FORTACO AS AN INVESTMENT

TOGETHER WE SHAPE YOUR INDUSTRY.

Fortaco’s diversified industry exposure provides protection from cyclicality.

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JANUARY – DECEMBER REVIEW 2025

The year 2025 ended on a positive note. Thanks to the partial recovery in the market and our profitability improvement programme, the fourth quarter was clearly the strongest of the year.

Our net sales grew 27 per cent year on year and amounted to EUR 97.1 (76.4) million. For the full year, Group net sales decreased 2 per cent year on year and amounted to EUR 348.2 (356.5) million. However, the comparability of net sales was impacted by the executed divestments, and full year net sales, excluding divested businesses, grew 4 per cent. The year on year growth in net sales, excluding divested businesses, was negative during the first half of 2025 but turned clearly positive during the second half as a result of the gradual improvement in market conditions.

During the fourth quarter, we signed agreements with significant new customers. Our comparable order book at the end of 2025 was EUR 71.6 million, which is 26 per cent more than a year earlier.

The defense sector is important industry for Fortaco. We organized a Defense Supplier Day for the defense sector suppliers, aiming to network and increase understanding of opportunities offered by this growing sector. At the Bauma and Agritechnica fair 2025, we introduced the Fortaco SmartCabin concept. Our SmartCabin system speeds up a customer’s design and product development process and significantly reduces the time and costs spent by the customer on product development.

I would like to thank all Fortaco employees for their committed contributions, our partners for their excellent cooperation, and our customers and the main owner for their trust during the past year.