NASDAQ: TWIN
TWIN DISC INCCIK 0000100378 · General Industrial Machinery
Twin Disc, Incorporated (“Twin Disc”, or the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the state of Wisconsin in 1918. Twin Disc designs, manufactures and sells marine and heavy duty off‑highway power transmission equipment. The Company has manufacturing locations in the United States, Belgium,… About this business →
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About TWIN DISC INC
Source: Item 1 (Business) from the 10-K filed September 5, 2025. Description as filed by the company with the SEC.
Item 1. Business
Twin Disc, Incorporated (“Twin Disc”, or the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the state of Wisconsin in 1918. Twin Disc designs, manufactures and sells marine and heavy duty off‑highway power transmission equipment. The Company has manufacturing locations in the United States, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. In addition to these countries, it has distribution locations in Singapore, China, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. Products offered include: marine transmissions, azimuth drives, surface drives, propellers and boat management systems as well as power-shift transmissions, hydraulic torque converters, power take-offs, industrial clutches, controls systems, and braking systems. The Company sells its products to customers primarily in the pleasure craft, commercial and military marine markets, as well as in the energy and natural resources, government, military and industrial markets. The Company's worldwide sales to both domestic and foreign customers are transacted through a direct sales force and a distributor network. The products described above have accounted for more than 90% of revenues in each of the last three fiscal years.
On February 14, 2025, the Company completed the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding common stock of Kobelt Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (“Kobelt”). Based in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, Kobelt is a manufacturer of controls, propulsion, steering, and braking systems to the marine, oil and gas, and industrial markets. The provisional fair value estimates of Kobelt's deferred income taxes, property, plant and equipment, net and intangible assets, net, are pending final review by the Company, and Kobelt is included in the Company's manufacturing segment.
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On May 31, 2024, the Company completed the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding common stock of Katsa Oy (“Katsa”). Based in Finland, Katsa is a European manufacturer of custom-designed, high-quality power transmission components and gearboxes for industrial and marine end-markets for a broad range of end market applications. Katsa also provides a wide range of after-sales services, including spare part deliveries, reverse engineering, modeling, and gearbox refurbishment. Katsa is included in the Company’s manufacturing segment.
Most of the Company's products are machined from cast iron, forgings, cast aluminum and bar steel which generally are available from multiple sources and which are believed to be in adequate supply.
The Company has applied for patents in both the United States and certain foreign countries on inventions made in the course of its development work for which commercial applications are considered probable. The Company regards its patents collectively as important but does not consider its business dependent upon any one of such patents.
The business is not considered to be seasonal except to the extent that employee vacations and plant shutdowns, particularly in Europe, occur mainly in the months of July and August, curtailing production during that period.
The Company's products receive direct widespread competition, including from divisions of other larger independent manufacturers. The Company also competes for business with parts manufacturing divisions of some of its major customers. The primary competitive factors for the Company’s products are design, technology, performance, price, service and availability. The Company’s top ten customers accounted for approximately 35% and 43% of the Company's consolidated net sales during the years ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. No individual customer accounted for 10% of consolidated net sales in fiscal year 2025 and 2024.
Unfilled open orders for the next six months of $150.5 million, including the impact of the acquisition of Kobelt, at June 30, 2025 compared to $133.7 million, including the impact of the acquisition of Katsa, at June 30, 2024. Since orders are subject to cancellation and rescheduling by the customer, the six‑month order backlog is considered more representative of operating conditions than total backlog. However, as procurement and manufacturing "lead times" change, the backlog will increase or decrease, and thus it does not necessarily provide a valid indicator of the shipping rate. Cancellations are generally the result of rescheduling activity and do not represent a material change in total backlog.
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Management recognizes that there are attendant risks that foreign governments may place restrictions on dividend payments and other movements of money, but these risks are considered low due to the relatively low investment within individual countries that have currency movement restrictions. No material portion of the Company’s business is subject to renegotiation of profits or termination of contracts at the election of the U.S. government.
Engineering and development costs include research and development expenses for new product development and major improvements to existing products, and other costs for ongoing efforts to refine existing products. Research and development costs charged to operations totaled $2.7 million and $2.6. million in fiscal 2025 and 2024, respectively. Total engineering and development costs were $12.2 million and $9.8 million in fiscal 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Compliance with federal, state and local provisions regulating the discharge of materials into the environment, or otherwise relating to the protection of the environment, is not anticipated to have a material effect on capital expenditures, earnings or the competitive position of the Company.
The number of persons employed by the Company at June 30, 2025 was 980, including the impact of the acquisition of Kobelt, and at June 30, 2024 was 910, including the impact of the acquisition of Katsa, respectively. The Company believes that its continued success is a direct result of its talent. As such, the Company strives to be an employer of choice in every community in which it operates. It does this by fostering a fair, respectful, inclusive and safe work environment and culture shaped with its core values of customer focus, integrity, accountability, teamwork, and innovation.
A summary of financial data by segment, geographic area, and classes of products that accounted for more than 10% of consolidated sales revenues for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 appears in Note K, Business Segments and Foreign Operations, to the consolidated financial statements.
The Company’s website address is www.twindisc.com. The Company makes available free of charge (other than an investor’s own internet access charges) through its website the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after it electronically files such material with, or furnishes such material to, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC maintains an internet site (www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers, such as the Company, that file electronically with the SEC. In addition, the Company makes available, through its website, important corporate governance materials. This information is also available from the Company upon request. The Company is not including the information contained on or available through its website as a part of, or incorporating such information by reference to, this Annual Report on Form 10-K.