Textile machinery manufacturing group Rieter has blamed “trade policy uncertainty in key markets” for a downturn in its results.

Rieter has reported sales of 457.7 million Swiss francs in the first nine months of 2025, down by 22% year on year.

It reported order intake with a value of 559.3 million Swiss francs over the nine-month period, a fall of 11% year on year.

The Swiss group said the market situation continues to be characterised by “investment restraint”, prompted by the trade uncertainty. It said it had registered “growing interest for new machine projects”, but that many requests had not yet led to binding orders because customers had decided to postpone their investment decisions until next year.

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