L.B. Foster Expands Precast Concrete Business with the Acquisition of Dulworth Enterprises, Inc.
Expected earnings contribution includes synergy benefits and depends on integration estimated to take 12 to 18 months.
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L.B. Foster (Nasdaq: FSTR) acquired Dulworth Enterprises’ operating assets through its subsidiary CXT, completing the transaction on October 28, 2026.
The purchase covers substantially all operating assets for approximately $52.2 million in cash, subject to customary indemnification holdbacks. Dulworth, based in Rice, Texas, specializes in residential wastewater precast products and Aeris aerobic treatment systems. L.B. Foster expects approximately $18 million in annual revenue and an estimated $6.5 million to $7.5 million EBITDA contribution, including synergy benefits, after integration. EBITDA measures earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Integration is estimated to take 12 to 18 months. The company says the acquisition is intended to expand manufacturing capabilities and its product portfolio.
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Rhea-AI Sentiment measures something else, the tone of the wording.
Hollow bars mark forward-looking points. How the balance works
Positive
- Moderate point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.L.B. Foster expects Dulworth to generate approximately $18 million in annual revenue.
- Moderate point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Estimated EBITDA contribution is approximately $6.5 million to $7.5 million, including synergy benefits, after integration.
- Moderate point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Completed Dulworth acquisition is intended to expand L.B. Foster’s manufacturing capabilities and product portfolio.
Negative
- Moderate pointAcquisition consideration totals approximately $52.2 million in cash, subject to customary indemnification holdbacks. 14% of market cap
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Integration is estimated to take 12 to 18 months before the expected EBITDA contribution.
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On Oct 29, the day this news came out, FSTR closed 0.47% above the previous close.
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Key Figures
- Cash purchase price
- Approximately $52.2 million
- Acquisition of Dulworth's operating assets; subject to customary indemnification holdbacks
- Expected annual revenue
- Approximately $18 million per annum
- Dulworth expected revenue
- Expected EBITDA contribution
- Approximately $6.5 million to $7.5 million
- Includes synergy benefits after integration activities
- Estimated integration period
- 12 to 18 months
- Estimated time to complete integration activities
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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- L.B. Foster Company (Nasdaq: FSTR), a global solutions provider of products and services for the rail and infrastructure markets, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary CXT Incorporated ("CXT") (L.B. Foster and CXT are sometimes collectively referred to as the “Company”), has acquired the operating assets of Dulworth Enterprises, Inc. ("Dulworth"), a privately-held business headquartered in Rice, Texas, specializing in residential wastewater precast products and Aeris aerobic treatment systems. The acquisition, which was completed on October 28, 2026, is designed to accelerate the Company's growth strategy by expanding manufacturing capabilities, enhancing its product portfolio, and increasing exposure to attractive precast concrete, high-growth end markets.
Under the terms of the definitive Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired substantially all the operating assets of Dulworth for approximately
"This acquisition represents a natural extension of our growth strategy," said John Kasel, President and Chief Executive Officer of L.B. Foster Company. "By combining our existing residential wastewater portfolio with Dulworth's manufacturing expertise and differentiated technology, we are enhancing our ability to serve customers in attractive high-growth markets. We have long recognized the value of their technology through our existing relationship and experience using their solutions, which gives us a high degree of confidence in the strategic and operational fit of this combination."
About L.B. Foster Company
Founded in 1902, L.B. Foster Company is a global technology solutions provider of products and services for the rail and infrastructure markets. The Company’s innovative engineering and product development solutions address the safety, reliability, and performance needs of its customers' most challenging requirements. The Company maintains locations in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.lbfoster.com.
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Forward-looking statements in this earnings release are based on management's current expectations and assumptions about future events that involve inherent risks and uncertainties and may concern, among other things, the Company’s expectations relating to our strategy, goals, projections, valuations and impairments, and plans regarding our financial position, liquidity, capital resources, results of operations and decisions regarding our strategic growth initiatives, market position, and product development. While the Company considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory, and other risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company’s control. The Company cautions readers that various factors could cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. Among the factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements are risks and uncertainties related to: adverse economic conditions in the markets we serve, including recession, the volatility in the prices for oil and gas, tariffs, duties or trade wars, inflation, rising labor costs, project delays, and budget shortfalls, or otherwise; the disruption of government funding programs as a result of potential periodic government shutdowns; volatility in the global capital markets, including interest rate fluctuations, which could adversely affect our ability to access the capital markets on terms that are favorable to us; restrictions on our ability to draw on our credit agreement, including as a result of any future inability to comply with restrictive covenants contained therein; a decrease in freight or transit rail traffic; a decrease in construction activity; environmental matters and the impact of environmental regulations, including any costs associated with any remediation and monitoring of such matters; the risk of doing business in international markets, including compliance with anti-corruption and bribery laws, foreign currency fluctuations and inflation, global shipping disruptions, the imposition of increased or new tariffs, and trade restrictions or embargoes, or uncertainties relating to the imposition and enforcement of tariffs; our ability to timely effectuate our strategy, including cost reduction initiatives, including but not limited to the exit of certain product lines in the UK-based Tew Engineering business, and our ability to effectively integrate acquired businesses or to divest businesses, and to realize anticipated synergies and benefits, including but not limited to the Dulworth acquisition; costs of and impacts associated with shareholder activism; the timeliness, cost, and availability of materials from our major suppliers, as well as the impact on our access to supplies of customer preferences as to the origin of such supplies, such as customers’ concerns about conflict minerals; labor disputes; emerging technologies, including those related to or arising from artificial intelligence, and resultant risks to our business and operations; cybersecurity risks such as data security breaches, malware, ransomware, “hacking,” and identity theft, either with respect to our systems or those of third parties on whom we rely, which could disrupt our business and may result in misuse or misappropriation of confidential or proprietary information, and could result in the disruption or damage to our systems, increased costs and losses, or an adverse effect to our reputation, business or financial condition; the continuing effectiveness of our ongoing implementation of an enterprise resource planning system; changes in current accounting estimates and their ultimate outcomes; the adequacy of internal and external sources of funds to meet financing needs, including our ability to negotiate any additional necessary amendments to our credit agreement or the terms of any new credit agreement, the Company’s ability to manage its working capital requirements and indebtedness; domestic and international taxes, including estimates that may impact taxes; domestic and foreign government regulations, including tariffs; our ability to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures; any change in policy or other change due to the results of the UK’s parliamentary elections and the U.S. presidential and congressional elections that could affect UK or US business conditions; other geopolitical conditions, including the ongoing conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, conflicts in the Middle East, and increasing tensions between China and Taiwan; a lack of, freezing of, or delay in state or federal funding for infrastructure projects; an increase in manufacturing or material costs, including volatility in steel prices, oil prices, and wage inflation; the loss of future revenues from current customers; any future global health crises, and the related social, regulatory, and economic impacts and the response thereto by the Company, our employees, our customers, and national, state, or local governments, including any governmental travel restrictions; and risks inherent in litigation and the outcome of litigation and product warranty claims. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual outcomes could vary materially from those indicated. Significant risks and uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance, and results of the Company’s business and forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those set forth under Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, or as updated and/or amended by our other current or periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The forward-looking statements in this release are made as of the date of this release and we assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments, or otherwise, except as required by the federal securities laws.
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