Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK) Q1 2025 Earnings Call

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Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Graphic Packaging First Quarter 2025 Earnings Call. At this time, all participants have been placed on a listen-only mode, and we will open the floor for your questions and comments after the presentation. It is now my pleasure to turn the floor over to your host, Mark Connolly, Senior Vice President, Investor Strategy and Development. Sir, the floor is yours. Good morning, and welcome to Graphic Packaging Holding Company's First Quarter 2025 Earnings Call. We have with us today Mike Doss, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Steve Scherger, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. On this call, we will be referencing our first quarter 2025 earnings presentation, which is available through this webcast and on the investor section of our website at www.graphicpkg.com. Today's press release and presentation include forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations and projections. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to the factors identified in the release and in our filings with the SEC. Now let me turn the call over to Mike. Thank you, Mark. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining our call today. Graphic packaging is a global leader in sustainable consumer packaging. In the first quarter, our business faced considerable pressure has already stretched consumers pulled back further, promotional activity by our customers did not drive meaningful volume improvement, and we experienced significant input cost inflation. While these challenges won't be resolved overnight, neither are they long-term in nature. We ...