---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-26-000516"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBIO"
cik: "0001123494"
company_name: "HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:17:04.359704+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Harvard Bioscience to close Holliston facility; expects $4M annual savings from 2028

## Summary
- Closes Holliston, MA plant; moves US production to Minneapolis, MN; some operations to Germany, Sweden, UK.
- Project Viking: ~$3M cost savings in 2027, ~$4M annual from 2028 from overhead reduction and SKU rationalization.
- Pre-tax restructuring charges estimated $3.4-4.4M, including non-cash asset write-offs of $0.6-0.7M.
- Consolidation substantially complete by first half 2027; Holliston stays operational through 2026 for continuity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-26-000516
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBIO
- cik: 0001123494
- company_name: HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123494/000117184326000516/0001171843-26-000516-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123494/000117184326000516/f8k_012326.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-000516
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-000516.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-000516.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 30d36b4c846492ca6c0fdbb7e63e9d650f885921
  claim: HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC announced a restructuring with charges of $3.4 to $4.4 million affecting manufacturing operations (targeted reconfiguration of the Company’s workforce across impacted operations).
  evidence_excerpt: of the Company’s workforce across impacted operations. The Company expects to incur pre-tax restructuring charges related to Project Viking in the range of approximately $3.4 to $4.4 million, including non-cash asset write-off and/or accelerated depreciation charges in the range of approximately $0.6 to $0.7 million, primarily related to the exit of
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123494/000117184326000516/0001171843-26-000516-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.