Trelleborg AB (publ) (TRELB) Earnings Call Transcripts
Trelleborg AB (publ)'s Latest Earnings Call - March 27, 2026
In the Q1 2026 earnings call for Trelleborg AB, management reiterated their guidance for organic sales growth to be similar to Q4 2025, with expectations of a negative 3% growth in Industrial Solutions due to project delivery pushbacks. The Medical Solutions segment is expected to maintain a solid growth rate of around 5%, while Sealing Solutions is also anticipated to show similar growth to the previous quarter. Overall, the company is navigating challenges from project delays but remains optimistic about underlying demand trends.
Reported metrics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Q1 Organic Sales Growth (Industrial Solutions) | -3% (inline) |
| Q1 Organic Sales Growth (Medical Solutions) | 5% (inline) |
| Q1 Organic Sales Growth (Sealing Solutions) | 5% (inline) |
| Q1 Margin (Medical Solutions) | <21.9% (negative) |
| Energy Costs | EUR 50 million (positive) |
| Book-to-Bill Ratio | strong (positive) |
Guidance from management
Management maintained their guidance for Q1 2026, expecting organic sales growth to be similar to Q4 2025, with a negative 3% growth in Industrial Solutions and around 5% growth in Medical Solutions and Sealing Solutions.
What management said
Look, I mean, the comp is not always related to the project sales, of course, it's the full business area. So I couldn't really say anything about that at this point. But if you read between the lines, I said, we had a negative 3% in Q4. And I expect similar, but I also alluded to the fact it could be slightly better. It's still negative, but we're talking about small numbers here from that for that point of view.
No. We expect similar. So I could say, actually, just to summarize again that we -- from Industrial Solutions, we expect similar growth, i.e., negative, but perhaps slightly better, but I still don't know because deliveries of projects. It was negative 3%, we expect similar, could be slightly better. In Medical, we had 5% in Q4 organic and we expect the same in Q1. In Sealing Solutions, we grew organically by 5%, and...
What analysts pressed on
Analysts expressed concerns regarding the impact of project delivery pushbacks on overall sales and margins. There were also inquiries about potential cost increases due to geopolitical tensions affecting raw material prices and energy costs.
Main topics on the call
- Organic Sales Guidance — Management expects organic sales growth in Q1 2026 to be 'similar to what we saw in Q4', indicating a continuation of trends rather than significant improvement. They specifically noted a negative 3% growth in Industrial...
- Project Delivery Pushbacks — The Industrial Solutions segment is facing challenges with project delivery pushbacks, which have dampened sales. Management stated, 'the decline is then coming from project sales within gas in commercial construction or...
- Medical Solutions Growth — Medical Solutions is expected to maintain a growth rate of around 5%, similar to Q4 2025. Management highlighted that 'the underlying growth... should be around 5% plus' and emphasized ambitions to keep margins above 20%...
- Sealing Solutions Performance — Sealing Solutions is projected to have organic growth similar to the 5% achieved in Q4 2025. Management noted improvements in the Industrial segment and strong sales in aerospace, stating, 'the book-to-bill is strong.'
Read the full Trelleborg AB (publ) transcript (March 27, 2026) → Summary generated from the call transcript; every figure above is stated by management on the record.
About Trelleborg AB (publ)
Trelleborg AB (publ) (TRELB) is a publicly listed company in the Machinery industry, within the Industrials sector. It trades on OM and is based in SE. EarningsCalls.dev maintains a free, full-text archive of its earnings call transcripts — 34 calls on record spanning February 12, 2020 to July 16, 2026. Every transcript is split into speaker-by-speaker segments with headline metrics, free to read or available through our REST API.
Earnings Call History
EarningsCalls.dev has 34 Trelleborg AB (publ) earnings call transcripts on record, spanning February 12, 2020 to July 16, 2026. Based on this history, Trelleborg AB (publ) reports quarterly. The most recent call on file is dated July 16, 2026. The full list is below — each row opens the complete, free-to-read transcript.
- Ticker
- TRELB
- Exchange
- OM
- Country
- SE
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Machinery
- Calls on record
- 34
- First call
- February 12, 2020
- Most recent
- July 16, 2026
- Reporting cadence
- quarterly