Emerson Electric Company (EMR) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Greetings and welcome to the Emerson First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operating assistance, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Doug Ashby, Director of Investor Relations. Thank you. You may begin. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining Emerson's first quarter 2026 earnings conference call. For those who don't know me, my name is Doug Ashby, and I'm the Director of Investor Relations for Emerson. Today, I'm joined by Emerson's President and Chief Executive Officer, Wal Carson-Bai, Chief Financial Officer, Mike Bachman, and Chief Operating Officer, Ram Krishnan. As always, I encourage everyone to follow along with the slide presentation, which is available on our website. Please turn to slide two. This presentation may include forward-looking statements which contain a degree of business risk and uncertainty. Please take time to read the Safe Harbor Statement and note on the non-GAAP measures. I will now pass the call over to Emerson's President and CEO, Lal Kharsanbhai, for his opening remarks. Thank you, Doug, and good afternoon, everyone. Thursday, February 5th, marks my fifth anniversary as Chief Executive of Emerson. Over the five years, I have found the work challenging, motivating, and rewarding. The execution of our vision to transform Emerson into the world's leading automation company has been incredibly gratifying. We aligned the company to important secular drivers, which will experience outsized growth well into the future. Our customer engagement teams now deliver an unequaled software...