GUELPH, Ontario, Dec. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Linamar Corporation (TSX:LNR) today announced that its previously announced acquisition of Georg Fischer's Leipzig facility has been completed. The deal was initially announced on October 7th for Linamar Corporation to acquire the Leipzig facility for €45 million.
Leipzig is a technology leader in ductile iron castings with unique technical capabilities, including Europe's largest molding box for machine-molded iron castings, providing solid growth opportunities for Linamar around highly complex cast components for a broad range of end markets.
The addition of the facility offers a significant amount of technology under one roof - from prototyping & 3D-printing to series production in ductile iron casting, and machining of components. Leipzig supplies components to a broad range of attractive end markets from On Highway Truck to Construction, Forestry and Agricultural Markets and beyond.
The acquisition is immediately accretive.
Linamar Corporation (TSX:LNR) is a diversified advanced manufacturing company where the intersection of leading-edge technology and deep manufacturing expertise is creating solutions that power vehicles, motion, work and lives for the future. At the heart of Linamar is the technologies we deliver; casting, forging, metal forming, machining and assembly and fully engineered products. We serve a broad variety of industries, from our On and Off Highway Mobility business to our Agricultural and Access businesses to new areas of expansion in MedTech, Water, Power, Defense and Robotics. We proudly market our global, class leading products under the brands Linamar, Skyjack, MacDon, Salford, Bourgault and McLaren Engineering. Linamar has over 36,000 employees in 86 manufacturing locations, 17 R&D centers and 31 sales offices in 19 countries in North and South America, Europe and Asia, which generated sales of more than $10.5 billion in 2024. For more information about Linamar Corporation and its industry-leading products and services, visit www.linamar.com or follow us on our social media channels.
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For further information regarding this release please contact
Andrea Bowman at (519) 836-7550
Guelph, Ontario
December 31, 2025
