Trumpf has reported a sharp increase in profitability and a return to order growth for the 2025/26 financial year, with the German manufacturing technology group citing improved performance across key markets including semiconductors, electronics and data-centre infrastructure.
For the year ended 30 June 2026, sales increased marginally by 0.2% to €4.34 billion, while order intake rose by 6.6% to €4.5 billion, marking the first increase after three years of declining orders. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) climbed significantly to €480 million, compared with €59 million in the previous year, lifting the EBIT margin from 1.4% to 11.1%.
Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, chief executive officer of Trumpf, said the improvement reflected measures taken across the business to reduce costs and streamline operations.
She said: “The hard work we have done across the company to implement necessary cost reductions and streamline our portfolio is paying off. Increased order intake is particularly encouraging as we look ahead to the current fiscal year, in which we expect further growth.”
Despite continuing geopolitical tensions and trade restrictions, the company remains cautiously optimistic about market conditions.
“The positive trend of the past fiscal year has been clearly confirmed in the first quarter of the current 2026/27 fiscal year,” Ms Leibinger-Kammüller added.
Trumpf identified several growth opportunities for the coming year, including electromobility, semiconductors, power electronics and manufacturing technologies used in the construction and operation of data centres. The company also expects increasing demand for smart factory solutions, digital services and, in the longer term, technologies linked to humanoid robotics.
The United States remained Trumpf’s largest market, with sales rising 16.8% to €772 million. Sales in Germany fell 6.4% to €655 million, while sales in China declined by 7.4% to €446 million.
Within the group, the Machine Tools division remained the largest contributor to revenue, generating sales of €2.38 billion. The Electronics business grew by 3.6% to €458 million, while the EUV business, which supplies high-performance lasers to semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASML, increased sales by 9.2% to €791 million.
Trumpf employed 17,583 people worldwide at the end of the financial year, down from 18,303 a year earlier. Research and development spending totalled €492 million, equivalent to 11.3% of sales, remaining above industry norms despite a reduction from the previous year's €519 million investment.
Pic: Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, chief executive officer of Trumpf