Ecolab Inc. (ECL) Q1 2025 Earnings Call

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Greetings. Welcome to the Ecolab first quarter 2025 earnings release conference call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. The question and answer session will follow today's formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance, please dial star zero from your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. At this time, it is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Andy Hedberg, Vice President, Investor Relations. Mr. Hedberg, you may now begin. Thank you and hello everyone and welcome to Ecolab's first quarter conference call. With me today are Christoph Beck, Ecolab's chairman and CEO, and Scott Kirkland, our CFO. A discussion of our results along with our earnings release and the slides referencing the quarter results are available on Ecolab's website at ecolab.com slash investor. Please take a moment to read the cautionary statements in these materials which state that this teleconference and the associated supplemental materials include estimates of future performance. These are forward-looking statements and actual results could differ materially from those projected. Factors that could cause actual results to differ are described under the risk factor section in our most recent form 10-K and in our posted materials. We also refer you to the supplemented diluted earnings per share information in the release. With that, I'd like to turn the call over to Christoph Beck for his comments. Thank you so much, Andy, and welcome to everyone on the call today. Really pleased to share the results of another strong quarter of double-digit earnings growth, thanks to our team's focus on delivering best-in-class outcomes for our customers no matter what. This is Ecolab at its best, demonstrating the strength of our team, o...