Kadant Inc
4 facilities · 4 states · 34.7K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Kadant Inc is the reported parent of 4 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 34.7K lbs of toxic releases. 1 of 11 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is South Carolina (34.4K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Kadant Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Kadant Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+30.7%
3 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+9.3%
43 lb → 47 lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Kadant Inc's total reported releases rose from 36 lb in 2022 to 47 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kadant Inc's off-site transfers rose from 19 lb in 2022 to 30 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Kadant Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Kadant Unaflex; Kadant Solutions Div; Syntron Material Handling LLC; Kadant Johnson Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Nucor Corp; International Paper Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Chromium; Nickel; Manganese; Copper And Copper Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: South Carolina; Massachusetts; Mississippi. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Plastics and Rubber; Machinery. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Kadant Unaflex; Kadant Solutions Div; Syntron Material Handling LLC; Kadant Johnson Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Nucor Corp; International Paper Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Chromium; Nickel; Manganese; Copper And Copper Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: South Carolina; Massachusetts; Mississippi. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Plastics and Rubber; Machinery.
Kadant Inc ranks #2,186 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Kadant Inc files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Kadant Unaflex accounts for most of Kadant Inc's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Kadant Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Nucor Corp; International Paper Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Kadant Inc sits among TRI parents
Kadant Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Nucor Corp and International Paper Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Nucor Corp · rank #2,184 · 15.8M lbs
- International Paper Co · rank #2,185 · 13.0M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Kadant Inc
Toluene; Chromium; Nickel; Manganese; Copper And Copper Compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Kadant Unaflex. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Toluene | 34.4K lbs |
| Chromium | 211 lbs |
| Nickel | 42 lbs |
| Manganese | 39 lbs |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 20 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 1 | 34.4K lbs |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 138 lbs |
| Mississippi | 1 | 97 lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 25 lbs |
Facilities (4)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Kadant Unaflex Anderson, SC | 34.4K lbs |
| Kadant Solutions Div Auburn, MA | 138 lbs |
| Syntron Material Handling LLC Saltillo, MS | 97 lbs |
| Kadant Johnson Inc Three Rivers, MI | 25 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Kadant Inc on total disclosed release pounds (34.7K lbs) and reporting facility count (4). Release-volume peers include Global Clean Energy Holdings Inc, New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co Inc, North American Lighting Inc. Facility-count peers include A Stucki Holding Corp, Advanced Heat Treat Corp, Alleima USA LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are South Carolina, Massachusetts, Mississippi; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Kadant Inc's TRI parent record
From Kadant Inc, open Kadant Unaflex or compare against Nucor Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Kadant Inc (Kadant Unaflex in SC). Largest facility
- Compare against International Paper Co, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Kadant Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Nucor Corp, International Paper Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Kadant Inc's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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