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Orbia sales dip in pipes


division Orbia, the Mexican chemicals company, reported higher sales but reduced profits in 2025. Overall sales grew 2%


to around US$7.6 billion. Most extrusion operations posted growth – though sales in pipes division Wavin nudged down 1% to US$2.46bn. At the same time, profitability also suffered – with operating profit down 20% to US$104m. Orbia has two other


extrusion businesses: US conduit maker Dura-Line and Israeli pipe irrigation company Netafim. At Dura-Line, full year


sales grew 9% to US$918m, while operat- ing profit grew 15% to US$71m, due mainly to strong volume growth across all end markets. In Q4, sales grew 32% and the division returned to profit thanks to higher revenues and capacity utilisation. Netafim’s sales grew 6% for the year, to around US$1.1bn, while profits more than quadru- pled to US$27m. In Q4, sales rose by 5%, and the division returned to profitability. This year, Orbia


expects “positive momen- tum” for Netafim, but relatively weak demand for Wavin and Duraline. For 2026, it expects an overall increase in profit (EBITDA) of at least 8%, to US$1.1bn or more. � www.orbia.com


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Deceuninck sales and profits fell last year


Belgian profile extruder Deceuninck says sales and profits both fell last year. Revenue fell 7% to €773m, due to lower volumes and slow demand. Profitability, in the form of adjusted EBITDA, fell nearly 7% to €110m. At the same time, however, net profit rose more than 68% to nearly €27m. Sales in Europe – which accounts for almost half the company’s turnover – fell by 2% to €362m. The decline in North America was higher, at 3%, reaching €158m, while sales in Turkey and


emerging markets slumped by 14% to €253m. Overall sales volumes fell by nearly 7% across all regions. “In Europe, we navigated


a mixed market and delivered a solid result,” said Francis Van Eeckhout, interim CEO of Deceuninck. “In North America, early positive signals did not fully carry through the second half – but we still managed to enhance profitability. Türkiye stood out with a very strong second half, driven by increased demand.” The European market was fragmented; high


mortgage rates and eco- nomic uncertainty affected North American sales; and in Türkiye, “the market gained momentum sup- ported by a gradual decline in interest rates”. This year, Deceuninck believes the market will stabilise – but it remains to early to predict a recovery. Conditions in Europe remain “uneven”, those in North America are “too early to anticipate sustained improvement in demand” – while it is “confident about the year ahead” in Türkiye. � www.deceuninck.com


Sales edge ahead in Georg Fischer pipe division


Georg Fischer (GF) says sales in its ‘industry and infrastructure’ division – which includes pipes – rose nearly 2% in 2025. The division reported


sales of just under CHF2 billion for the year. For the same period, profitability (EBIT) fell around 18% to CHF212 million. Sales grew thanks to


“strong momentum in the infrastructure sector in Europe”, plus solid demand in the industrial sector in the US, Middle East and Northeast Asia, said the company. The company has seen a


large reorganisation, in which both the pipe and infrastructure divisions have


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Müller: “Infrastructure business remained strong globally but construction markets stayed soft”


been incorporated into larger business units. Its related business, sales in GF Building Flow Solu- tions (formerly GF Uponor) declined around 6% to just


over CHF1.1bn. Construc- tion markets remained soft in Europe and slowed in the US at year-end. In North America, organic sales were flat despite falling new construction activity, high mortgage rates and ongo- ing tariff uncertainty. In Europe, sales were affected by a mixed demand across construction markets, with signs of recovery emerging toward year-end. “Our infrastructure business remained strong globally, but construction markets stayed soft – and demand in various key industrial segments was subdued,” according to Andreas Müller, CEO of GF. � www.georgfischer.com


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