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About L B Foster
From its filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission
L B Foster is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is incorporated in Pennsylvania. Its shares trade on Nasdaq under the ticker FSTR. The SEC classifies its business as wholesale-metals service centers & of fices. In the fiscal year to 31 December 2025, it reported revenue of $540.0m and net income of $7.5m. At that date it held total assets of $330.4m and shareholders' equity of $175.3m.
The Company operates under two reporting segments (1) Rail, Technologies, and Services (“Rail”) and (2) Infrastructure Solutions (“Infrastructure”), each of which has certain business units, as described below. The Company's reportable operating segments have been determined in accordance with the Company's internal management structure, which is organized based on operating activities, the manner in which we organize segments for making operating and resource allocation decisions and assessing performance, and the availability of separate financial results.
The Company’s Rail segment is comprised of several manufacturing, distribution, and service businesses that provide a variety of products, solutions, and services for freight and passenger railroads and other industrial companies throughout the world. The Rail segment has sales offices throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia, and works on rail projects where it offers products manufactured by the Company, or sourced from numerous supply chain partners. The Rail segment also offers contract project management and aftermarket services. The Rail reporting segment is comprised of the Rail Products, Global Friction Management, and Technology Services and Solutions business units. Within Rail Products and Global Friction Management, we offer a full suite of track components and friction management products and services.
Quoted from its 10-K, filed 5 Mar 2026. Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗
Company facts
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Machinery
- Listed since
- 10 Jun 1981
- Employees
- 1,191
- Website
- lbfoster.com ↗
- Head office
- 415 HOLIDAY DR, PITTSBURGH, PA, 15220
- Incorporated in
- PA
- Classification
- Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & of fices
- Filer status
- Accelerated filer<br>Smaller reporting company
Leadership
Pay as last reported
- Mr. Raymond BetlerNon-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board$225,000
- Mr. John KaselPresident, Chief Executive Officer, Director, since 2003$3.1m
- Mr. William ThalmanChief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President$1.2m
- Mr. Patrick GuineeExecutive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary$1.1m
- Mr. Brian FriedmanExecutive Vice President, Chief Growth Officer
- Mr. Brian KellyExecutive Vice President, Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer$1.1m
- Ms. Jamie O'NeillSenior Vice President - Human Resources
- Mr. Gregory LippardSenior Vice President - Rail, Technologies and Services$1.0m
- Mr. Robert NessSenior Vice President - Infrastructure Solutions
- Ms. Sara RolliSenior Vice President - Operational Administration
- Mr. Sean ReillyPrincipal Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller
- Mr. Alexander JonesNon-Executive Independent Director$122,500
Environmental, social and governance
Scores out of 100, from our data supplier
- Overall
- 54
- Environment
- 24
- Social
- 55
- Governance
- 82
- Direct emissions (scope 1)
- 8,123 t
- Energy emissions (scope 2)
- 5,232 t
- Women in the workforce
- 15%
- Carbon reduction policy
- No
- Human rights policy
- Yes
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