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Greenbrier Companies acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Greenbrier Companies bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Gunderson Marine business
Word for word“This resulted in three divestitures, including our Gunderson Marine business and closure of our Gunderson Facility, Southwest Steel, a foundry business in Longview, Texas, and our interest in Rayvag, a manufacturing facility located in Turkey.” 10-K for 2023
divestiture——
Southwest Steel, a foundry business in Longview, Texas
Word for word“This resulted in three divestitures, including our Gunderson Marine business and closure of our Gunderson Facility, Southwest Steel, a foundry business in Longview, Texas, and our interest in Rayvag, a manufacturing facility located in Turkey.” 10-K for 2023
divestiture——
Rayvag
Word for word“The Company no longer holds an ownership interest in Rayvag and has deconsolidated Rayvag and its noncontrolling interest for financial reporting purposes as of August 31, 2023.” 10-K for 2023
divestitureas of August 31, 2023—
minority interest in GBX Leasing
Word for word“Additionally, we acquired the minority interest in GBX Leasing from our partner, and now wholly own our lease fleet.” 10-K for 2023
acquisition——
Southwest Steel
Word for word“Asset impairment, disposal, and exit costs, net was $46.7 million for the year ended August 31, 2023 related to charges associated with the Gunderson Facility and divestiture of Southwest Steel, partially offset by a gain on disposal of majority interest in the Rayvag joint venture.” 10-K for 2024
divestiture——
majority interest in the Rayvag joint venture
Word for word“Asset impairment, disposal, and exit costs, net was $46.7 million for the year ended August 31, 2023 related to charges associated with the Gunderson Facility and divestiture of Southwest Steel, partially offset by a gain on disposal of majority interest in the Rayvag joint venture.” 10-K for 2024
divestiture——
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Goodwill from acquisitions
2017-08-31$27.1 million$25.3 million
2018-08-31$34.9 million$8.7 million
2019-08-31$361.9 million$63.6 million

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Greenbrier Companies’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2025-10-28. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.