Powell also emphasized the target’s “near-net-shaped” manufacturing capabilities, which he said reduce downstream machining and processing and can lower total production costs. In the Q&A, management described BÖHLER’s competitive advantages as stemming from patented processing lines the company developed and built itself, enabling production that is closer to a final component shape and, in some cases, requires “almost nothing” in post-processing.A key attribute for Kadant is that 100% of BÖHLER Profil’s b ...