Afry Ab (AFXXF) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.051 -- 00:00:05.154 Good morning and welcome to AFRI's presentation of our results for the second 00:00:05.154 -- 00:00:08.156 quarter of 2026. I 00:00:08.156 -- 00:00:13.199 am Linda Pålsson, I am CEO of AFRI, and as always, I will begin by 00:00:13.199 -- 00:00:19.143 sharing my perspective on the quarter before handing over to our CFO Bo Sandström, 00:00:19.143 -- 00:00:23.945 who will take you through the financial results in more detail. 00:00:24.246 -- 00:00:28.334 Following the presentation, we will open up for questions. 00:00:28.334 -- 00:00:31.475 So let's begin. 00:00:33.797 -- 00:00:39.860 In the second quarter, we have continued to make progress in the execution of our strategy. 00:00:39.860 -- 00:00:43.642 As a result, we strengthened the order backlog further. 00:00:43.642 -- 00:00:49.584 It increased 8% year over year and now amounts to 22.4 billion SEK. 00:00:50.760 -- 00:00:53.762 We also continue to improve the utilization rate. 00:00:53.762 -- 00:00:58.925 And after 14 consecutive quarters of decline, we have now delivered 00:00:58.925 -- 00:01:02.407 three quarters with consistent improvement. 00:01:02.407 -- 00:01:06.989 This is a strong validation of the actions we have taken. 00:01:07.490 -- 00:01:12.693 In the quarter, we completed our restructuring agenda aimed at optimizing our portfolio 00:01:12.693 -- 00:01:15.214 and adjust capacity. 00:01:15.705 -- 00:01:20.788 Total sales was minus 2.4% and the organic sales growth 00:01:20.788 -- 00:01:25.089 adjusted for calendar effect was minus 5.3%. 00:01:25.631 -- 00:01:32.193 This reflects the strategic capacity adjustments we have implemented over the past year. 00:01:32.895 -- 00:01:37.978 EBITDA margin excluding items affecting comparability was in line with last year 00:01:37...