On February 2, 2026, OC Oerlikon announced that it has completed the divestment of its Barmag textile machinery business for manmade fibers to Rieter at an enterprise value of CHF 850 m with an earn-out of up to CHF 100 m. With the closing of this transaction, Oerlikon becomes a pure-play surface technology company, serving a broad base of customers in demanding industries – from automotive, aerospace and energy to luxury, medical, defense and semiconductors – with a toolbox of high-tech surface technologies.

The Homburger team was led by Daniel Hasler (Corporate / M&A) and included Anna Peter, Nicola Togni, Matthias Müller, Alessandro Samà and Fabio Gasser (all Corporate / M&A), Dieter Grünblatt (Tax), Richard Stäuber and Nicolas Stocker (both Competition), Lorenzo Togni (Capital Markets) as well as Jürg Frick (Financing).