Kadant Timeline
1873
The Black Clawson Company founded
1908
Lamort founded
1914
World War 1, Black Clawson produces machined parts for the war efforts
1918
Black Clawson Pressure Screen introduced
1926
Shartle merges with Black Clawson
1933
Dilts Machine Works acquired by Black Clawson
1952
Noss founded
1954
The Landegger family acquires Black Clawson
1959
Liquid Cyclone™ Cleaner patented
1963
Noel Martin develops the Black Clawson graphic identity
1972
Radiscreen Pressure Screen introduced
1973
Hydrascreen™ Reject Screen patented
1979
Pressure Knotter introduced
1987
Ultra-V Vertical Pressure Screens introduced
1989
Float Purger™ Stock Cleaning System introduced
1995
XTREME™ and XX-Clone™ cleaners patented
1998
Kadant acquires Black Clawson
2001
V-MAX™ Screen Cylinder patented
2003
FiberNET™ Pressure Screen introduced
2006
Kadant Fiberline (China) founded
FibreWall® Screen Cylinder patented
2007
Hydraflow™ Continuous Detrashing System introduced
2010
Twin Hydradisc® III Refiner introduced
2013
BoosTEK™ Performance Pack introduced
2019
Cantilevered Drum Screen introduced
2020
XCEL™ NT Forward Cleaner introduced
2022
Quad Hydradisc III Low Consistency Refiner introduced
2023
Supra™ Screen Rotor introduced
2024
FiberWall® EverSlot™ introduced
2024
X-Clone NT™ introduced
