Dürr Aktiengesellschaft (DURYY) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Welcome to the DUR conference call for the first quarter of 2026. I will now hand over to Bjorn Hoss, Head of Investor Relations of DUR AG. Yes, good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and welcome to today's call. My name is Bjorn Hoss and I assume the position as DUR's Head of Investor Relations on April 1st. Many of today's participants probably know me, so only a small introduction of myself. I spent 20 years at the Capital Market, first as a sell-side analyst for automotive and industrials, then I switched into portfolio and asset management at Barber, and in the last six years I worked as Head of Investor Relations and M&A at Bertrand AG. You might have noticed three little changes in today's reporting. First, we tried to streamline the quarterly statement with a reduced number of pages, but with the full-fledged content you need. Second, the reporting package was online at 7 a.m. this morning, just to give you an appropriate amount of time to collect the material. Of course, this will continue. And thirdly, all documents on our website section can be printed again. Of course, we hope that helps you as well. And feedback is, of course, welcome. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to getting in personal touch with all of you soon, and if you wish, already after this call, to discuss more details on Q1. For now, I would like to hand over to our CEO, Jochen Weyra, and to our CFO, Dietmar Heinrich. Jochen will start on page four. Jochen, the mic is yours. Thank you, Björn, and good afternoon to all participants on the call. The war in the Middle East created a lot of additional political and economic uncertainty. In this challenging environment, Q1 actuals basically met our own expectations. Especially our two large divisions, automotive and woodworking, did relatively w...