• Koenig & Bauer operating EBITDA rose 20.5% to €14.1 million in H1 2026; Q2 operating EBITDA improved to €17 million.
• Revenue edged up 1.4% to €558.2 million; order intake climbed 16.9% to €709.3 million, lifting backlog to a record €1.12 billion.
• Free cash flow turned positive at €16.8 million in Q2, while H1 free cash flow narrowed to -€21 million; NWC ratio stood at 21.4%.
• Paper & Packaging Sheetfed Systems operating EBITDA returned to profit at €6.8 million in Q2, while Special & New Technologies posted H1 operating EBITDA of €11.8 million.
• 2026 outlook confirmed for revenue of about €1.3 billion with operating EBITDA of about €80 million; a 3% price adjustment took effect July 1.

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