Alimak Group AB (publ) (ALIG) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Welcome to the Alimak Group Q2 twenty twenty six Report Presentation. For the first part of the conference call, participants will be in listen only mode. During the questions and answers session, participants are able to ask questions by dialing 5 on their telephone keypad. Now I will hand the conference over to the speakers, CEO, Ole Christian Jodal and CFO, Sylvain Granc. Please go ahead. Thank you, and welcome to this quarter two call of '26. And as always, I have Sylvain with me here. So turning page and a short recap. Alimak Group, a diversified global industrial company. We are a leading provider of sustainable vertical access and working at height solutions. 3,000 employees and now, yeah, with the new acquisition that we have done, it's actually closing up to 3,200. Drivers for success, we are supported by some fundamental global trends like urbanization, health and safety, the electrification trend, and also regionalization on the industrial side that more and more is coming back to Europe, etcetera. And these are all fundamental growth drivers for the group. We do have a leading market position in the niches where we operate. We also have a long history, which means that we have a huge installed base with our machinery around the world over many, many years, which forms a fantastic base for our aftermarket selling spares and services, which is a fundamental piece of each division and 35%, 40% of the group. We have a strong balance sheet, good cash conversion, which gives us also a strong ability to invest. Turning page, we kicked off in 2020 what we call the new heights strategy, which was focused on creating a highly profitable, growing, resilient industrial company, which delivers on its promises to the stakeholders. And this is a strategy that has served...