Autoliv, Inc. (ALV) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Welcome everyone to our second quarter twenty twenty six earnings call. On this call, we have our President and Chief Executive Officer, Viker Brat our Chief Financial Officer, Monica Gramma and me, Anderschacht, VP Investor Relations. During today's earnings call, we will highlight several key areas, including our strong performance despite the challenging market environment. We will provide an update on our structural cost reduction initiatives in EMEA, an update on the latest market development and our full year guidance and the potential impact of ongoing geopolitical challenges. Following the presentation, we will be available to answer your questions. As usual, the slides are available on autoliv.com. Turning to the next slide. We have the safe harbor statement, which is an integrated part of this presentation and includes the Q and A that follows. During the presentation, we will reference non use gap measures. The reconciliations of historical use gaps to non use gap measures are disclosed in our quarterly earnings release available on autoliv.com and in the 10 Q that will be filed with the SEC and also at the end of this presentation. Lastly, I should mention that this call is intended to conclude at 3PM Central European Time. So please follow the limit of two questions per person. I now hand it over to our CEO, Mikael Drag. Thank you, Anders. Looking on the next slide. We delivered a record second quarter, both for sales and adjusted operating income, underscoring the resilience of our company and the strength of our market position. Supported by strong customer partnerships and a relentless focus on continuous improvement, We have built a solid momentum for the rest of the year. During the quarter, we also navigated geopolitical developments effectively, m...