Freemelt Holding AB (publ) (FREEM) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Hello and welcome to today's webcast with Freemelt, where CEO Daniel Gietlund and CFO Martin Gralen will present a report for the first quarter of 2026. After the presentation, there will be a Q&A, so if you have any questions to the company, you can send them in via the form to the right. And with that said, I hand over the word to you, Daniel. Thank you. Welcome, everyone. Thank you for joining us for our Q1 webcast. The world around us is changing quickly. Political shifts, supply resilience and demand for regional production are all accelerating. And these are exactly the forces that make additive manufacturing more strategically relevant than ever. So when I look at this quarter, I see a company that is well positioned to benefit from these trends. So I'll walk you through the highlights of the quarter and then hand over to Martin for the financials. In this quarter, we continue to strengthen our number two position in EPVF. As we can see, industrial customers are coming to us because they need solutions that shorten the lead times, also strengthen their supply chains and that enable efficient production closer to home. And this is exactly what our technology delivers in the end. Looking at 2026, our focus is clear. We want to grow order intake and at the same time move our customers toward longer term commercial commitments, both on the machine side. but also within our component manufacturing services. And we believe that this hybrid business model that we have is the path to scaling this business sustainably. And before I get into the quarter, let me just anchor where we sit in the market. So if you take metal additive manufacturing, It's on a strong growth trajectory. The industry forecast to grow at 18.5% CAGR, reaching a total addressable market of around ...