Company: BWNB
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001630805-25-000007
Chunk: 152

Company: Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 152
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 subject to the channeling injunction and that relate to the periods during which such excess insurance coverage related, with the contribution of these insurance rights to the asbestos personal injury trust, it is possible that we could have underinsured or uninsured exposure for non-derivative asbestos claims or other personal injury or other claims that would have been insured under these coverages had the insurance rights not been contributed to the asbestos personal injury trust.

We may not be able to compete successfully against current and future competitors. 

Some of our competitors or potential competitors have greater financial or other resources than we have and in some cases are government supported. Our operations may be adversely affected if our current competitors or new market entrants introduce new products or services with better features, performance, prices or other characteristics than those of our products and services. Furthermore, we operate in industries where capital investment is critical. We may not be able to obtain as much purchasing and borrowing leverage and access to capital for investment as other companies, which may impair our ability to compete against competitors or potential competitors.

If we fail to develop new products, or customers do not accept them, our business could be adversely affected.

Our ability to develop innovative new products can affect our competitive position and often requires the investment of significant resources. Difficulties or delays in research, development, production or commercialization of new products, or failure to gain market acceptance of new products and technologies, may reduce future sales and adversely affect our competitive position. There can be no assurance that we will have sufficient resources to make such investments, that we will be able to make the technological advances necessary to maintain competitive advantages or that we can recover major research and development expenses. If we fail to make innovations, launch products with quality problems, experience development cost overruns, or the market does not accept our new products, then our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and liquidity could be adversely affected.

Risks Related to Our Industry

We derive substantial revenues from electric power generating companies and other steam-using industries. Demand for our products and services depends on spending in these historically cyclical industries. Additionally, legislative and regulatory developments relating to industry plans for spending within the United States and elsewhere.

The demand for power generation products and services depends primarily on the spending of electric power generating companies and other steam-using industries and expenditures by original equipment manufacturers. These expenditures are influenced by such factors including, but not limited to:

•prices for electricity, along with the cost of production and distribution;

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•prices for natural resources such as coal and natural gas;

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