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10-K - KADANT INC 10-K 01-02-2016 - KADANT INCkai201510k.htm
10-K - KADANT INC 10-K 01-02-2016 - KADANT INCkai201510k.pdf
EX-10.8 - EXHIBIT 10.8 - KADANT INCkai2015ex108.htm
EX-21 - EXHIBIT 21 - KADANT INCkai2015ex21.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - KADANT INCkai2015ex311.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - KADANT INCkai2015ex312.htm
EX-32 - EXHIBIT 32 - KADANT INCkai2015ex32.htm
Exhibit 23
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Kadant Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (Nos. 333-202855, 033‑67190, 333-48498, 333-102223, 333-142247 and 333-176371) on Form S-8 of Kadant Inc. of our reports dated March 16, 2016, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Kadant Inc. and subsidiaries as of January 2, 2016 and January 3, 2015, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash flows and stockholders’ equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended January 2, 2016, and the related financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of January 2, 2016, which reports appear in the January 2, 2016 annual report on Form 10‑K of Kadant Inc.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
March 16, 2016