Rieter says that there is continued investment restraint by textile manufacturers due to trade policy uncertainty in key markets.

Although the company has registered growing interest for new machine projects so far this year, many requests have not led to binding order intake and customers have postponed their investment decisions until 2026. Lower volumes in the machinery business and the associated weaker demand for installation services, along with cost-saving measures by customers, are delaying the conversion of orders into sales and are also weighing on the earnings of Rieter’s After Sales and Components Divisions.

Rieter’s order intake totalled CHF 559.3 million in the first nine months of 2025 compared to CHF 629.8 million in the same period of 2024.

The order intake of the Machines and Systems division fell to CHF 287.1 million, representing a decrease of 17% compared with the first nine months of the previous year. The Components division recorded a year-on-year decline of 13% to CHF 142.6 million. At CHF 129.6 million, order intake in the After Sales division was up by an encouraging 9%.

Converting the order backlog into sales remains challenging and longer book-to-bill cycles can be observed in the after-sales business in particular.

In the first nine months of 2025, Rieter generated cumulative sales of CHF 457.7 million compared to CHF 584.3 million in the first nine , representing a decrease of 22% compared with the same period last year. Sales in the third quarter of 2025 amounted to CHF 121.5 million.

As of September 30, 2025, Rieter’s order backlog was around CHF 590 million.

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