,000 2,040,000 2,276,000 2,260,000 2,297,000 2,204,000 2,527,000 1,499,000 1,650,000 1,610,000 1,877,000 1,639,000 1,690,000 1,658,000 1,914,000 1,553,000 1,681,000 1,736,000 2,146,000 1,464,000 1,520,000 1,547,000 1,441,000 1,295,000 1,204,000 1,269,000 1,273,000 1,323,000 1,254,000 1,653,000 1,588,000 1,490,000 1,440,000 1,416,000 1,395,000 1,269,000 1,206,000 1,298,000 1,188,000 1,074,000 1,013,000 1,019,000 1,078,000 824,000 733,000 831,000 454,000 764,000 682,000 625,000 683,000 409,000 684,000 845,000 731,000 626,000 640,000 316,000 214,000 
          provision for (recovery of) losses on accounts receivable
        272,000                                                                        
          other items
        3,509,000 4,306,000 -61,000 1,446,000 2,337,000 4,335,000 935,000 1,096,000 803,000 2,266,000 762,000 742,000 842,000 -1,602,000 1,296,000 847,000 6,117,000 8,185,000 -798,000 -624,000 -430,000 -427,000 315,000 312,000 -877,000 219,000 -998,000 -831,000 -487,000 6,278,000 -2,674,000 -483,000 -386,000 2,158,000 -2,899,000 1,981,000 180,000 1,106,000 -33,000 -492,000 781,000 233,000 1,199,000 -1,523,000 -760,000 165,000 505,000 -197,000 -210,000 -37,000 365,000 474,000 305,000 -96,000 -1,402,000 170,000 519,000                
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
                                                                                
          accounts receivable
        -14,323,000 21,216,000 -4,589,000 -2,058,000 -1,068,000 7,576,000 -3,127,000 674,000 -7,956,000 8,982,000 -6,674,000 -4,519,000 517,000 2,185,000 -8,364,000 -3,209,000 -9,127,000 5,568,000 -6,984,000 -1,366,000 -13,955,000 5,810,000 -3,455,000 2,832,000 1,929,000 7,677,000 1,731,000 -1,665,000 -1,190,000 2,582,000 -8,624,000 -175,000 -799,000 5,318,000 -15,749,000 4,567,000 -5,043,000 -2,728,000 32,000 440,000 3,259,000 -64,000 3,259,000 -5,247,000 -11,575,000 -2,526,000 2,274,000 1,187,000 1,092,000 1,720,000 -2,661,000 1,301,000 797,000 -5,131,000 -3,405,000 -166,000 -1,207,000 -2,209,000 116,000 -5,234,000 -30,098,000 -2,158,000 1,402,000 17,348,000 16,446,000 5,832,000 -11,918,000 8,265,000 2,534,000 -8,568,000 -958,000 1,335,000 
          contract assets
        697,000 3,331,000 1,248,000 1,355,000 6,310,000 -2,819,000 882,000 -2,637,000 -2,425,000 3,985,000 -325,000 153,000 2,637,000    -409,000                                                        
          inventories
        -9,214,000 12,000 1,873,000 -9,288,000 -5,516,000 13,755,000 9,971,000 6,946,000 -6,721,000 15,546,000 9,347,000 3,189,000 -13,997,000 -2,332,000 -6,968,000 -17,457,000 -9,359,000 -620,000 -3,241,000 -700,000 -6,612,000 6,140,000 3,143,000 -5,637,000 -3,735,000 7,218,000 -968,000 -6,063,000 -3,263,000 3,578,000 4,083,000 -4,564,000 -9,674,000 4,667,000 2,643,000 -2,183,000 -3,964,000 1,502,000 4,549,000 -1,894,000 -604,000 -5,202,000 -3,183,000 -7,660,000 -9,675,000 880,000 1,997,000 312,000 -592,000 1,758,000 6,317,000 1,639,000 -558,000 7,499,000 829,000 -6,485,000 -8,809,000 -341,000 -1,532,000 -3,265,000 -21,256,000 3,486,000 4,749,000 9,020,000 27,802,000 -265,000 -4,215,000 -4,489,000 -257,000 227,000 -2,845,000 -952,000 
          other assets
        -1,635,000 1,069,000 3,679,000 -1,410,000 -1,368,000 -576,000 1,827,000 -2,948,000 609,000 3,498,000 456,000 -1,082,000 1,293,000 -1,006,000 -5,246,000 -427,000 1,113,000                                         -702,000 1,290,000 -1,180,000             
          accounts payable
        2,522,000 -2,588,000 -4,045,000 1,050,000 -1,658,000 1,882,000 -5,290,000 -1,051,000 15,036,000 -6,983,000 -3,549,000 -9,441,000 77,000 1,624,000 25,000 -9,151,000 8,864,000 6,524,000 6,918,000 4,873,000 8,031,000 -2,437,000 -8,151,000 -1,592,000 -3,440,000 4,560,000 -621,000 -453,000 3,872,000 1,237,000 143,000 185,000 3,854,000 -2,571,000 -1,314,000 2,558,000 805,000 361,000 -5,771,000 1,406,000 -1,234,000 -1,187,000 1,625,000 375,000 -2,211,000 -415,000 3,164,000 -2,290,000 83,000 22,000 -3,290,000 -2,238,000 -362,000 5,558,000 -2,583,000 -67,000 1,561,000 -2,130,000 546,000 5,121,000 14,829,000 1,014,000 -3,130,000 -6,463,000 -2,599,000 -6,328,000 1,826,000 444,000 1,845,000 -2,079,000 -331,000 3,371,000 
          customer deposits
        7,308,000 2,101,000 -2,111,000 10,187,000 -827,000 -8,195,000 -3,812,000 -16,966,000 -778,000 -7,548,000 -1,927,000 -10,650,000 11,114,000 -1,805,000 6,834,000 6,000,000 3,329,000                                                        
          other liabilities
        -10,604,000 -12,784,000 6,674,000 -2,767,000 -14,342,000 -5,678,000 3,210,000 -3,395,000 -15,289,000 3,247,000 7,247,000 3,255,000 -4,560,000 -8,660,000 3,735,000 8,083,000 -10,106,000                                         3,732,000 990,000 444,000             
          net cash from operating activities
        21,916,000 60,759,000 47,252,000 40,482,000 22,835,000 51,890,000 52,478,000 28,066,000 22,831,000 59,234,000 46,967,000 22,478,000 36,866,000 35,163,000 24,897,000 18,797,000 23,768,000 61,010,000 37,932,000 44,386,000 19,092,000 40,283,000 24,393,000 22,039,000 6,169,000 39,247,000 25,678,000 22,612,000 9,876,000 10,435,000 16,979,000 28,355,000 7,216,000 32,836,000 6,952,000 23,693,000 1,683,000 16,266,000 15,528,000 13,691,000 5,518,000 15,943,000 14,166,000 -4,564,000 7,469,000 15,210,000 8,991,000 6,203,000 6,875,000 12,730,000 12,681,000 7,798,000 -4,101,000 14,705,000 12,399,000 6,841,000 370,000 6,013,000 8,965,000 -552,000 -3,345,000 13,179,000 4,822,000 13,770,000 26,026,000 6,182,000 4,587,000 6,331,000 25,595,000 3,376,000 -3,205,000 5,877,000 
          capital expenditures
        -3,258,000 -6,050,000 -3,194,000 -3,968,000 -3,836,000 -5,575,000 -4,185,000 -4,974,000 -6,271,000 -9,756,000 -8,848,000 -8,777,000 -4,469,000 -12,008,000 -6,376,000 -6,947,000 -2,868,000 -5,083,000 -3,370,000 -2,059,000 -2,259,000 -2,176,000 -1,822,000 -911,000 -2,686,000 -3,721,000 -2,093,000 -1,975,000 -2,168,000 -3,742,000 -2,606,000 -5,060,000 -5,151,000 -8,563,000 -5,283,000 -1,713,000 -1,722,000 -2,225,000 -1,843,000 -1,212,000 -524,000 -1,417,000 -1,435,000 -1,216,000 -2,334,000 -1,703,000 -903,000 -539,000 -1,178,000 -2,736,000 -673,000 -583,000 -258,000 -2,557,000 -1,509,000 -2,800,000 -1,164,000 -743,000 -753,000 -539,000 -1,029,000 -339,000 -883,000 -1,157,000 1,394,000 -1,049,000 -1,539,000 -1,610,000 -1,907,000 -1,277,000 -886,000 -838,000 
          free cash flows
        18,658,000 54,709,000 44,058,000 36,514,000 18,999,000 46,315,000 48,293,000 23,092,000 16,560,000 49,478,000 38,119,000 13,701,000 32,397,000 23,155,000 18,521,000 11,850,000 20,900,000 55,927,000 34,562,000 42,327,000 16,833,000 38,107,000 22,571,000 21,128,000 3,483,000 35,526,000 23,585,000 20,637,000 7,708,000 6,693,000 14,373,000 23,295,000 2,065,000 24,273,000 1,669,000 21,980,000 -39,000 14,041,000 13,685,000 12,479,000 4,994,000 14,526,000 12,731,000 -5,780,000 5,135,000 13,507,000 8,088,000 5,664,000 5,697,000 9,994,000 12,008,000 7,215,000 -4,359,000 12,148,000 10,890,000 4,041,000 -794,000 5,270,000 8,212,000 -1,091,000 -4,374,000 12,840,000 3,939,000 12,613,000 27,420,000 5,133,000 3,048,000 4,721,000 23,688,000 2,099,000 -4,091,000 5,039,000 
          investing activities
                                                                                
          acquisition holdback payment
        -1,157,000                                                                        
          purchases of property, plant, and equipment
        -3,258,000 -6,050,000 -3,194,000 -3,968,000 -3,836,000 -5,575,000 -4,185,000 -4,974,000 -6,271,000 -9,756,000 -8,848,000 -8,777,000 -4,469,000 -12,008,000 -6,376,000 -6,947,000 -2,868,000 -5,083,000 -3,370,000 -2,059,000 -2,259,000 -2,176,000 -1,822,000 -911,000 -2,686,000 -3,721,000 -2,093,000 -1,975,000 -2,168,000 -3,742,000 -2,606,000 -5,060,000 -5,151,000 -8,563,000 -5,283,000 -1,713,000 -1,722,000 -2,225,000 -1,843,000 -1,212,000 -524,000 -1,417,000 -1,435,000 -1,216,000 -2,334,000 -1,703,000 -903,000 -539,000 -1,178,000 -2,736,000 -673,000 -583,000 -258,000 -2,557,000 -1,509,000 -2,800,000 -1,164,000 -743,000 -753,000 -539,000 -1,029,000 -339,000 -883,000 -1,157,000 1,394,000 -1,049,000 -1,539,000 -1,610,000 -1,907,000 -1,277,000 -886,000 -838,000 
          proceeds from sale of property, plant, and equipment
        489,000 114,000 -30,000   -31,000 18,000 33,000 1,269,000 1,102,000 438,000 65,000 32,000 20,000 149,000 347,000 1,595,000 1,638,000 31,000 39,000 32,000 90,000 44,000 -3,000 14,000 -129,000 159,000 75,000 293,000 22,000 -40,000 185,000 28,000 19,000 61,000   19,000 10,000 14,000 385,000 5,000 23,000 5,000 -201,000 60,000 32,000 139,000 222,000 433,000 108,000 149,000 113,000 31,000 2,294,000 28,000 7,000 2,216,000 1,000 676,000 2,824,000 55,000 6,000 31,000 -2,718,000 1,910,000 36,000 887,000 23,000 36,000 1,000 97,000 
          net cash from investing activities
        -3,926,000 -179,191,000 -19,287,000 -3,104,000 -3,836,000 -3,266,000 -14,353,000 -64,255,000 -237,263,000 -10,730,000 -7,158,000 -8,435,000 -4,467,000 -15,597,000 -6,029,000 -6,603,000 -1,291,000 -5,888,000 -144,718,000 -1,517,000 -2,352,000 -2,086,000 -1,807,000 -7,980,000 -2,672,000 -4,590,000 -2,137,000 -3,467,000 -177,163,000  -2,646,000 -4,875,000 -5,123,000  -209,285,000 -1,661,000 -1,889,000  -1,833,000                          -708,000 1,004,000 -2,426,000 -1,913,000 -2,394,000 -2,982,000 -1,613,000 -602,000 
          financing activities
                                                                                
          proceeds from issuance of long-term obligations
        9,000,000 170,000,000 21,033,000 8,000,000  10,000,000 61,211,000 234,000,000         63,056,000 78,749,000 10,139,000     106,000 56,090,000 2,000,000 189,000,000          2,000,000 5,000,000 41,046,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000  4,000,000 6,047,000 5,354,000 4,500,000            3,000,000 2,000,000 17,000,000   9,000,000 28,000,000     
          repayment of short- and long-term obligations
        -19,129,000 -54,021,000 -12,430,000 -34,367,000 -22,563,000 -33,102,000 -32,289,000 -25,639,000 -33,450,000 -22,097,000 -25,725,000 -25,382,000 -20,761,000 -16,050,000 -18,081,000 -16,315,000 -35,064,000 -42,853,000    -30,513,000 -44,874,000                                                  
          tax withholding payments related to stock-based compensation
        -4,923,000 -43,000 -20,000 -6,036,000 -13,000 -13,000 -5,855,000 -18,000 -3,897,000 -18,000 -39,000 -4,550,000 -44,000 -3,388,000 -3,000 -278,000 -2,318,000 -21,000 -23,000 -2,647,000 -245,000 -3,641,000 -24,000 -2,182,000 -137,000 -455,000 -1,980,000                                
          dividends paid
        -4,008,000 -4,005,000 -4,004,000 -4,004,000 -3,762,000 -3,758,000 -3,761,000 -3,758,000 -3,395,000 -3,398,000 -3,395,000 -3,394,000 -3,036,000 -3,032,000 -3,033,000 -3,031,000 -2,905,000 -2,901,000 -2,895,000 -2,894,000 -2,770,000 -2,762,000 -2,760,000 -2,753,000 -2,628,000 -2,592,000 -2,590,000 -2,570,000 -2,444,000 -2,444,000 -2,444,000 -2,440,000 -2,316,000 -2,312,000 -2,311,000 -2,310,000 -2,078,000 -2,074,000 -2,070,000 -2,063,000 -1,831,000 -1,852,000 -1,864,000 -1,630,000 -2,473,000 -1,642,000 -1,675,000 -1,389,000                         
          proceeds from issuance of company common stock
         2,472,000 2,101,000 1,605,000             1,593,000 169,000 532,000 913,000 3,170,000 309,000 974,000 723,000 71,000 742,000     570,000 406,000   137,000 148,000 115,000 82,000 43,000 514,000 337,000     241,000 149,000                
          dividends paid to noncontrolling interests
        -990,000 -873,000                                                                      
          net cash from financing activities
        -20,050,000 113,314,000 2,174,000 -38,391,000 -23,085,000 -36,860,000 -26,063,000 29,932,000 192,905,000 -25,440,000 -29,120,000 -28,794,000 -27,757,000 -18,457,000 -16,724,000 -18,385,000 -27,003,000 -43,906,000 34,016,000 48,280,000 -15,582,000 -31,685,000 -29,457,000 -16,412,000 -7,002,000 -18,048,000 -29,901,000 -17,793,000 178,192,000  -17,036,000 -32,043,000 -6,708,000  203,036,000 -10,046,000 -1,052,000  -4,524,000                              -2,389,000 -2,527,000 2,678,000 -4,434,000 
          exchange rate effect on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
        -804,000 886,000 -414,000 4,396,000 1,945,000 -5,552,000 2,494,000 -1,183,000 -2,308,000 4,336,000 -1,831,000 -561,000 1,140,000 3,502,000 -5,056,000 -4,754,000 -664,000 -719,000 -1,710,000 287,000 -1,090,000 3,924,000 2,126,000 1,227,000 -2,693,000 1,693,000 -1,807,000 -389,000 153,000  -390,000 -4,027,000 1,511,000                                        
          decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
        -2,864,000    -2,141,000  14,556,000    8,858,000                      -3,104,000                                        
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period
        122,681,000  95,946,000  106,453,000  79,725,000  94,161,000  66,640,000  68,273,000  46,117,000  76,846,000                                        
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period
        119,817,000  29,725,000 3,383,000 93,805,000  14,556,000 -7,440,000 82,618,000  8,858,000 -15,312,000 85,507,000  -2,912,000 -10,945,000 88,971,000  -74,480,000 91,436,000 66,708,000  -4,745,000 -1,126,000 62,075,000  -8,167,000 963,000 57,175,000  -3,093,000 -12,590,000 73,742,000                                        
          provision for losses on accounts receivable
             -172,000   413,000     480,000    -111,000 357,000 -112,000 -129,000 -149,000 202,000 200,000 103,000 -56,000 131,000 -25,000 64,000 11,000 -94,000 122,000 316,000 198,000 154,000 -45,000 129,000 33,000 100,000 244,000 76,000   185,000    85,000                         
          other income
                                                                                
          other non-cash costs
                                                                                
          deferred income tax provision
                                                                                
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
         -173,500,000    1,689,000 -10,449,000 -59,314,000 -232,261,000 -1,182,000   -3,612,000 200,000 -62,000 -2,443,000 -141,379,000   -29,000   -740,000        -503,000            -204,000 -735,000 -2,035,000  -28,000 138,000   -336,000                  
          other investing activities
         245,000 420,000   651,000    -894,000 1,252,000 -30,000                        -2,000                                    
          acquisition of subsidiary shares from noncontrolling interest
                                                                              
          payment of debt issuance costs
         -259,000                        -4,000 -16,000 -36,000 -776,000    -110,000 -493,000 -654,000                                  
          increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
         -4,232,000 29,725,000      -23,835,000    5,782,000 4,611,000 -2,912,000 -10,945,000 -5,190,000 10,497,000 -74,480,000 91,436,000 68,000 10,436,000 -4,745,000 -1,126,000 -6,198,000 18,302,000 -8,167,000 963,000 11,058,000  -3,093,000                                          
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of year
                                                                                
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of year
                                                                                
          benefit from bad debts
                                                                                
          non-cash impairment costs
                                                                                
          (recovery of) provision for bad debts
           196,000 -240,000                                                                    
          dividend paid to noncontrolling interest
            -825,000                                                             
          net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                 166,000 175,000 212,000 184,000 130,000 184,000 239,000 249,000 203,000 237,000 163,000 235,000 174,000 129,000 115,000 125,000 136,000 98,000 97,000 165,000 146,000 195,000 142,000 150,000 148,000 125,000 102,000 116,000 74,000 75,000 128,000 115,000 67,000 72,000 93,000 -50,000 86,000 131,000 127,000 36,000 47,000 86,000 42,000 23,000 28,000 95,000 69,000 82,000 69,000 53,000 30,000 273,000 -29,000 -28,000 25,000         
          gain on sale of assets and other income
                                                                                
          loss on liquidation of subsidiary
                                                                                
          proceeds from issuance of short- and long-term obligations
                      5,038,000 1,000,000 15,516,000                                                -37,204,000        
          other financing activities
                 55,000 -63,000                -101,000 -93,000 -147,000 -111,000 -203,000 -73,000 -97,000 -118,000                                    
          benefit from losses on accounts receivable
                                                             236,000 699,000 120,000 194,000 141,000 276,000 170,000 170,000 -214,000   -110,000 33,000 388,000 -6,000 87,000 103,000 -134,000 160,000 
          proceeds from issuance of short-and long-term obligations
                                                                                
          gain on sale of assets
                                                                                
          gain on the sale of assets
                      -20,190,000                                                        
          acquisition, net of cash acquired
                                   -1,567,000 -175,288,000                                           
          noncash impairment costs
                      182,000                                                        
          unbilled revenue
                      -4,834,000    -1,492,000 -226,000 1,231,000 1,741,000 1,626,000 1,862,000 844,000        2,064,000                                        
          other
                      -2,000 -3,000 44,000                             702,000 1,000 303,000 7,000 -135,000 3,000 122,000 27,000 31,000 -66,000 5,000 1,000 3,215,000 -680,000 -1,614,000 -981,000  -334,000 -557,000 289,000 700,000 221,000 -1,551,000 -3,000 
          provision for losses (benefit) on accounts receivable
                       225,000 208,000                                                        
          gain on sale of property, plant, and equipment
                                -10,000                                                
          u.s. pension benefit plan settlement loss
                                                                                
          impairment charges
                                                                                
          loss on sale of property, plant, and equipment
                          8,000 43,000 48,000                                                    
          changes in current assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
                                                                                
          other current assets
                          -6,330,000 910,000 -2,690,000 -1,619,000 1,268,000 2,679,000 -1,107,000 -1,525,000 -676,000 -3,228,000 -189,000 3,579,000 3,022,000 -2,346,000 -435,000 2,387,000 135,000 -766,000 -1,886,000 133,000 161,000 2,267,000 -1,808,000 898,000 -519,000 -1,908,000 1,767,000 481,000 60,000 -813,000 -829,000 284,000 -1,441,000 658,000 -197,000 -1,177,000 640,000 997,000 -2,357,000    -10,755,000 1,344,000 4,368,000 2,808,000  -345,000 56,000 -280,000 720,000 -847,000 298,000 -1,094,000 
          other current liabilities
                          17,397,000 8,318,000 7,617,000 3,120,000 4,773,000 198,000 -9,431,000 -631,000 468,000 3,969,000 -9,608,000 -21,296,000 762,000 14,941,000 -6,319,000 7,727,000 2,377,000 6,962,000 -973,000 2,606,000 1,946,000 864,000 -9,527,000 12,620,000 736,000 -1,715,000 14,240,000 7,468,000 -9,074,000 -3,406,000 -7,000 -2,827,000 -858,000 -387,000 -8,736,000 -2,911,000 6,432,000 3,057,000 2,752,000    17,783,000 3,254,000 -3,168,000 -6,114,000  1,149,000 1,443,000 -5,567,000 -1,461,000 8,610,000 5,144,000 -6,317,000 
          repayment of long-term obligations
                           -27,575,000 -19,563,000    -2,969,000 -18,043,000 -83,710,000 -18,158,000 -6,404,000                                            
          changes in current assets and liabilities, net of effects of an acquisition:
                                                                                
          acquisition
                            -125,000               -165,000                               -1,197,000     
          u.s. benefit plans settlement and curtailment losses
                                                                                
          changes in current assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisition:
                                                                                
          impairment costs
                                                                                
          contributions to u.s. pension plan
                                         -270,000 -270,000 -450,000 -90,000                                    
          unbilled revenues
                                 602,000 -174,000 3,186,000 -1,055,000 -7,403,000 -6,175,000                                          
          right-of-use asset amortization
                                  1,101,000 1,086,000 1,083,000                                            
          loss on the sale of property, plant, and equipment
                                  50,000 11,000 -200,000  25,000 30,000 24,000  7,000 -11,000 41,000                                    
          income from discontinued operation
                                                        29,000   3,000 61,000  1,156,000 5,000 4,000 5,000 5,000 4,000   5,000 4,000   5,000 4,000 104,000 1,232,000 1,022,000 392,000 
          income from continuing operations
                                             7,807,000 9,229,000 8,439,000 6,991,000 8,714,000 8,541,000 6,925,000 14,689,000 6,737,000 7,998,000 5,185,000 5,349,000 9,650,000 7,703,000 6,588,000 7,137,000 10,704,000 9,899,000 7,378,000 5,877,000 4,571,000 5,278,000 3,645,000 22,871,000 -143,000 -1,216,000 -2,862,000 -24,795,000 6,835,000 6,893,000 5,117,000 7,778,000 7,013,000 5,936,000 4,691,000 
          adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                
          net cash from continuing operations
                                         32,836,000    16,261,000 15,530,000 13,691,000 5,518,000 15,940,000 14,164,000 -4,523,000 7,509,000 15,207,000 8,993,000 6,202,000 6,981,000 12,719,000 13,205,000 8,558,000 -4,026,000 14,863,000 12,293,000 6,839,000 367,000 6,012,000 8,963,000 -555,000 -3,501,000 13,177,000 4,820,000 13,767,000 26,001,000 6,172,000 4,615,000 6,328,000 25,831,000 3,910,000 -2,684,000 6,452,000 
          net cash from discontinued operation
                                             5,000    3,000 2,000 -41,000 -40,000 3,000 -2,000 1,000 -106,000 11,000 -524,000 -760,000 -75,000 -158,000 106,000 2,000 3,000 1,000 2,000 3,000 156,000 2,000 2,000 3,000 25,000 10,000 -28,000 3,000 2,290,000 -534,000 -521,000 -575,000 
          net cash from continuing operations for investing activities
                                                -2,952,000 -1,412,000 -1,412,000 -1,211,000 439,000 -1,847,000 -1,607,000 -2,434,000 -956,000 -2,324,000 -437,000 -434,000 -170,000 -2,862,000 785,000 -18,270,000 -1,538,000 -1,769,000 -3,344,000 137,000 -2,711,000 -503,000 -2,012,000 -1,126,000         
          proceeds from issuance of debt
                                     13,055,000 21,000,000 4,000,000 12,000,000 10,000,000 214,019,000 8,000,000                                    
          repayment of debt
                                     -28,102,000 -34,702,000 -33,456,000 -13,382,000 -47,424,000 -9,037,000 -6,625,000 -4,610,000                                    
          payment of contingent consideration
                                             -1,091,000                                
          net cash from continuing operations for financing activities
                                                35,961,000 -5,392,000 -8,662,000 4,094,000 21,133,000 -8,884,000 -26,489,000 3,113,000 -944,000 -9,620,000 -1,968,000 -6,825,000 -907,000 -10,675,000 -8,599,000 -112,000 -7,658,000 -4,525,000 -120,000 -124,000 31,201,000 -5,985,000 -25,193,000 -4,559,000         
          exchange rate effect on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash from continuing operations
                                                                                
          decrease in cash from discontinued operation
                                                                                
          increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash from continuing operations
                                                                                
          excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation awards
                                                                                
          deferred income tax benefit
                                                                                
          unbilled contract costs and fees
                                         3,892,000 386,000 -1,834,000 -1,134,000 1,694,000 895,000 -3,495,000 4,313,000 -3,641,000 -777,000 1,817,000 -120,000 -1,713,000 -1,766,000 2,065,000 -621,000 4,170,000 3,678,000 -2,452,000 -5,160,000 -739,000 595,000 -987,000 -622,000 527,000 -269,000 -1,356,000 -1,426,000 4,715,000 952,000 -2,032,000 287,000 -1,865,000 7,793,000 521,000 7,803,000 -3,333,000 -10,925,000 3,242,000 
          change in restricted cash
                                         -643,000 1,430,000 -497,000 590,000 4,000 -1,517,000 782,000 -58,000 474,000   -629,000 -438,000    68,000 361,000 271,000 488,000 985,000                  
          purchases of company common stock
                                                 -4,880,000   3,253,000 -1,909,000 -9,332,000 -1,918,000 -1,334,000 -4,692,000 -1,422,000 -7,096,000 -1,281,000 -6,643,000       -685,000 -381,000 -3,341,000 33,640,000 -18,507,000 -6,851,000 -12,004,000 -1,425,000 -3,760,000 
          excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation awards
                                                                                
          exchange rate effect on cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations
                                                460,000 -359,000 430,000 -857,000 22,000 -868,000 -409,000 110,000 -1,126,000  1,032,000 -1,132,000 852,000                    
          increase in cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations
                                                38,987,000 8,780,000 4,522,000 -2,538,000 29,063,000 3,611,000 -19,514,000 6,992,000 3,849,000 1,214,000                       
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                                
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                
          operating activities:
                                                                                
          investing activities:
                                                                                
          financing activities:
                                                                                
          exchange rate effect on cash and cash equivalents
                                          4,079,000 2,314,000 1,311,000  -147,000                -1,646,000 490,000 1,984,000 2,561,000 -1,938,000 -1,493,000  334,000 2,535,000 -1,310,000         
          increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                          4,782,000 14,300,000 53,000  9,024,000                2,939,000   2,281,000 3,563,000 -2,032,000    6,775,000  5,924,000 -4,639,000 -3,026,000  164,000 -969,000 1,599,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                                          71,487,000  65,530,000 45,378,000  50,032,000 54,553,000  46,950,000  61,805,000 45,675,000  40,139,000  61,553,000  39,634,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                                          4,782,000 14,300,000 71,540,000  9,024,000 -50,306,000 104,517,000 8,780,000 4,522,000 42,840,000  3,611,000 -19,514,000 57,024,000 58,402,000  11,308,000 -593,000 42,624,000  2,939,000 -11,051,000 54,963,000 2,281,000 3,563,000 43,643,000  7,025,000 -19,848,000 46,914,000  5,924,000 -4,639,000 58,527,000  164,000 -969,000 41,233,000 
          issuance of note receivable
                                                -2,813,000                                
          loss from discontinued operation
                                                 4,000 5,000 -65,000  4,000 9,000 5,000                         
          tax benefits from stock-based compensation awards
                                                 9,000                               
          repayments of short- and long-term obligations
                                             -3,000,000            -5,000,000 -5,125,000 -125,000 -125,000 -5,125,000 -5,125,000 -642,000 -5,125,000 -125,000 -125,000 -125,000 53,528,000    -14,929,000     -2,648,000   
          change in cash from discontinued operation
                                                                           6,000 1,313,000 560,000 715,000 
          contributions to pension plan
                                              -270,000 -270,000 -270,000 -270,000 -270,000 -270,000 -270,000 -270,000 -270,000 -270,000 -270,000 -240,000 -240,000 -240,000 -240,000 -225,000 -225,000 -225,000 -225,000 -225,000 -550,000 -1,200,000             
          gain on the sale of property, plant, and equipment
                                               -4,000 -346,000     -36,000 -26,000 -96,000 -78,000  -103,000 -96,000 -10,000  -2,305,000 -13,000 -5,000 -796,000 81,000 -314,000  1,000 5,000 -11,000    -652,000     
          repayments of short-and long-term obligations
                                               -12,125,000 -125,000 -4,125,000 -7,250,000 -5,111,000                             
          changes in current assets and liabilities:
                                                                                
          gain on sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                                                
          (income) income from discontinued operation
                                                         37,000                       
          repayments of long-term obligations
                                                     -8,985,000 -21,593,000 -131,000 -4,750,000              -26,811,000 -18,224,000   -9,125,000 -25,974,000    -1,892,000 
          recovery of losses on accounts receivable
                                                                                
          loss (income) from discontinued operation
                                                                                
          benefit for losses on accounts receivable
                                                           94,000 -319,000                    
          benefit for recoveries on accounts receivable
                                                        -158,000                        
          acquisition consideration
                                                            -25,000    -412,000               
          non-cash financing activities:
                                                                                
          issuance of company common stock
                                                        2,191,000  138,000 139,000 1,690,000  154,000 1,198,000 657,000  71,000 298,000  40,000 39,000 39,000  122,000       
          dividends declared but unpaid
                                                        1,401,000                        
          deferred income tax (benefit) expense
                                                                                
          dividend paid to minority shareholder
                                                                              
          exchange rate effect on cash from continuing operations
                                                                                
          net proceeds from issuance of company common stock
                                                          221,000 32,000 106,000                    
          non-cash investing activities:
                                                                                
          fair value of assets acquired
                                                              -36,000                  
          cash paid for acquired business
                                                                               
          liabilities assumed of acquired business
                                                              -36,000                  
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations
                                                           -593,000 -4,326,000                    
          increase in restricted cash
                                                                -2,687,000                
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                -6,842,000     7,025,000           
          other non-cash items
                                                                 785,000 209,000 502,000             
          changes in assets and liabilities, excluding the effects of acquisitions:
                                                                                
          changes in assets and liabilities:
                                                                                
          goodwill impairment
                                                                                
          deferred income tax expense
                                                                                
          changes in current accounts, net of effects of acquisition:
                                                                                
          proceeds from issuances of company common stock
                                                                         1,754,000 512,000 725,000  72,000   
          benefit from losses on (recovery of) accounts receivable
                                                                       528,000         
          (gain) loss on sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                                                
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and disposition:
                                                                                
          acquisitions consideration
                                                                                
          net cash from continuing operations in financing activities
                                                                        -20,674,000 1,696,000 -6,456,000 -9,870,000     
          (gain) loss on the sale of property, plant, and equipment
                                                                         -1,111,000       
          loss on sale of subsidiary
                                                                              
          minority interest expense
                                                                         46,000 143,000 97,000 89,000 96,000 87,000 48,000 
          changes in current accounts, net of effects of acquisitions and disposition:
                                                                                
          acquisitions and disposition
                                                                            -1,599,000   
          excess tax benefits from stock option exercises
                                                                         370,000   983,000 49,000   
          exchange rate effect on cash
                                                                         -2,958,000 -345,000 2,426,000  984,000 611,000 43,000 
          changes in current accounts, net of effects of acquisition and disposition:
                                                                                
          acquisitions and disposition, net of cash acquired
                                                                                
          changes in current accounts, net of effects of acquisitions and disposition
                                                                                
          net cash used by discontinued operation
                                                                                
          acquisition costs capitalized
                                                                                
          acquisition of minority interest in subsidiary
                                                                                
          increase in short- and long-term obligations
                                                                                
          issuance of restricted stock
                                                                             116,000   
          changes in current accounts:
                                                                                
          acquisition costs paid
                                                                                
          net proceeds from issuances of company common stock
                                                                               1,047,000 
          changes in current accounts, net of effects of acquisitions
                                                                                
          acquisition costs capitalized (paid)
                                                                                
          proceeds from issuance of short and long-term obligations
                                                                                
          increase in short and long-term obligations
                                                                                
          purchase of company common stock
                                                                                
          exchange rate effect on cash of continuing operations
                                                                                
          benefit from (reversal of) losses on accounts receivable
                                                                                
          cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of income tax benefit
                                                                                
          provision for (reversal of) losses on accounts receivable
                                                                                
          non-cash restructuring and unusual costs
                                                                                
          proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale investments
                                                                                
          proceeds from repayment of notes receivable
                                                                                
          redemption of subsidiary common stock
                                                                                
          purchases of company subordinated convertible debentures
                                                                                
          net proceeds from issuance of company common stock in public offering
                                                                                
          net proceeds from issuance of company and subsidiary common stock
                                                                                
          cash paid for
                                                                                
          interest
                                                                                
          income taxes
                                                                                
          noncash restructuring and unusual costs
                                                                                
          advances to former affiliates
                                                                                
          purchases of company and subsidiary common stock
                                                                                
          transfer from thermo electron
                                                                                
          noncash activities
                                                                                
          amounts forgiven in exchange for the acquisition of 49% minority interest in kadant composites inc.