Husqvarna AB (publ) (HUSQ_B) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:03.935 Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the presentation of the first quarter results 00:00:03.935 -- 00:00:08.960 2026 for Husqvarna Group. My name is Emily Alm, and I'm joined here 00:00:08.960 -- 00:00:14.145 today by our CEO, Glenn Instone, and our CFO, Terry Burke. 00:00:14.145 -- 00:00:18.870 So, Glenn and Terry will walk you through the presentation, and then we will have a Q&A 00:00:18.870 -- 00:00:23.595 session. So, as always, you can ask your questions through the conference call, or you 00:00:23.595 -- 00:00:27.378 can write them in the web interface online. 00:00:27.378 -- 00:00:30.558 So, with that, I would like to hand over to you, Glenn. 00:00:30.558 -- 00:00:34.150 Thank you, Emily, and a warm welcome from my side. 00:00:34.150 -- 00:00:37.656 So let's jump straight into the presentation. 00:00:38.084 -- 00:00:43.779 Cue on to summarize. Off to a very solid start, despite, of course, the continued 00:00:43.779 -- 00:00:49.786 uncertain market sentiment that we see out there, particularly around geopolitical tensions. 00:00:49.786 -- 00:00:54.773 We've seen a strong growth in our core portfolio, our key strategic growth areas, and 00:00:54.773 -- 00:00:59.519 we're very pleased that our EBIT has expanded by some 10%, given the strong product mix, 00:00:59.519 -- 00:01:03.413 but also a very good start to our savings program. 00:01:03.413 -- 00:01:08.419 From a strategic execution perspective, we've got a very good 2026 ahead of us in terms 00:01:08.419 -- 00:01:13.024 of product launches, and Q1 has started very well when it comes to our product launches 00:01:13.024 -- 00:01:15.247 ahead of the season. 00:01:15.247 -- 00:01:19.172 We made a very good start around the strategic portfolio management that we launched 0...